John Conteh vs Marvin Pops Johnson at 175 lbs, 15 rounds, both prime.

With all due respect to you, I believe you are referring to the John Conteh of 1978 and 1979. My thread is the prime John Conteh who took the vacant WBC Title by beating Jorge Ahumada on Oct 1 1974 by unanimous 15 round decision vs Marvin Pops Johnson in his respective prime. Sometimes it's easy to jump off of the tracks, later Conteh had hand issues, was of course later stripped of his title on May 21 1977 for failure to meet mandatory WBC no. 1 contender Miguel Angel Cuello of Argentina in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Cuello defeated late substitute Jesse Burnett by TKO 9 to take the title. On Jan 9 1978, Mate Parlov stopped Cuello by TKO 9 to win the WBC Title. In June 1978 Parlov faced former WBC Champion John Conteh in Yugoslavia, Parlov's home turf and won a hotly disputed decision. On Dec 2 1978, Marvin Pops Johnson stopped Parlov to win the WBC Title, which later he would lose to then Matthew Franklin (Matthew Saad Muhammad) by TKO 8. Conteh was passed his prime by June 1978.