Callum Johnson: record, next fight and profile →
WBO light heavyweight champion Joe Smith is keen to face unified world champion Artur Beterbiev next and believes he has all the tools to beat him. Smith claimed a maiden world title on his second attempt, edging Maxim Vlasov by majority decision on April 10 after a frantic battle in Oklahoma.
ON FRIDAY NIGHT Sunny Edwards has the opportunity to punch himself into the flyweight history books by beating a highly decorated champion in Moruti Mthalane and taking home the IBF world title belt.
Callum Johnson, Markic Fight Photos Gallery - On Saturday night at York Hall, Callum Johnson (19-1, 14 KOs) was forced to go to war to pick up a second round stoppage of Emil Markic (32-3, 24 KOs).
Former IBF light-heavyweight challenger Callum Johnson returned to the ring after more than two years out and stopped Emil Markic, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the second round of an absolute tear-up at York Hall, in East London.
CALLUM JOHNSON is hoping for the first crack at new WBO World Light-Heavyweight champion Joe Smith. Fan-friendly Johnson excited American fans on two previous appearances in the United States and hopes Smith’s promoter Bob Arum contacts Frank Warren about the fight.
English light-heavyweight dangerman Callum Johnson is waiting in the wings, hoping to meet the winner of this weekend’s vacant WBO title fight between Joe Smith and Maxim Vlasov. They collide in Tulsa [today/Saturday] two weeks before Johnson returns to the ring in a 10-rounder against Croat Emil Markic.
CALLUM JOHNSON will be back in action on April 24th after more than TWO YEARS of inactivity. The Queensberry newbie will return on the card headlined by Denzel Bentley’s defence of his British title against Felix Cash.
OUR FIGHT NIGHT diary is now filling up nicely and we have a stream of dates and announcements to be made poised in the pipeline to be delivered across the coming days and weeks. Following on from our double-header last Friday and Saturday evening on BT Sport, we have already signposted the news that the middleweight cracker between British champion Denzel Bentley and Commonwealth champion Felix Cash will take place on Saturday April 24.
I AM DELIGHTED we have been able to add two top quality, already battle-hardened operators to our squad at Queensberry Promotions with the signings of Callum Johnson and Zach Parker.
Hard punching Kazak heavyweight Zhan Kossobutskiy (15-0) ) won the vacant WBA International title on Saturday (Feb 20) in Hamburg with an all too easy knockout win over overmatched Nigerian Onoriode Ehwarieme (18-2), who was floored late in the third and knocked out in the fourth.