Marvin Johnson
43–6 · 50 recorded bouts · 1973–1987
Marvin Johnson finished 81% of 43 wins inside the distance — the 92nd percentile for light heavyweight boxing, where the median is 58%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 70″ (177.8 cm) | |
| Stance | Southpaw | |
| Division | Light Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Marvin Johnson, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
43–6
49 bouts on record
Finish rate
81%
of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight boxing median 58%, 92nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
50 recorded bouts from 1973 to 1987. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
15y
1973–1987
Longest unbeaten run
18
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1978
6 bouts
Recorded bouts
50
49 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | L | Leslie Stewart | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1986 | W | Jean Marie Emebe | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1986 | W | Leslie Stewart | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1985 | W | Frank Lux | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1985 | W | Raleigh Searcy | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1985 | W | Eddie Davis | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1985 | W | Charles Henderson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1984 | W | Eddie Collins | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1984 | W | Charles Williams | Decision | 10 |
| 1984 | W | Johnny Davis | Decision | 10 |
| 1984 | W | Jerome Clouden | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1984 | W | Eddie Gonzales | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1984 | W | Elvis Parks | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1983 | W | Mike Brothers | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1983 | W | Andros Ernie Barr | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1982 | W | Alvino Manson | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1982 | W | Darnell Hayes | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1981 | L | Michael Spinks | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1981 | W | Rick Nash | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1981 | W | Eddie Straight | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1980 | W | Dave Lee Royster | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1980 | L | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1979 | W | Víctor Galíndez | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1979 | W | Carlos Marks | Decision | 10 |
| 1979 | L | Matthew Saad Muhammad | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1978 | W | Mate Parlov | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1978 | W | Jerry Celestine | Decision | 10 |
| 1978 | L | Lottie Mwale | Decision | 8 |
| 1978 | W | John Baldwin | Decision | 10 |
| 1978 | W | Eddie Davis | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1978 | W | Roberto Reynosa | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1977 | W | Billy Douglas | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1977 | W | Johnny Fields | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1977 | L | Matthew Saad Muhammad | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1977 | W | Tom Bethea | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1977 | W | Johnny Townsend | Decision | 10 |
| 1976 | W | Vandell Woods | Decision | 10 |
| 1976 | W | Wayne McGee | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1976 | W | Harold Carter | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1976 | W | Ray Anderson | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1975 | W | Eddie Owens | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1975 | W | Paul Cardoza | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1975 | W | Gary Summerhays | Decision | 10 |
| 1974 | W | Jim Adams | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1974 | W | Johnny Words | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1974 | W | Ted Paxton | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1973 | W | Chuck Warfield | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1973 | W | Al Byrd | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1973 | W | Sylvester Wilder | KO/TKO | 2 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
8 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 208 light heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Marvin Johnson (boxer) on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.