# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:09:01.885Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-nelson"
name: "Johnny Nelson"
slug: "johnny-nelson"
description: "Ivanson Ranny \"Johnny\" Nelson is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 2005. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) cruiserweight title from 1999 to 2006, and remains the longest reigning cruiserweight world champion of all time. Nelson defended the title against thirteen different opponents, more than any other cruiserweight in history, and holds a joint-record of most consecutive cruiserweight title defences. He also never lost the title in the ring. At regional level, he held the British cruiserweight title twice between 1989 and 1997, and the European cruiserweight title twice between 1990 and 1998."
tagline: "British boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Nelson_2017_(25291824848).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1967-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.274649333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/johnnynelsonsky/"
    handle:    "johnnynelsonsky"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Johnny_Nelson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جوني نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جونى نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nelson"
    title: "Johnny Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nelson"
    title: "Johnny Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nelson"
    title: "Johnny Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョニー・ネルソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Nelson"
    title: "Johnny Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Нельсон, Джонни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Джонні Нельсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2388183"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump