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Barrera vs. Jones: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Marco Antonio Barrera (Baby-Faced Assassin) defends his WBO super-bantamweight title against Junior Jones (Poison). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

22
Nov 22, 1989
43-0
11
31 (72.1%)
168 cm
178 cm
10 cm
Orthodox
Sep 14, 1996
2m, 8d
43
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
25
Jun 8, 1989
42-2
3
26 (59.1%)
173 cm
180 cm
7 cm
Orthodox
Sep 10, 1996
2m, 12d
9
WBAWBO
sBT
w1
d1
sBT
w1
d8
WBA
BT
w1
d1
super-bantamweight
Friday, 22 Nov 1996
Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida, U.S.
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Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Junior Jones I

Date

This fight between Marco Antonio Barrera and Junior Jones took place on at the Ice Palace, Tampa, Florida, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 173 cm, Junior Jones is the taller of the two by 5 cms; Marco Antonio Barrera is 168 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 180 cm, Jones also has reach advantage of 2 cms over Barrera's 178 cm. Barrera has a 3 cm ape index advantage over Jones.

Barrera is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 43-0 (31 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 8 days ago against Jesse Magana, which he won via 10th round TKO.

Jones comes in with a record of 42-2 (26 KOs). His last fight was 2 months and 12 days ago against Tommy Parks, which he won via 5th round TKO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Barrera will be 22 years and 10 months old. Jones will be 25 years and 11 months old.

Prediction and Odds

[ Early Beta ]

After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 66-34 in favor of Marco Antonio Barrera. Here is the prediction for Barrera vs Jones.

Marco Antonio Barrera is very likely to win this fight. It is going to be hard for Junior Jones to win this one.

Result

Junior Jones defeated Marco Antonio Barrera via 5th round TKO to win the WBO super-bantamweight title. Barrera's undefeated record of 43 wins comes to an end, and Jones advances his win streak to 10. Jones is now 43-2, and Barrera 43-1.

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  3. Marco Antonio Barrera knocks out Kevin Kelley in the 4th round
  4. Marco Antonio Barrera defeats Johnny Tapia via 12-round unanimous decision
  5. Paul Ingle knocks out Junior Jones in the 11th round
  6. Érik Morales defeats Marco Antonio Barrera via 12-round split decision
  7. Junior Jones defeats Jorge Eliécer Julio via 12-round unanimous decision