[2] Born in Leeds, England, Johanneson began his career in the United States, for coach John Durkin fighting a variety of journeyman-level competition with two exceptions; He lost a split decision to Koba Gogoladze in 2003, and ended Harold Grey's career with a TKO in the 5th of 8.
Johanneson began fighting out of England less than a year later, beginning the British phase of his career by TKO'ing Carl Greaves in 3 rounds at Wembley Stadium for the World Boxing Foundation (WBFo) super featherweight title.
On Saturday 8 March Carl lost his British Title to Kevin Mitchell in a 9th-round TKO.
[3] Johanneson returned to the ring in 2010 and scored routine six round points wins over Youssef Al Hamidi, Arek Malek, and George Watson.
[3] On 5 March 2011 he fought for the British title once more, losing to Gary Sykes at the Huddersfield Sports Centre.