Frank Johnson
English boxer (1928-1970)
- Born
- 27 November 1928, Withington
- Died
- 7 June 1970
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight
- Occupation
- boxer
Frank "Golden Boy" Johnson (27 November 1928 – 7 June 1970) born in Manchester was an English professional feather/light/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Central Area lightweight title, BBBofC British lightweight title, and British Empire lightweight title, and was a challenger for the British Empire lightweight title against Pat Ford, and BBBofC British welterweight title against Peter Waterman his professional fighting weight varied from 124 lb (56 kg; 8 st 12 lb), i.e. featherweight to 149 lb (68 kg; 10 st 9 lb), i.e. middleweight. Frank Johnson was trained and managed by Jack Bates[1] Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, and promoted by Jack Solomons.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.