On June 11, 2022, a 29-year-old Jimmy Kelly (26-2, 10 KOs) and a 25-year-old Mexican boxer Jaime Munguía (39-0, 31 KOs) met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Kelly came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 17 days. Munguía was on a 39-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 23 days.
Jaime Munguía stopped Jimmy Kelly via KO in the 5th round. Munguía improves his record to 40-0 (32 KOs), while Kelly adds a loss to his record at 26-3.
On April 7, 2018, a 25-year-old Jimmy Kelly (23-1, 9 KOs) and a 33-year-old Irish boxer Dennis Hogan (26-1-1, 7 KOs) met in the ring in a super-welterweight bout.
Kelly came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 15 days. Hogan was on a 4-fight win streak with a 25% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 24 days.
Dennis Hogan defeated Jimmy Kelly via unanimous decision in the 12-round super-welterweight fight. Hogan improves his record to 27-1-1, while Kelly adds a loss to his record at 23-2.
On December 19, 2015, a 23-year-old Jimmy Kelly (16-0, 7 KOs) got a shot at the super-welterweight WBO title held by 27-year-old fellow British boxer Liam Smith (21-0-1, 11 KOs).
Kelly came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 9 days. Smith was on a 16-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 9 days.
Liam Smith stopped Jimmy Kelly via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-welterweight title. Smith improves his record to 22-0-1 (12 KOs), while Kelly adds a loss to his record at 16-1.