He was selected for the 1988 Summer Olympics, however, and, after receiving a bye in round one, he defeated Emmanuel Legaspi of the Philippines, Darko Dukić of Yugoslavia, Sven Ottke of West Germany, ...

After losing to Merqui Sosa, Joseph Kiwanuka, Sven Ottke, Syd Vanderpool, Silvio Branco, Omar Sheika, Derrick Harmon, Julio Gonzalez and drawing with Daniel Judah, Johnson was well written off. In mid ...