On May 25, 2018, the 32-year-old WBA (Regular) bantamweight world champion, Jamie McDonnell (29-2-1, 13 KOs), faced a 25-year-old Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs), in a title defense fight.
McDonnell came in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 21 days. Inoue was on a 15-fight win streak with a 86% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 25 days.
Naoya Inoue made quick work of Jamie McDonnell, stopping the champion via TKO in the 1st. Inoue improves his record to 16-0 (14 KOs), while McDonnell adds a loss to his record at 29-3-1.
On March 28, 2008, a 21-year-old Jamie McDonnell (8-1-1, 2 KOs) and Lee Haskins met in the ring.
McDonnell came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 20% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days.
Jamie McDonnell lost to Lee Haskins via points decision in the 8-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 8-2-1.
On December 8, 2007, a 21-year-old Jamie McDonnell (8-0-1, 2 KOs) and Chris Edwards met in the ring in a super-flyweight bout.
McDonnell came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 22% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 17 days.
Jamie McDonnell lost to Chris Edwards via split decision in the 12-round super-flyweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 8-1-1.