Roy Jones Jr. vs. Stephan Johnson
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Roy Jones Jr 155 lbs beat Stephan Johnson 153 lbs by TKO at 2:04 in round 8 of 8
- Date: 1989-06-11
- Location: Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
- Referee: Randy Neumann
- Judge: Henry Eugene Grant
- Judge: John Riley
- Judge: James Condon
Notes
- Amateur records were reported as 106-4 for Jones and 8-4 for Johnson.
- The fight was televised on NBC.
- NBC commentator Dr. Ferdie Pacheco had Jones ahead 70-63 going into the eighth and final round.
- Referee Randy Neumann stopped the fight with Johnson on his feet taking punishment.
- Ten years after losing to Jones, Johnson died from the injuries he sustained in a USBA junior middleweight title fight with Paul Vaden.