"THE GREATEST"
MUHAMMAD ALI
Glencoffe Johnson former IBF light-heavyweight champion signed Lonsdale mini glove.
Price: £5
Glengoffe Donovan Johnson (born January 2, 1969 in Clarendon, Jamaica), nicknamed Gentleman. He stands at 180cm, around 5'11" tall. Johnson has fought in the middleweight, super middleweight, and light heavyweight divisions and has held the IBF and Ring magazine championships at light-heavyweight. Johnson arrived in southern Florida from Jamaica at the age of 15. He would not begin boxing as an amateur until a few years later.
Johnson won his first 32 professional fights before challenging Bernard Hopkins for the IBF middleweight title in 1997. He suffered a technical knockout in the 11th round.
He added 8 more to his tally of losses, before drawing and then beating Clinton Woods with a unanimous decision to earn the IBF light heavyweight title. His next fight came against former champion Roy Jones Jr.. In an upset, he knocked Jones out in the ninth round of their September 2004 fight.
The subsequent split decision victory over Antonio Tarver that December made him The Ring light-heavyweight boxing champion. He was chosen the 2004 fighter of the year by the Boxing Writer's Association of America.
Johnson lost the light-heavyweight title to Antonio Tarver in the rematch. He then challenged old foe Clinton Woods once again for the IBF title. This time Woods beat him by a split decision. He then came back and defeated former champion Montell Griffin in May 2007.
In his most recent try for a title, Johnson lost a unanimous decision to Chad Dawson on April 12, 2008, for the WBC light-heavyweight title.