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Total Fights | 56 |
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Wins | 50 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 29 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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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.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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56 | Dec 6, 2002 | 31 | Ivan Alvarez | Loss | UD |
55 | Aug 29, 2002 | 31 | Johnny Walker | Win | UD |
54 | Oct 20, 2001 | 30 | Mike Juárez | Win | KO7 |
53 | Apr 19, 2001 | 30 | Manuel Sepeda | Win | UD |
52 | Apr 29, 2000 | 29 | Paul Ingle | Loss * | TKO11 |
51 | Nov 12, 1999 | 28 | Tracy Harris Patterson | Win | MD |
50 | Apr 10, 1999 | 28 | Richard Evatt | Win | TKO11 |
49 | Feb 17, 1999 | 28 | Tom Johnson | Win | UD |
48 | Sep 12, 1998 | 27 | Érik Morales | Loss * | TKO4 |
47 | Dec 19, 1997 | 27 | Kennedy McKinney | Loss * | TKO4 |
46 | Apr 18, 1997 | 26 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Win * | UD |
45 | Nov 22, 1996 | 25 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Win * | TKO5 |
44 | Sep 10, 1996 | 25 | Tommy Parks | Win | TKO5 |
43 | Aug 20, 1996 | 25 | Wilson Santos | Win | UD |
42 | Mar 23, 1996 | 25 | Orlando Canizales | Win | SD |
41 | Jan 12, 1996 | 25 | Armando Navarro | Win | TKO1 |
40 | Dec 2, 1995 | 24 | Alberto Rendon | Win | UD |
39 | Oct 6, 1995 | 24 | Tomas Valdez | Win | TKO2 |
38 | Sep 9, 1995 | 24 | Jesus Chavez | Win | KO3 |
37 | May 19, 1995 | 24 | Shawn Wilkins | Win | PTS |
36 | Mar 11, 1995 | 24 | Nelson Ramon Medina | Win | UD |
35 | Oct 22, 1994 | 23 | Darryl Pinckney | Loss | TKO3 |
34 | Jun 12, 1994 | 23 | Orlando Fernandez | Win | UD |
33 | Apr 22, 1994 | 23 | John Michael Johnson | Loss * | TKO11 |
32 | Jan 8, 1994 | 23 | Elvis Álvarez | Win * | UD |
31 | Oct 23, 1993 | 22 | Jorge Eliécer Julio | Win * | UD |
30 | Aug 10, 1993 | 22 | Francisco Alvarez | Win | TKO12 |
29 | Jun 24, 1993 | 22 | Francisco Gomez | Win | TKO2 |
28 | Mar 6, 1993 | 22 | Juan Pablo Salazar | Win | KO4 |
27 | Jan 15, 1993 | 22 | Felizardo Carrasco | Win | TKO2 |
26 | Nov 13, 1992 | 21 | Jose Quirino | Win | KO3 |
25 | Sep 17, 1992 | 21 | Eddie Rangel | Win | TKO7 |
24 | Aug 20, 1992 | 21 | Max Gomez | Win | UD |
23 | Jun 23, 1992 | 21 | Arturo Nava | Win | TKO1 |
22 | Mar 6, 1992 | 21 | Diego Avila | Win | TKO5 |
21 | Dec 12, 1991 | 20 | Dadoy Andujar | Win | TKO9 |
20 | Oct 24, 1991 | 20 | Rolando Bohol | Win | UD |
19 | Aug 15, 1991 | 20 | Ramon Solis | Win | TKO2 |
18 | Jun 13, 1991 | 20 | Alejandro Sanabria | Win | TKO7 |
17 | May 2, 1991 | 20 | Jose Luis Vegagil | Win | UD |
16 | Mar 1, 1991 | 20 | Juan Carazo | Win | MD |
15 | Jan 20, 1991 | 20 | Marcos Claudio | Win | TKO2 |
14 | Dec 13, 1990 | 19 | Claudemir Carvalho Dias | Win | TKO2 |
13 | Oct 18, 1990 | 19 | Felix Marti | Win | TKO6 |
12 | Sep 27, 1990 | 19 | Adan Aviles | Win | KO1 |
11 | Aug 5, 1990 | 19 | Anthony Barela | Win | UD |
10 | Jun 24, 1990 | 19 | Angel Gonzalez | Win | TKO2 |
9 | May 18, 1990 | 19 | Guadalupe Barajas | Win | KO1 |
8 | Mar 30, 1990 | 19 | Fermin Rodriguez | Win | KO4 |
7 | Feb 20, 1990 | 19 | Angel Gonzalez | Win | UD |
6 | Jan 12, 1990 | 19 | Carlos Reyna | Win | TKO2 |
5 | Nov 16, 1989 | 18 | Ruben Nevarez | Win | TKO5 |
4 | Sep 14, 1989 | 18 | Charlie Montana | Win | KO2 |
3 | Aug 10, 1989 | 18 | John Michael Johnson | Win | UD |
2 | Jun 23, 1989 | 18 | Quincy Pratt | Win | PTS |
1 | Jun 8, 1989 | 18 | George Young | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
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.
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.
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Nov 22, 1996 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Oct 23, 1993 | Jorge Eliécer Julio | Bantamweight | WBA | UD |
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.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Apr 18, 1997 | Marco Antonio Barrera | Super-bantamweight | WBO | UD |
Jan 8, 1994 | Elvis Álvarez | Bantamweight | WBA | UD |
Junior Jones lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Dec 19, 1997 | Kennedy McKinney | Super-bantamweight | WBO | TKO |
Apr 22, 1994 | John Michael Johnson | Bantamweight | WBA | TKO |
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.
Jones knocked out 29 of his 56 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 51.8%. Of his total 50 wins, 29 of them were via KO (58%).
Jones' first world-title win was the WBA belt at bantamweight. He defeated Jorge Eliécer Julio via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Jones won two world titles at two weight classes.
Jones had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost two times.