# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-owen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:49:45.035Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-owen"
name: "Johnny Owen"
slug: "johnny-owen"
description: "John Richard Owens was a Welsh professional boxer who fought under the name Johnny Owen. His seemingly fragile appearance earned him many epithets, including the \"Merthyr Matchstick\" and the \"Bionic Bantam\". He began boxing at the age of eight and undertook a long amateur career, competing in more than 120 fights and representing Wales in competitions. He turned professional in September 1976 at the age of 20, winning his debut bout against George Sutton. Owen beat Sutton again in his sixth professional fight to win his first title, the vacant bantamweight title in the Welsh Area."
tagline: "Welsh boxer (1956–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Owen_Merthyr_Boxer_by_Aberdare_Blog.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: "1956-01-07"
deathDate: "1980-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.01436933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Owen"
    title: "Johnny Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جوني أوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جونى اوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Oven"
    title: "Con Oven"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Owen"
    title: "Johnny Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Owen"
    title: "Johnny Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Owen"
    title: "Johnny Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Owen"
    title: "Johnny Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جانی اوون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Owen"
    title: "Johnny Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%83%D1%8D%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Оуэн, Джонни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Owen"
    title: "Johnny Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Owen"
    title: "Johnny Owen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360522"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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