Varghese Johnson
{{short description|Indian boxer}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze| Doha 2006 | Super Heavyweight}}
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Varghese Johnson (born April 28, 1982) is an amateur boxer from India who repeatedly medaled in the Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division.
Career
In Melbourne at the Commonwealth Games 2006 he won Bronze, losing to David Price, who arose from three knockdowns to stop Johnson.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/commonwealth_games/4835800.stm|title = Stunning comeback seals Price win|date = 23 March 2006}}
At the 2006 Asian Games he also won the bronze medal in a lost bout against Kazakhstan's Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov 13–32.[http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/SPORTS/CO/IGCOParticipantInfo.aspx?Register=5802298 Super heavyweight semifinal results]
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100429132734/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=106001 Bio]
References
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Category:Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India
Category:Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Asian Games medalists in boxing
Category:Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games
Category:Boxers at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for India
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Category:Super-heavyweight boxers
Category:21st-century Indian people
Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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