Johnny Nelson

At 57 years old, Johnny Nelson has this physical status:

Ivanson Ranny "Johnny" Nelson (born 4 January 1967) is a British retired professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 2005.

He is the longest reigning cruiserweight world champion of all time, having held the WBO title from 1999 to 2005, with thirteen happy defenses, a record shared with Marco Huck.

Nelson also held the British cruiserweight title twice between 1989 and 1997, as well as the European cruiserweight title twice between 1990 and 1998.

BoxRec rates him as the second best cruiserweight of all time.

Life after boxing

Nelson is now an analyst for Sky Sports. Since retirement, he has spent time in the prison system assisting prisoners in learning life skills. He has also done some charitable work, deciding to face Jos Battle in a charity match.

Personal life

Nelson's mother was Cuban-Jamaican; his father, Dominican, was Dominican. Nelson's parents split up when he was young, and he didn't reunite with his biological father until he was in his thirties. Nelson's autobiography, Hard Road to Glory, appeared in 2010.

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Professional career

Nelson started training at Wincobank gym in Sheffield under manager Brendan Ingle, who also went on to prepare Naseem Hamed and Kell Brook. He began his fighting career as an amateur, losing ten of his thirteen bouts.

Nelson's 15th WBO cruiserweight title was supposed to be against Welshman Enzo Maccarinelli on the undercard for the Joe Calzaghe/IBF unification bout on March 6, 2006, but Nelson's knee injury sustained during sparring forced the fight to be cancelled, and Nelson announced his retirement from professional boxing a few months later on September 22nd 2006.

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