Johnathon Banks Entertainment

JOHNATHON M. BANKS

JOHNATHON’S RECORD IS CURRENTLY 22-1-(15 KO’S) 

JOHNATHON WAS BORN ON JUNE 22, 1982 – LIVES IN  ECORSE, MICHIGAN 

Background

JOHNATHON BEGAN BOXING AT THE AGE OF 14YRS. OLD AT BREWSTER RECREATION CENTER UNDER TRAINER ALVIN “BLUE” LEWIS WHO FOUGHT THE GREAT “MOHAMED ALI”

CHAMPIONSHIPS INCLUDE THE MICHIGAN STATE JR. OLYMPICS, STATE SILVER GLOVES AND DETROIT GOLDEN GLOVES

JOHNATHON JOINED DETROIT’S KRONK BOXING TEAM IN 2000.

HE GOT TO KNOW “HALL OF FAMER EMMANUEL STEWARD” AND MADE HIS PROFESSIONAL DEBUT IN JULY 2004 AT THE MOHEGAN SUN IN CONNETICUT.

Known as the Nice Guy of Boxing

HE IS KNOWN AS THE “NICE GUY” WHICH IS NOT COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH MANY BOXERS TODAY.

Fights and Weight Category

JULY 26, 2006 JOHNATHON BANKS VS NABO CRUSIER WEIGHT ELISEO CASTILO AT THE HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM IN NY. THE GOAL IN SIGHT FOR JOHNATHON WAS TO WIN THE NABO CHAMPIONSHIP. AFTER PLUMMETING TO THE CANVAS TWICE IN THE FIRST ROUND, JOHNATHON REGAINED HIMSELF AND WENT ON TO WIN THE BOUT BY K.O

MANY MORE VICTORIES OF BEING UNDEFEATED MOVED JOHNATHON HIGHER UP THE RANKING WHICH LED TO ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH WON HIM THE I.B.O.BELT IN HAMBURG, GERMANY AGAINST VINCENZO ROSSAITTO

HE MOVED UP IN WEIGHT WHICH WAS LONG OVER DUE, ESPECIALLY WITH HIS VERY LAST CRUISER WEIGHT DEFEAT TO ADAMEK IN 2009 AND PRIOR TO THAT HIS LOST IN THE TRIALS FOR THE US OLYMPICS.

JOHNATHON’S DECISION TO MOVE TO THE HEAVY WEIGHT DIVISION HAS BEEN A SUCCESS IN THE TWO BOUTS HE FOUGHT WITH ONE RESULTING IN A KNOCK-OUT. HE HAS MOVED UP IN THE RANKINGS TO #49 IN THE WORLD AND #14 FOR THE WBC

JOHNATHON LOOKS FORWARD TO ATTENDING TRAINING CAMP IN AUSTRIA, FLORIDA AND GERMANY WHICH BELONGS TO THE KLITSCO BROTHERS.  HE SPARS EXTENSIVELY WITH WLADIMIR, THE YOUNGER OF THE TWO BROTHERS

HIS ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BECOME THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.