On October 30, 2021, the 33-year-old WBA (Regular) welterweight world champion, Jamal James (27-1, 12 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Russian boxer Radzhab Butaev (13-0, 10 KOs), in a title defense fight.
James came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 2 months, and 22 days. Butaev was on a 13-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 10 months and 4 days.
Radzhab Butaev stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA (Regular) welterweight champion. Butaev improves his record to 14-0 (11 KOs), while James adds a loss to his record at 27-2.
On August 12, 2016, a 28-year-old Jamal James (20-0, 9 KOs) and a 30-year-old Cuban boxer Yordenis Ugás (15-3, 7 KOs) met in the ring.
James came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 27 days. Ugás was on a -2-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 years, 3 months, and 2 days.
Yordenis Ugás defeated Jamal James via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Ugás improves his record to 16-3, while James adds a loss to his record at 20-1.