Chris Omar Johnson (born August 8, 1971) is a Jamaican-born boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Canada.[1] He won the middleweight gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He was inducted into Boxing Canada’s Hall of Fame, Class of 2019.[2]
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Full name | Chris Omar Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | August 8, 1971 (1971-08-08) (age 50) Manchester, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Johnson was raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with his three brothers, Greg, Wayne, and Kevin, and 2 sisters, Angelina, and Necoal.
Johnson trained IBF Junior Featherweight World Champion, Steve "The Canadian Kid" Molitor, in addition to notable boxers such as Andrew Singh Kooner, and Natalie "Too Bad" Brown.[3] In 2014, the Toronto Star profiled Michael Brandon, one of his boxers.[4]
26 Wins (14 knockouts, 12 decisions), 3 Losses (2 knockouts, 1 decision), 1 Draw[5] | |||||||
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
Loss | 17-1 | ![]() |
KO | 10 | 03/08/2001 | ![]() |
Johnson knocked out at 1:53 of the tenth round. |
Loss | 40-6-1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 05/01/2001 | ![]() |
NABF. 112-116, 112-117, 111-117. |
Win | 9-11-1 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 25/11/2000 | ![]() |
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Win | 18-5-2 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 14/07/2000 | ![]() |
NABF Light Heavyweight Title. 115-113, 117-113, 117-111. |
Win | 14-9 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 | 07/03/2000 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:35 of the fifth round. |
Win | 7-19-2 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | 05/11/1999 | ![]() |
Referee stopped the bout at 2:21 of the second round. |
Win | 9-5-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | 21/08/1998 | ![]() |
WBF World Light Heavyweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:50 of the third round. |
Win | 14-8-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 | 28/03/1998 | ![]() |
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Win | 17-28-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 | 20/11/1997 | ![]() |
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Draw | 24-7-1 | ![]() |
TD | 3 | 03/10/1997 | ![]() |
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Win | 6-39-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | 09/09/1997 | ![]() |
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Loss | 46-5 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 | 12/07/1997 | ![]() |
WBC International Super Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:40 of the eighth round. |
Win | 14-2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 28/04/1997 | ![]() |
79.5-77. |
Win | 16-31-5 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | 25/03/1997 | ![]() |
Wesley knocked out at 0:50 of the second round. |
Win | 13-1 | ![]() |
MD | 10 | 11/10/1996 | ![]() |
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Win | 6-5 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 | 09/07/1996 | ![]() |
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Win | 19-3-3 | ![]() |
RTD | 3 | 02/04/1996 | ![]() |
Griffiths retired at the end of the third round. |
Win | 20-3 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 18/07/1995 | ![]() |
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Win | 19-8 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | 22/04/1995 | ![]() |
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Win | 10-2 | ![]() |
UD | 4 | 18/02/1995 | ![]() |
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Win | 10-13-2 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 26/01/1995 | ![]() |
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Win | 4-23 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 20/12/1994 | ![]() |
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Win | 7-1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 18/11/1994 | ![]() |
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Win | 3-2 | ![]() |
UD | 4 | 13/02/1994 | ![]() |
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Win | 5-5-1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | 10/11/1993 | ![]() |
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Win | 2-4-3 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 06/10/1993 | ![]() |
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Win | 1-2 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | 22/07/1993 | ![]() |
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Win | -- | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | 13/05/1993 | ![]() |
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Win | 0-14 | ![]() |
PTS | 4 | 24/04/1993 | ![]() |
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Win | 3-0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | 28/02/1993 | ![]() |
Commonwealth Boxing Champions in Men's Middleweight | |
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