Determined to continue his road to a great career, Houston.s own son, winner and defender of two World Boxing Title Championships, one as 1998 NABF, IBF and USBA Light Heavyweight Champ and another 1992 WBA and USBA Middleweight Champ is Reggie .Sweet.

and there’s another intangible that Johnson possesses that helps. "He knows what it takes to win and that’s important," said Watkins. Reggie has fought many fights and has never been knocked out in a match. He holds a career 24 Knock Outs to date in a total of 50 professional matches.

He has done Houston proud. He even helped to bring professional Las Vegas styled boxing to the University of Houston in 2001. The event was a success for the people of Houston as they came out in droves to support their own son. Reggie never intended staying out of the ring so long, but one delay lead to another. Still he has never stopped his training and rigorous boxing regiments. Some of the younger boxers look at him and often ask him how he does it when sparring. Reggie often answers them in a reply that, .I just keep at it; boxing is not just a part of  me, but ALL of me.. adding that, .My heart is not just in boxing, but ALL of me is in boxing and boxing is in ALL me!...

Reggie.s trainer says that Reggie.s ring action is, ". as close to picture-perfect as you will see." Johnson is hoping that form will lead to another world title, in spite of the fact that it’s been 3 1/2 years since his last bout, a split decision loss to Antonio Tarver for the NABF and USBA Light Heavyweight titles Johnson owned. While Johnson came out of retirement once before, he said this is a different scenario. "To be honest,it’s not a comeback," Johnson said during the June press conference at Copeland’s Restaurant in Alexander. LA to promote the upcoming fight.

.I’ve had two world titles and the difference this time, is the motivation of gaining all the things that I left on the table," said the Houston resident. "I want the money and fame to help my family and disadvantaged children in the community. In my absence from the ring I have started a ’Knocking Out Drugs’ program. Due and in part, because of the close relationship of drugs in my family and near community. I’ve seen first hand what drugs have done to my neighborhood and to my family. Personally I’ve never drank alcohol or beer. I have never smoked or used drugs, but drugs have had an effect on me indirectly. I know I can do so much more to stir children and my community in general away from drugs with a world title and the spotlight on me andmy positive fame." .My heart knows that to keep even our best laid plans as we struggle to make them a reality; the road is sealed only by hard work and dedication to whatever it is that your desire entails. I am dedicated to hard work and I come from a long bloodline of fighters.. Claiming to be a distant 5th generation blood cousin to Galveston.s own son, Jack .Arthur. Johnson, dubbed .The Galveston Giant. who became the first BlackAfrican-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World and the blood cousins of professional boxers, Golden Johnson and Starr Johnson. I guess that boxing does run deep in the Johnson family bloodline. After all it was Reggie.s Uncle Kenneth .Iron Man. Walker that first introduced Reggie to the World of Boxing by taking him to the Salvation Army.s Boys Club Boxing Team in his early teens. Kenneth Walker was a popular and decorated amateur champion boxer, who never turned professional. Reggie.s father was schoolmate and friends with World Heavyweight Champion George Forman. The two friends often traveled the Houston streets together. Both men were from the Fifth Ward area of Houston.