Marvin Johnson
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Marvin Johnson (born April 12, 1954) is an American former boxer who was a three-time world heavyweight champion.
Johnson competed in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, winning a bronze medal and moving up the ranks in the light heavyweight division soon after.
Johnson was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008 along with Lennox Lewis and Pernell Whitaker.
He's named "Pops" after his appearance on the radio.
Life after boxing
Johnson, a former deputy, now works as a civilian employee for the Marion County Sheriff's Office in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he served as a deputy.
Amateur career
Won the 1971 National Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Championship in Fort Worth, Texas:
Won the 1971 National AAU Light Heavyweight Championship (178 lb.) At New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1st Championships will be held.
(178 lb.) Won the 1971 North American (178 lb.) The championship, May 31 at Latham, New York, is held.
Won The 1972 National Golden Gloves Middleweight Middleweight (165 lb.) Minne, Minnesota, March 20: The championship is set to take place in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
After being ruled out in the semifinal by eventual gold medalist Vyacheslav Lemeshev of the Soviet Union, he represented the United States at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in the 165 pound class.
Marvin Johnson, an American middleweight boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics, has the following results:
Professional career
Johnson won his first 15 bouts, including a nationally televised 4th round victory over highly regarded veteran Tom "The Bomb" Bethea. However, Johnson lost for the first time as a professional in his next fight against rising star Matthew Franklin (later known as Matthew Saad Muhammad) by 12th round knockout in a tense fight for the NABF light heavyweight title. Following this setback, Johnson soared, not for the first time in his career, winning multiple fights before losing a decision to the highly ranked Lottie Mwale. Johnson defeated Jerry Celestine in the sixth round of the WBC light heavyweight championship, which culminated in a world championship match between Johnson and fellow southpaw Mate Parlov of Yugoslavia in December 1978. Johnson selected Matthew Franklin, the man who had defeated him in a dramatic war two years earlier, for his first title defense in April 1979. Johnson engaged Franklin in a rematch of such ferocity and excitement that it is regarded as one of the best title fights in history by boxing historians. Johnson was in charge of the early going, mirroring their first brutal encounter, but the Philadelphia-based Franklin gamely stayed in. In the 6th and 7th rounds, the tide came as Johnson began to tire. Despite bleeding heavily from the nose and both eyes, Franklin prevailed in the 8th round, a round of such ferocity that it would surpass boxing lore.
Johnson will again win a world championship belt this year, this time the WBA version, by taking on Victor Galindez from Argentina in Las Vegas as part of a three-fight 'television card' with two title bouts (Antuofermo-Hagler I and Benitez-Leonard), demonstrating the tenacity that would mark his career. Johnson nailed—and floored—Galindez with one of his fabled 'over-the-top-from-underneath' left hands, and the champion's corner changed hands after Galindez struck the canvas, and the champion's corner was shifted hands.
Johnson picked Eddie Gregory, the most dependable contender to challenge for his belt in his first title defense, this time Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (later to be identified as Eddie Mustafa Muhammad). Johnson fought vainly on the Tate-Weaver undercard in Knoxville in March 1980, but the game champion lost by Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (née Gregory), who used a brutal body strike to outwork, out-hustle, and eventually to the game champion, who lost in the 11th round TKO.
In early 1981, Johnson fought the up-and-coming Michael Spinks, just before Spinks dethroned Johnson's new king, Mustafa Muhammad. Johnson was off to a promising start, but a 1976 Olympian Spinks jinx put Johnson out for good in the fourth round, but not before.
Johnson recovered and won 16 straight fights, defeating good fighters like Charles Williams along the way, and he will face Leslie Stewart of Trinidad and Tobago in February 1986, when Spinks abdicated to become a heavyweight. Stewart gave Johnson some musings, but Stewart's legs would take their toll on him, and the reason for the fight's conclusion in the seventh round was Johnson's first-time champion in the division. His first defense against Jean-Marie Emebe of Cameroon was postponed due to an injury, but the two will meet in Indianapolis in September of this year. It was the first time Johnson would both enter and leave the fight as champion: he was the king of the 13th-round TKO.
On May 23, 1987, it was back to Trinidad and Tobago for a rematch with Stewart. Nonetheless, this time was all Stewart, as he dropped Johnson multiple times in the first few rounds, and although Johnson recovered his feet and was never counted out, he did inform his cornermen after eight rounds that 'enough was enough,' and became an ex-champ for the third time.
Following that match, Johnson resigned.