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New 1967 Heavyweight Replay Project
Bert Johnson Rating 1 England
HW 1967-71
1 win / 10 losses / 2 draws / 1 KO
Alias: Egbert Johnson
Hometown: Forest Hill, England
Birthplace: West India
Rating by: Rocco Del Sesto
Fought a 6 round draw with Mick Carter in March 1967 then went on and lost four more fights in 1967 to Terry Daly, Peter Boddington, Dennis Avoth and Daly again. Three more losses followed in 1968 against Joe Bugner who was in his 4th career bout, Dave Hawkes(16-5-0,9KO) and Doyle Brown(4-7-0,3KO). Johnson then is unseen in the ring for close to 2-1/2 years until April 1971 when he picks up his lone career win, a 2nd round KO of Albert Austin(6-13-0,4). He then fought a 6 round draw with Arthur Hopkins(0-10-2,0) before going on to loose 3 more fights in 1971 to Graham Sines(11-6-0,8), Del Phillips(13-9-1,7) and Dave Roden(11-8-0,3). Sines adn Roden were just starting out thier careers.
9 of Johnson's 10 losses ended in KO or TKO fashion.
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