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Junior Jones Record

50-6
Total Fights56
Wins50
Losses6
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins2
Title Defenses2
Title-Fight KOs1
KO Wins29
KO Losses5
Junior Jones Record & Stats
Junior Jones' Record
Junior Jones' boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Junior Jones' boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and five months, Junior Jones fought 56 times with 50 wins and 6 losses.

      Jones retired from professional boxing with a record of 50-6, which included two world-title wins and two successful title defense fights at two weight classes — bantamweight and super-bantamweight. He had a 51.8% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 29 of his total 56 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Jones suffered five knockout losses in his career, four of which were in title fights.

      His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Ivan Alvarez on December 6, 2002.

      Some of Jones' best fights and notable victories include wins over three Hall-of-Famers (Tom Johnson, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Orlando Canizales), Jorge Eliécer Julio, Elvis Álvarez, Richard Evatt, and Tracy Harris Patterson.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      56Dec 6, 200231Ivan AlvarezLossUD
      55Aug 29, 200231Johnny WalkerWinUD
      54Oct 20, 200130Mike JuárezWinKO7
      53Apr 19, 200130Manuel SepedaWinUD
      52Apr 29, 200029Paul IngleLoss *TKO11
      51Nov 12, 199928Tracy Harris PattersonWinMD
      50Apr 10, 199928Richard EvattWinTKO11
      49Feb 17, 199928Tom JohnsonWinUD
      48Sep 12, 199827Érik MoralesLoss *TKO4
      47Dec 19, 199727Kennedy McKinneyLoss *TKO4
      46Apr 18, 199726Marco Antonio BarreraWin *UD
      45Nov 22, 199625Marco Antonio BarreraWin *TKO5
      44Sep 10, 199625Tommy ParksWinTKO5
      43Aug 20, 199625Wilson SantosWinUD
      42Mar 23, 199625Orlando CanizalesWinSD
      41Jan 12, 199625Armando NavarroWinTKO1
      40Dec 2, 199524Alberto RendonWinUD
      39Oct 6, 199524Tomas ValdezWinTKO2
      38Sep 9, 199524Jesus ChavezWinKO3
      37May 19, 199524Shawn WilkinsWinPTS
      36Mar 11, 199524Nelson Ramon MedinaWinUD
      35Oct 22, 199423Darryl PinckneyLossTKO3
      34Jun 12, 199423Orlando FernandezWinUD
      33Apr 22, 199423John Michael JohnsonLoss *TKO11
      32Jan 8, 199423Elvis ÁlvarezWin *UD
      31Oct 23, 199322Jorge Eliécer JulioWin *UD
      30Aug 10, 199322Francisco AlvarezWinTKO12
      29Jun 24, 199322Francisco GomezWinTKO2
      28Mar 6, 199322Juan Pablo SalazarWinKO4
      27Jan 15, 199322Felizardo CarrascoWinTKO2
      26Nov 13, 199221Jose QuirinoWinKO3
      25Sep 17, 199221Eddie RangelWinTKO7
      24Aug 20, 199221Max GomezWinUD
      23Jun 23, 199221Arturo NavaWinTKO1
      22Mar 6, 199221Diego AvilaWinTKO5
      21Dec 12, 199120Dadoy AndujarWinTKO9
      20Oct 24, 199120Rolando BoholWinUD
      19Aug 15, 199120Ramon SolisWinTKO2
      18Jun 13, 199120Alejandro SanabriaWinTKO7
      17May 2, 199120Jose Luis VegagilWinUD
      16Mar 1, 199120Juan CarazoWinMD
      15Jan 20, 199120Marcos ClaudioWinTKO2
      14Dec 13, 199019Claudemir Carvalho DiasWinTKO2
      13Oct 18, 199019Felix MartiWinTKO6
      12Sep 27, 199019Adan AvilesWinKO1
      11Aug 5, 199019Anthony BarelaWinUD
      10Jun 24, 199019Angel GonzalezWinTKO2
      9May 18, 199019Guadalupe BarajasWinKO1
      8Mar 30, 199019Fermin RodriguezWinKO4
      7Feb 20, 199019Angel GonzalezWinUD
      6Jan 12, 199019Carlos ReynaWinTKO2
      5Nov 16, 198918Ruben NevarezWinTKO5
      4Sep 14, 198918Charlie MontanaWinKO2
      3Aug 10, 198918John Michael JohnsonWinUD
      2Jun 23, 198918Quincy PrattWinPTS
      1Jun 8, 198918George YoungWinTKO1

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Junior Jones (Poison) is a 53-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. on December 19, 1970. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1989 to 2002.

      Jones made his professional boxing debut against George Young at the age of 18 on June 8, 1989, defeating Young via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 31 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 21 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 22 on October 23, 1993 after 30 professional fights, against Jorge Eliécer Julio for the bantamweight WBA title. He defeated Julio via 12 round unanimous decision to become the bantamweight champion of the world.

      Jones has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Jones' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

      Jones had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Ivan Alvarez on December 6, 2002. Jones lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 21 years, 4 months, and 13 days since this fight.

      Championships

      Jones had a total of eight world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and two successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost four.

      Title Wins

      Junior Jones fought for world titles in four fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Nov 22, 1996Marco Antonio BarreraSuper-bantamweightWBOTKO
      Oct 23, 1993Jorge Eliécer JulioBantamweightWBAUD

      Title Defenses

      Junior Jones had four world-title defense fights across two weight classes — bantamweight (x2) and super-bantamweight (x2). He won two of them and lost two times.

      Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Apr 18, 1997Marco Antonio BarreraSuper-bantamweightWBOUD
      Jan 8, 1994Elvis ÁlvarezBantamweightWBAUD

      Title Losses

      Junior Jones lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Dec 19, 1997Kennedy McKinneySuper-bantamweightWBOTKO
      Apr 22, 1994John Michael JohnsonBantamweightWBATKO

      Highlights

      Jones fought a total of 56 times during his professional career, which includes 8 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These four fights are the highlight of his career.

      • October 23, 1993: Jones wins his first world title by defeating Jorge Eliécer Julio via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA bantamweight world champion.

      • March 23, 1996: Junior Jones beats Orlando Canizales via 12th round split decision.

      • November 22, 1996: Jones wins the WBO super-bantamweight title from Marco Antonio Barrera, by beating Barrera via 5th round TKO.

      • April 18, 1997: Jones successfully defends the WBO super-bantamweight title against Marco Antonio Barrera, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.

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