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Leroy Jones Record

25-1-1
Total Fights27
Wins25
Losses1
Draws1
No-Contests0
Title Wins0
Title Defenses0
Title-Fight KOs0
KO Wins13
KO Losses1
Leroy Jones Record & Stats
Leroy Jones' Record
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      What is Leroy Jones' boxing record?

      In a professional boxing career spanning nine years, Leroy Jones fought 27 times with 25 wins, a single loss, and 1 draw.

      Jones retired from professional boxing with a record of 25-1-1. He was a one-time heavyweight world title challenger. He had a 48.1% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 13 of his total 27 fights being knockout wins. The only loss in Jones' career was a 8th round TKO loss to Larry Holmes in a heavyweight title fight.

      His last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Jeff Shelburg on August 26, 1982.

      Some of Jones' best fights and notable victories include wins over James J Beattie, Jeff Shelburg, Alfredo Mongol Ortiz, Roy Wallace, Jody Ballard, Art Robinson, and Eusebio Hernandez Jr..

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      27Aug 26, 198232Jeff ShelburgWinTKO2
      26Mar 31, 198030Larry HolmesLoss *TKO8
      25Jul 14, 197929James J BeattieWinTKO4
      24May 12, 197929Harry TerrellWinSD
      23Jan 26, 197928Fili MoalaWinUD
      22Aug 19, 197828Mike WeaverWinUD
      21Sep 14, 197727Gregory JohnsonWinUD
      20Mar 27, 197727John Dino DenisWinPTS
      19Jan 22, 197726Roy WallaceWinTKO9
      18Jul 10, 197626Pedro LovellDrawSD
      17May 13, 197626Alfredo Mongol OrtizWinTKO6
      16Mar 3, 197626Jody BallardWinTKO4
      15Sep 13, 197525Art RobinsonWinKO2
      14Jul 9, 197525Larry FrazierWinUD
      13Mar 18, 197525George JohnsonWinUD
      12Feb 11, 197525Jimmy GilmoreWinPTS
      11Jan 29, 197524Rico BrooksWinUD
      10Oct 17, 197424Eusebio Hernandez Jr.WinTKO6
      9Sep 23, 197424Koli VaileaWinKO4
      8Aug 26, 197424Henry CulpepperWinUD
      7Jul 1, 197424Jimmy GilmoreWinUD
      6Jun 5, 197424Bob CrutisonWinKO2
      5Mar 19, 197424Lou RoganWinTKO3
      4Feb 13, 197424Paul SolomonWinKO1
      3Jan 23, 197423Bobby Joe AndersonWinTKO1
      2Jan 10, 197423Larry FrazierWinSD
      1Jul 30, 197323John ScrogginsWinTKO3

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      Leroy Jones was an American professional boxer. He was born in Meridian, Mississippi, USA on February 10, 1950. Jones died on July 11, 2010 at the age of 60 years. His professional boxing career spanned more than 9 years — from 1973 to 1982.

      Jones made his professional boxing debut against John Scroggins at the age of 23 on July 30, 1973, defeating Scroggins via 3rd round TKO. He went on to win 16 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.

      He had his first world title fight at the age of 30 on March 31, 1980 after 25 professional fights, against Larry Holmes for the WBC title. He lost to Holmes via 8th round TKO.

      Jones had just a single loss in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Jeff Shelburg at 32 years of age, on August 26, 1982. Jones won the fight via 2nd round TKO.

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