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Johnson was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993. Johnson was named the 7th greatest light heavyweight of the 20th century by the Associated Press in 1999. [6] Three years later, The Ring magazine ranked Johnson 7th on the list "The 20 Greatest Light Heavyweight of All-Time" and ...
Harold Johnson (awarded the inaugural title) 14 Feb – 1 Jun 1963 0 2 Willie Pastrano: 1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 1965 2 3 José Torres: 30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 1966 3 4 Dick Tiger: 16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 1968 2 5 Bob Foster: 24 May 1968 – 9 Aug 1974 14 Foster was stripped of the title after failing to make a defense against number one contender ...
Harold Johnson (def. Jesse Bowdry) 7 Feb 1961 – 1 Jun 1963 4 22 Willie Pastrano: 1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 1965 2 23 José Torres: 30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 1966 3 24 Dick Tiger: 16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 1968 2 25 Bob Foster: 24 May 1968 – 9 Dec 1970 4
Harold Johnson (def. Doug Jones) 12 May 1962 – 1 Jun 1963 1 14 Willie Pastrano: 1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 1965 2 15 José Torres: 30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 1966 3 16 Dick Tiger: 16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 1968 2 17 Bob Foster: 24 May 1968 – 16 Sep 1974 14 Foster retires. [16] 18 Matthew Saad Muhammad (awarded title) 30 Nov 1979 – 19 Dec 1981 7 19
Harold Johnson (basketball) (1920–1999), American professional basketball player; Harold Johnson (boxer) (1928–2015), professional boxer; Harold Johnson (cyclist), Australian cyclist; Harold Johnson (sportscaster) (born c. 1948), sports director of WSOC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1980–2006
Willie Pastrano, a 6 to 1 underdog challenger, won the world light heavyweight boxing championship, defeating titleholder Harold Johnson.Although most sportswriters thought that Johnson had won the 15-round bout in Las Vegas, Pastrano was declared the winner by the judges in a 2 to 1 decision.
Doug Jones (February 27, 1937 – November 14, 2017) was an American heavyweight boxer. [1] He was the number-one contender in early 1964 and beat top contenders Zora Folley, Light Heavyweight Champion Bob Foster, Middleweight World Champion Bobo Olson and World Heavyweight title challengers Pete Rademacher and Tom McNeeley in his career. [2]
Boxer, WBA World Heavyweight Champion 1982–1983 Born in Akron [citation needed] Lloyd C. Douglas: Minister Minister, author [citation needed] Rita Dove: Writer Poet [citation needed] Hugh Downs: TV TV journalist and personality, 20/20 [citation needed] Peter C. Economus: Judge Federal judge on U.S. District Court for Northern District of Ohio