Chris John

Chris John (boxer)

Yohannes Christian John (born September 14, 1979 in Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia) is an Indonesian professional boxer. He is the current WBA Super World featherweight boxing champion.

John is the fourth Indonesian to win a boxing world title, following Ellyas Pical, Nico Thomas, and Suwito Lagola.John started boxing in his early childhood and was trained by his father Johan Tjahjadi (aka Thjia Foek Sem), a former amateur boxer.John turned professional in 1997 and is known as "Thin Man" before he proclaimed his new nickname "The Dragon" that he uses until today.

In 2005 John split with trainer Sutan Rambing then joined Harry's Gym in Perth, Australia, where he is currently trained and managed by Craig Christian.In the year 2008, Chris John was interviewed by ESPN and he stated that he will fight another 5 or 6 fights and will retire as the best featherweight that the world have ever seen.On October 24, Chris reached and won his 10th milestone world title defense fight, which was also his 5th mandatory fight, against Japan boxer Hiroyuki Enoki in Tokyo, Japan.On February 28, 2009, Chris John again staked his world title against Rocky Juarez in Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, which served as the main undercard for the Marquez-Diaz lightweight title bout. This was the first time he had fought on American soil. John seemed to take control of the fight in the middle rounds, but Juarez rallied to take the final two, resulting in a seemingly controversial draw. HBO's Harold Lederman and Max Kellerman both had the fight scored 8 rounds to 4 for Chris John. John had a rematch again Juarez on September 19 and the fight was won by the Indonesian via a 12 round unanimous decision.John defended his title for the 13th time on December 5, 2010, by defeating Argentinian David Saucedo by unanimous decision.

Chris John vs Juan Manuel Marquez

Chris John Great Body

Chris John vs Rocky Juarez

Trainers



*2005–present: Craig Christian

*1997 - 2004: Sutan Rambing

*1984 - 1997: Johan Tjahjadi (John's father)

Notable matches



*April 17, 2011: WUD12 over Daud Yordan in Jakarta, Indonesia - retains featherweight WBA title

*December 5, 2010: WUD12 over David Saucedo in Jakarta, Indonesia - retains featherweight WBA title

*September 19, 2009: WUD12 over Rocky Juarez (rematch) in Las Vegas, Nevada - retains featherweight WBA title

*February 28, 2009: Draw PTS with Rocky Juarez in Houston, Texas - retains featherweight WBA title

*October 24, 2008: WUD12 over Hiroyuki Enoki in Tokyo, Japan - retains featherweight WBA title

*January 26, 2008: WTKO 7 over Roinet Caballero in Jakarta, Indonesia - retains featherweight WBA title

*August 19, 2007: WTKO 9 over Zaiki Takemoto in Rokko Island, Japan - retains featherweight WBA title

*March 3, 2007: WUD12 over Jose Cheo Rojas (second fight) in Jakarta, Indonesia - retains featherweight WBA title

*September 9, 2006: WUD12 over Renan Acosta in Jakarta, Indonesia - retains featherweight WBA title

*March 4, 2006: WUD12 over Juan Manuel Márquez in Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia - retains featherweight WBA title

*August 7, 2005: WTKO 10 over Tommy Browne in Penrith, Australia - retains featherweight WBA title

*June 22, 2005: WUD12 over Derrick Gainer in Jakarta, Indonesia - retains featherweight WBA title

*December 3, 2004: TD4 with Jose Cheo Rojas due to incidental headclash in Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia - retains featherweight WBA title

*June 4, 2004: WUD12 over Osamu Sato in Tokyo, Japan - retains featherweight WBA title

*September 26, 2003: WSD12 over Oscar Leon in Bali, Indonesia - wins featherweight WBA interim title (soon interim title was upgraded to regular title by the WBA following to the loss of Derrick Gainer to Juan Manuel Márquez)

*September 9, 2001: WTKO7 over Soleh Sundava in Surabaya, Indonesia - wins featherweight PABA title.

*July 13, 1999: WKO12 over Muhammad Alfaridzi in Jakarta, Indonesia - wins Indonesian featherweight national title.

*June 4, 1998: Win decision 6 over Firman Kanda in Tangerang, Indonesia - professional debut.

In addition to being a professional boxer, Chris John is also a member of national wushu team. His successful achievements as a wushu athlete include:

*Gold Medalist, South East Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, 1997

*Bronze Medalist, South East Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2001

*Gold Medalist, Indonesian multi events games (National Olympic), Jakarta, 1996

*Gold Medalist, Indonesian wushu championship