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Chris Johnson
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Chris Omar Johnson was born on August 8, 1971 in Manchester, Jamaica and was a Jamaican boxer, who won a Middleweight Bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Canada.
Known as Showtime, Johnson began his professional career the following year and won his first 18 bouts, including a victory over Antwun Echols. In his 19th fight, Johnson was knocked out by Herol Graham. He later lost fights to Reggie Johnson and Antonio Tarver and retired in 2001 with a record of 26-3-1. In 1992 summer Olympics. He defeated Mohamed Siluvangi and Stefan Trendafilov, bit lost to Chris Byrd.
He is a player known for his mental toughness owing to which many of his famous matches went the distance. His superior approach and dedication to the game made him stand out from the crowd.
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