Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p '''Yohannes Christian John''' (born September 14, 1979 in Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia) is a Retired Indonesian professional boxer who has been defeated only once, and a former WBA (Super) featherweight champion. His ten-year reign as featherweight champion was the second longest in the division's history (behind Johnny Kilbane) and his 18 successful title defenses was the second-most in the featherweight division (behind Eusebio Pedroza).John is the fourth Indonesian to win a boxing world title, following Ellyas Pical, Nico Thomas and Muhammad Rachman.On December 19, 2013 Chris John announced his retirement from boxing, because his 34th of age following the first lost match and lost world boxing title.•==Early life==Yohannes Christian John or Chris John was born in Banjarnegara, 14 September 1979, was the second son of four children of the couple Johan Tjahjadi (aka Tjia Foek Sem) and Maria Warsini. Boxing has been a part of John's life since his childhood and he never considered any other profession. John's father was a former amateur boxer in Indonesia. He introduced boxing to his sons, John and his younger brother Adrian, at an early age of 5. John's Father inspired him by regaling with stories of hard fought battles and triumphant victories. Given the choice to fight or pursue other sports, John chose boxing and became an amateur champion in Banjarnegara.In 1997, Chris caught the attention of renowned boxing trainer, Sutan Rambing. Sutan recruited John into his gym and relocated John to Semarang, a city in central Java Indoesia. Sutan served as John's trainer till 2004 and soon after parted ways when John won his first major world title.. }
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- Chris_John_(boxer) abstract "'''Yohannes Christian John''' (born September 14, 1979 in Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia) is a Retired Indonesian professional boxer who has been defeated only once, and a former WBA (Super) featherweight champion. His ten-year reign as featherweight champion was the second longest in the division's history (behind Johnny Kilbane) and his 18 successful title defenses was the second-most in the featherweight division (behind Eusebio Pedroza).John is the fourth Indonesian to win a boxing world title, following Ellyas Pical, Nico Thomas and Muhammad Rachman.On December 19, 2013 Chris John announced his retirement from boxing, because his 34th of age following the first lost match and lost world boxing title.•==Early life==Yohannes Christian John or Chris John was born in Banjarnegara, 14 September 1979, was the second son of four children of the couple Johan Tjahjadi (aka Tjia Foek Sem) and Maria Warsini. Boxing has been a part of John's life since his childhood and he never considered any other profession. John's father was a former amateur boxer in Indonesia. He introduced boxing to his sons, John and his younger brother Adrian, at an early age of 5. John's Father inspired him by regaling with stories of hard fought battles and triumphant victories. Given the choice to fight or pursue other sports, John chose boxing and became an amateur champion in Banjarnegara.In 1997, Chris caught the attention of renowned boxing trainer, Sutan Rambing. Sutan recruited John into his gym and relocated John to Semarang, a city in central Java Indoesia. Sutan served as John's trainer till 2004 and soon after parted ways when John won his first major world title.".