        marvin johnson (born april 12, 1954 in indianapolis, indiana) is a former boxer from the united states, who fought in the 1972 olympics in munich, winning a bronze medal, and made his way up the professional ranks in the light heavyweight division soon thereafter. his nickname is "pops". ==amateur career== *won the 1971 national golden gloves light heavyweight championship, march 22 at fort worth texas. *won the 1971 national aau light heavyweight (178&nbsp;lb.) championship. *won the 1972 national golden gloves middleweight (165&nbsp;lb.) championship, march 20 at minneapolis, minnesota. *represented the united states at the 1972 munich olympic games, earning a bronze medal in the 165 pound class, after he was knocked out in the second round of a semifinal by eventual gold medalist vyacheslav lemechev of the soviet union. ===olympic results=== *1st round bye *defeated ewald jarmer (west germany) 5-0 *defeated alejandro montoya (cuba) 5-0 *lost to vyacheslav lemeshev (soviet union) tko by 2 ==professional career== johnson lost to matthew saad muhammad and lottie mwale in the build-up but won a world title&mdash;the wbc light heavyweight version&mdash;from fellow southpaw mate parlov of yugoslavia with a 10th-round ko in italy in december 1978, then lost that same title the following april, in front of his hometown indianapolis fans, in a rematch to muhammad in what was perhaps 1979's fight of the year for many observers. johnson was in control in the early going, but the philadelphia fighter hung in there, and came back to wear down johnson, stopping him in the eighth round, despite bleeding severely from the nose and from cuts around his eyes. franklin also beat johnson earlier&mdash;in 1977&mdash;by 12th-round ko for a minor title. johnson would again win a belt later that year&mdash;the wba version&mdash;by fighting the rugged victor galindez from argentina in new orleans as part of a three-fight 'card' that included two title bouts (antuofermo-hagler i and benitez-leonard) staged in las vegas. after a see-saw battle through the first ten rounds, johnson nailed&mdash;and floored&mdash;galindez with one of his fabled 'over-the-top-from-underneath' left hands, and the title changed hands when the champion's corner surrendered after galindez hit the canvas. again, it was down and out for johnson in his first title defense when, 
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