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MARVIN JOHNSON CAREER DVD COLLECTION

Excerpted from KO Sept 1985

Somewhere along the road road, we think it was sometime this past year, light heavyweight Marvin Johnson acquired the nickname "pops." Seems like a strange name for someone who's 30 years old, but in boxing, 30 is closer to old than it is to young. And at the start of 1984, Marvin Johnson, former Olympic bronze medalist, former two time 175 pound titlist, and southpaw supreme, was an old 30.

 

 He didn't fight again for wish I was retired because they don't







two-time 175-pound titlist, and southpaw more than a year, and then fought only want to take that chance. They know that







supreme, was an old 30. twice in both 1982 and 1983. Only one of win or lose, they'll have to fight for their





The decade had begun poorly, when he those wins, a one-round demolition of

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ger who would have benefited greatly

-om a win over a name tighter. Clouden

a legitimate top-20 175-pounder, but his

early-round aggressiveness didn't work be-

cause there isn't a light heavyweight in the

world who sets a faster pace than John-

son. Clouden seemed amazed by the

number of punches Johnson was present-

The tight didn't last five rounds.

In August, the opponent was just a

little bit better, a perennial top tenner this

time, veteran Johnny Davis. Having

fought another pressure fighter and for-

former titlist, Dwight Muhammad Qawi,

three times, Davis was aware of what it

would take to conquer Johnson. Pops,

however, started fast, refused to rest in

the middle rounds, and accelerated near

he finish. Shut out and battered through-

nit, Davis was left wondering how John-

on had ever managed to gain a negative

:.reputation as a fighter who was good for

its six rounds. It was Johnson's most

impressive win of the year and the perform-

once that reestablished him as a championship

caliber fighter.

Johnson's third major triumph, a 10-

round decision over Charles Williams in

November, was more difficult. Williams

didn’t have the reputation of Clouden

d Davis, hut a 1983 upset over the

!previously unbeaten Anthony Witherspoon had established him as a difficult

d powerful 175-pounder. Johnson was

some while serving his usual portion



punishment. Still, his points win



him yet closer to a rematch with





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