- Reggie Johnson
:"For the NBA player, see
Reggie Johnson (basketball) ."Reggie Dwayne Johnson (bornAugust 28 ,1966 inHouston, Texas ) is a southpaw American boxer. Johnson is best known for a loss at Light Heavyweight toRoy Jones Jr , but he held theWBA middleweight title and IBFlight heavyweight title during his career.Professional career
Johnson, nicknamed "Sweet", began his pro career in 1984. His only loss oin the build-up was to a certain Adam George. He rose to fame in a close 1991 loss to
James Toney for the IBF Middleweight Title, a fight in which he shockingly knocked the iron-jawed Toney down in the 2nd round. In 1992 he captured the Vacant WBA Middleweight Title by taking a close decision overSteve Collins . After three defenses, among others vs the undefeatedLamar Parks he lost the belt to fellow southpawJohn David Jackson . He failed twice in challenging ArgentinanJorge Fernando Castro for the WBA Middleweight Title, both hotly disputed decisions in Argentina.He later moved up to Light Heavyweight, and captured the IBF Light Heavyweight Title by knocking out undefeated
William Guthrie in the 5th by a rare one-punch knockout , a fight in which Guthrie left the ring on a stretcher. Johnson defended the title twice before getting shut out by Jones in 1999. In 2002 Johnson dropped a close decision to southpawAntonio Tarver and retired.Comeback
He returned in 2005 for one fight. In February 2008 Johnson scored a split decision win over former champion
Julio Cesar Gonzalez to capture the IBA light heavyweight title.Personal
Johnson is the cousin of welterweight contender
Golden Johnson .Indictment
Johnson was indicted on March 18, 2008 for a second degree felony of theft of $120,000. The funds were grant money distributed through the Urban League from the Red Cross to aid children displaced by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. Johnson, doing business as "Pugilistic Drama, Inc." was supposed to put on a series of camps helping more than 40 children, but the camps never materialized. If convicted, Johnson could face a sentence up to 20 years in prison. Johnson also has prior convictions which one being a felony theft in which the F.B.I. charged him with. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5629829.html]
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