# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-wilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:24:42.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-wilson"
name: "Johnny Wilson"
slug: "johnny-wilson"
description: "Johnny Wilson was born Giovanni Francesco Panica on March 23, 1893 in Harlem, New York City. He was a professional boxer who fought from 1911 until 1926. The highlight of Wilson's career came when he captured the world middleweight championship by defeating Mike O'Dowd by decision over 12 rounds on May 6, 1920. Wilson held the crown until he was outpointed over 15 rounds by the all-time great Harry Greb."
tagline: "American boxer (1893-1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Wilson_portrait_BNF.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1893-03-23"
deathDate: "1985-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.98
  momentum:             29.19
  historical:           8.939885333333333
  currentAttention:     8.92
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Wilson"
    title: "Johnny Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%85)"
    title: "جوني ويلسون (ملاكم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جونى ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Wilson_(Boxer)"
    title: "Johnny Wilson (Boxer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Wilson_(boxer)"
    title: "Johnny Wilson (boxer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Wilson_(boxe_anglaise)"
    title: "Johnny Wilson (boxe anglaise)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Wilson"
    title: "Johnny Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Wilson"
    title: "Johnny Wilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョニー・ウィルソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Wilson_(bokser)"
    title: "Johnny Wilson (bokser)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2361471"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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