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Jones Jr. vs. González: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

In an undisputed world title fight, Roy Jones Jr. (Captain Hook) defends his light-heavyweight WBA (Super), WBC, and IBF belts against Julio César González. Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

32
May 6, 1989
44-1
18
36 (80%)
180 cm
188 cm
8 cm
Switcher
Feb 24, 2001
5m, 4d
10
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
24
Apr 7, 1997
27-0
0
17 (63%)
188 cm
201 cm
13 cm
Orthodox
Apr 8, 2001
3m, 20d
27
WBAWBCIBF
lHV
w1
d7
lHV
e1
w1
d8
lHV
w1
d4
sMD
w1
d5
MD
w1
d1
light-heavyweight
Saturday, 28 Jul 2001
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Roy Jones Jr. vs. Julio César González

Date

This fight between Roy Jones Jr. and Julio César González took place on at the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 188 cm, Julio César González is the taller of the two by 8 cms; Roy Jones Jr. is 180 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 201 cm, González also has a significant reach advantage of 13 cms over Jones Jr.'s 188 cm. On top of that, González also has a 5 cm ape index advantage over Jones Jr.

Jones Jr. is coming in to this fight with a record of 44-1 (36 KOs). His last fight was 5 months and 4 days ago against Derrick Harmon, which he won via 10th round RTD.

González comes in with an undefeated record of 27-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 20 days ago against Konstantin Semerdjiev, which he won via 5th round RTD.

Roy Jones Jr. is a switch-hitter, he can fight out of both the orthodox and the southpaw stances. Julio César González fights out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, Jones Jr. will be 32 years and 6 months old. González will be 24 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 56-44 in favor of Roy Jones Jr. Here is the prediction for Jones Jr. vs González.

The chances of Roy Jones Jr. winning is higher, but Julio César González cannot be counted out. González could make it competitive, maybe even win.

Result

Roy Jones Jr. defeated Julio César González via 12 round UD. González' undefeated record of 27 wins comes to an end, and Jones Jr. advances his win streak to 11. Jones Jr. is now 45-1, and González 27-1.

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  4. Roy Jones Jr. knocks out Montell Griffin in the 1st round in their 2nd fight
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