Glengoffe Donovan Bartholomew Johnson (born 2 January 1969) is a Jamaican former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2015. He held the IBF, IBO and Ring magazine light heavyweight titles between 2004 and 2005, and challenged once each for world titles at middleweight and super middleweight.

He was named Fighter of the Year in 2004 by The Ring, the Boxing Writers Association of America, and BoxingScene for his upset knockout victory over Roy Jones Jr. Throughout his career, Johnson was well known for his exceptionally durable chin and relentless pressure fighting style.

Amateur career

Johnson arrived in South Florida from Jamaica at the age of 15. He would not begin boxing as an amateur until a few years later. Glen "The Road Warrior" Johnson was a late bloomer of the sport, starting at 20 years old in Miami, Florida, at an emerging police boxing gym. Johnson compiled an amateur record of 35–5 and was a two-time Florida State Golden Gloves Champion, once at 165 and at the other at 178 pounds.

Professional career Johnson won his first 32 professional fights before challenging Bernard Hopkins for the IBF middleweight title in 1997. Johnson was stopped on his feet in the 11th round. He added eight more to his tally of losses, many of them debatable decisions where Johnson was adjudged to have lost to the hometown fighter. He journeyed to England and suffered a controversial draw against Clinton Woods, but defeated him in a rematch by unanimous decision to win the IBF light heavyweight title.

Johnson vs. Jones Jr.

His next fight came against former undisputed light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr., who entered following an upset loss to Antonio Tarver earlier that year. In another upset, Johnson knocked Jones out in the ninth round of their September 2004 fight.

Johnson vs. Tarver, Woods III, Griffin The subsequent split decision victory over Antonio Tarver that December made him IBO and The Ring light heavyweight boxing champion. He was chosen the 2004 fighter of the year by the Boxing Writer's Association of America. Johnson lost the light heavyweight title to Antonio Tarver in the rematch. He then challenged old foe Woods once again for the IBF title. This time Woods beat him by a split decision. He then came back and defeated former champion Montell Griffin in May 2007.

Johnson vs. Dawson, Cloud Johnson lost a unanimous decision to Chad Dawson on April 12, 2008, for the WBC light heavyweight title. On November 7, 2009, Johnson lost a rematch with Dawson via unanimous decision in Hartford, Connecticut. The judges scores were 115–113, 115–113 and 117–111 for Dawson.

On August 7, 2010, Johnson challenged Tavoris Cloud for the IBF light heavyweight title but lost a close decision 116–112 from all 3 judges despite landing more punches according to CompuBox.

Super Six World Boxing Classic

Glen Johnson joined the Super Six World Boxing Classic replacing Mikkel Kessler due to Kessler eye injury. Glen Johnson defeated Allan Green by a knockout in the eighth round, on November 6, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada and with that win proceeded to the Semi-Final of the Super 6 Tournament where he faced Carl Froch for a place in the Super 6 Final and WBC world super-middleweight title. Johnson Lost the fight by majority decision with one judge scoring the contest a draw and the remaining two judges scoring in favour of Froch.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes77LossAvni YıldırımUD1015 Aug 201576Loss54–20–2Erik SkoglundUD1013 Dec 201475Loss54–19–2Ilunga MakabuTKO9 (12), 28 Jun 201474Win54–18–2Jaime VelasquezTKO4 (8), 21 Feb 201473Win53–18–2Bobby GunnUD818 Dec 201372Win52–18–2Junior RamosTKO2 (10), 19 Apr 201371Loss51–18–2George GrovesUD1215 Dec 201270Loss51–17–2Andrzej FonfaraUD1013 Jul 201269Loss51–16–2Lucian ButeUD125 Nov 201168Loss51–15–2Carl FrochMD124 Jun 201167Win51–14–2Allan GreenTKO8 (12), 6 Nov 201066Loss50–14–2Tavoris CloudUD127 Aug 201065Win50–13–2Yusaf MackTKO6 (12), 5 Feb 201064Loss49–13–2Chad DawsonUD127 Nov 200963Win49–12–2Daniel JudahUD1027 Feb 200962Win48–12–2Aaron NorwoodTKO4 (10), 11 Nov 200861Loss47–12–2Chad DawsonUD1212 Apr 200860Win47–11–2Hugo PinedaTKO8 (10), 15 Jan 200859Win46–11–2Fred MooreKO5 (10), 27 Jul 200758Win45–11–2Montell GriffinTKO11 (12), 16 May 200757Loss44–11–2Clinton WoodsSD122 Sep 200656Win44–10–2Richard HallUD1224 Feb 200655Win43–10–2George Khalid JonesTKO10 (12), 30 Sep 200554Loss42–10–2Antonio TarverUD1218 Jun 200553Win42–9–2Antonio TarverSD1218 Dec 200452Win41–9–2Roy Jones Jr.KO9 (12), 25 Sep 200451Win40–9–2Clinton WoodsUD126 Feb 200450Draw39–9–2Clinton WoodsSD127 Nov 200349Win39–9–1Eric HardingUD1218 May 200348Draw38–9–1Daniel Judah104 Apr 200347Loss38–9Julio César GonzálezMD1024 Jan 200346Loss38–8Derrick HarmonUD1014 Apr 200245Win38–7Thomas UlrichKO6 (12)28 Jul 200144Win37–7Toks OwohTKO6 (12), 23 Sep 200043Loss36–7Omar SheikaMD102 Jun 200042Loss36–6Silvio BrancoUD1215 Apr 200041Loss36–5Syd VanderpoolUD1028 Jan 200040Loss36–4Sven OttkeUD1227 Nov 199939Win36–3Marcelo ZimmermanTKO1 (12)16 Oct 199938Win35–3Augustine RenteriaTKO4 (10), 31 Jul 199937Win34–3Troy WatsonUD1222 Apr 199936Win33–3Armando CampasKO6 (10)26 Feb 199935Loss32–3Joseph KiwanukaSD104 Aug 199834Loss32–2Merqui SosaUD1013 Dec 199733Loss32–1Bernard HopkinsTKO11 (12), 20 Jul 199732Win32–0Dave HamiltonTKO2 (10), 7 Jun 199731Win31–0Sam GarrUD1025 Feb 199730Win30–0Ralph MondayKO1 (10)6 Dec 199629Win29–0Stacy GoodsonKO2 (10)2 Nov 199628Win28–0Jeff JohnsonTKO5 (10)1 Oct 199627Win27–0David McCluskeyTKO324 Aug 199626Win26–0Gerald ReedUD1029 Jul 199625Win25–0Tom BentleyTKO3 (8)15 Jun 199624Win24–0James GatlinMD611 Jun 199623Win23–0Kenneth ParkerTKO32 Apr 199622Win22–0Guy StanfordTKO226 Mar 199621Win21–0Danny MitchellKO224 Feb 199620Win20–0Bill BradleyKO116 Jan 199619Win19–0Jerome HillTKO128 Nov 199518Win18–0Melvin WynnTKO4, 8 Sep 199517Win17–0Jesus Carlos VelezTKO2 (6)22 Jul 199516Win16–0John McClendonKO1 (6), 27 Jun 199515Win15–0Tyrone DillardKO1, 25 Mar 199514Win14–0Carlos BetancourtTKO125 Feb 199513Win13–0Edison MartinezKO3 (10), 6 Feb 199512Win12–0Bill BradleyUD1016 Dec 199411Win11–0Jesus Carlos Velez819 Nov 199410Win10–0Gustavo GonzalezUD615 Oct 19949Win9–0Joe HarrisTKO48 Sep 19948Win8–0Jesus Carlos VelezUD63 Sep 19947Win7–0Vincent GodboltKO35 Aug 19946Win6–0Ralph MondayUD48 Apr 19945Win5–0Dwayne Waldon622 Oct 19934Win4–0Anthony Brooks430 Aug 19933Win3–0James MullinsKO3 (4)26 Jun 19932Win2–0Jerry Reyes3 (4)27 Mar 19931Win1–0Yurek Del Rio1 (4)19 Feb 1993

References

External links

Glen Johnson article at New Times Broward-Palm Beach