Chris Johnson (boxer)
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Chris Omar Johnson (born August 8, 1971 in Manchester, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Canada. In 1990 he won the gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Chris was raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with his three brothers, Greg, Wayne, and Kevin, and 2 sisters, Angelina, and Necoal.
Presently, Chris is the trainer of 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. In 2014, the Toronto Star profiled Michael Brandon, one of his boxers.[1]
Professional boxing record
1992 Summer Olympics Results
- Defeated Mohamed Siluvangi (Zaire) TKO 3
- Defeated Stefan Trendafilov (Bulgaria) TKO 1
- Lost to Chris Byrd (USA) 3-17
References
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External links
- Professional boxing record for Chris Johnson from BoxRec
- Chris Johnson's Fighting Alliance
- Sparring for student success 2008 Toronto Star article on pilot program for middle school students at Toronto District School Board's Charles H. Best Middle School
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- 1971 births
- Canadian boxers
- Jamaican emigrants to Canada
- Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers of Canada
- Canadian boxing trainers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario
- People from Manchester Parish
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Pan American Games competitors for Canada
- Living people
- Male boxers