Junior Jones
Career, Record, Stats
Junior Jones (Poison) is a 54-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 13 years, 5 months, and 28 days, Jones amassed a record of 50-6, which includes 29 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Junior Jones' Boxing Career
Junior Jones was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. on December 19, 1970. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on June 8, 1989 against George Young. Jones defeated Young via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Jones became a world champion at the age of 22 after 30 professional fights. He challenged Jorge Eliécer Julio for the WBA bantamweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the super-bantamweight (WBO) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Jones' last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Ivan Alvarez at age 31, on December 6, 2002.
Some of Junior Jones' best fights have been against Marco Antonio Barrera (HOFer), Orlando Canizales (HOFer), and Jorge Eliécer Julio. For a complete list of Jones' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Junior Jones".
Jones has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Junior Jones Losses".
Junior Jones' Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
56 | Dec 06, 2002 | 31 |  Ivan Alvarez | loss | UD 10 |
55 | Aug 29, 2002 | 31 | Johnny Walker | win | UD 10 |
54 | Oct 20, 2001 | 30 | Mike Juárez | win | KO 7 |
53 | Apr 19, 2001 | 30 | Manuel Sepeda | win | UD 10 |
52 | Apr 29, 2000 | 29 | 
Paul Ingle 27 22-1 | loss | TKO 11 |
51 | Nov 12, 1999 | 28 | Tracy Harris Patterson | win | MD 10 |
50 | Apr 10, 1999 | 28 | Richard Evatt | win | TKO 11 |
49 | Feb 17, 1999 | 28 | Tom Johnson | win | UD 12 |
48 | Sep 12, 1998 | 27 | 
Érik Morales 22 30-0 | loss | TKO 4 |
47 | Dec 19, 1997 | 27 | Kennedy McKinney | loss | TKO 4 |
46 | Apr 18, 1997 | 26 | 
Marco Antonio Barrera 23 43-1 | win | UD 12 |
45 | Nov 22, 1996 | 25 |
Marco Antonio Barrera 22 43-0 | win | TKO 5 |
44 | Sep 10, 1996 | 25 | Tommy Parks | win | TKO 5 |
43 | Aug 20, 1996 | 25 | Wilson Santos | win | UD 10 |
42 | Mar 23, 1996 | 25 | 
Orlando Canizales 30 42-2-1 | win | SD 12 |
41 | Jan 12, 1996 | 25 | Armando Navarro | win | TKO 1 |
40 | Dec 02, 1995 | 24 | Alberto Rendon | win | UD 10 |
39 | Oct 06, 1995 | 24 | Tomas Valdez | win | TKO 2 |
38 | Sep 09, 1995 | 24 | Jesus Chavez | win | KO 3 |
37 | May 19, 1995 | 24 | Shawn Wilkins | win | PTS 10 |
36 | Mar 11, 1995 | 24 | Nelson Ramon Medina | win | UD 10 |
35 | Oct 22, 1994 | 23 | Darryl Pinckney | loss | TKO 3 |
34 | Jun 12, 1994 | 23 | Orlando Fernandez | win | UD 10 |
33 | Apr 22, 1994 | 23 | John Michael Johnson | loss | TKO 11 |
32 | Jan 08, 1994 | 23 | Elvis Álvarez | win | UD 12 |
31 | Oct 23, 1993 | 22 | 
Jorge Eliécer Julio 24 26-0 | win | UD 12 |
30 | Aug 10, 1993 | 22 | Francisco Alvarez | win | TKO 12 |
29 | Jun 24, 1993 | 22 | Francisco Gomez | win | TKO 2 |
28 | Mar 06, 1993 | 22 | Juan Pablo Salazar | win | KO 4 |
27 | Jan 15, 1993 | 22 | Felizardo Carrasco | win | TKO 2 |
26 | Nov 13, 1992 | 21 | Jose Quirino | win | KO 3 |
25 | Sep 17, 1992 | 21 | Eddie Rangel | win | TKO 7 |
24 | Aug 20, 1992 | 21 | Max Gomez | win | UD 10 |
23 | Jun 23, 1992 | 21 | Arturo Nava | win | TKO 1 |
22 | Mar 06, 1992 | 21 | Diego Avila | win | TKO 5 |
21 | Dec 12, 1991 | 20 | Dadoy Andujar | win | TKO 9 |
20 | Oct 24, 1991 | 20 | Rolando Bohol | win | UD 10 |
19 | Aug 15, 1991 | 20 | Ramon Solis | win | TKO 2 |
18 | Jun 13, 1991 | 20 | Alejandro Sanabria | win | TKO 7 |
17 | May 02, 1991 | 20 | Jose Luis Vegagil | win | UD 10 |
16 | Mar 01, 1991 | 20 | Juan Carazo | win | MD 10 |
15 | Jan 20, 1991 | 20 | Marcos Claudio | win | TKO 2 |
14 | Dec 13, 1990 | 19 | Claudemir Carvalho Dias | win | TKO 2 |
13 | Oct 18, 1990 | 19 | Felix Marti | win | TKO 6 |
12 | Sep 27, 1990 | 19 | Adan Aviles | win | KO 1 |
11 | Aug 05, 1990 | 19 | Anthony Barela | win | UD 8 |
10 | Jun 24, 1990 | 19 | Angel Gonzalez | win | TKO 2 |
9 | May 18, 1990 | 19 | Guadalupe Barajas | win | KO 1 |
8 | Mar 30, 1990 | 19 | Fermin Rodriguez | win | KO 4 |
7 | Feb 20, 1990 | 19 | Angel Gonzalez | win | UD 6 |
6 | Jan 12, 1990 | 19 | Carlos Reyna | win | TKO 2 |
5 | Nov 16, 1989 | 18 | Ruben Nevarez | win | TKO 5 |
4 | Sep 14, 1989 | 18 | Charlie Montana | win | KO 2 |
3 | Aug 10, 1989 | 18 | John Michael Johnson | win | UD 4 |
2 | Jun 23, 1989 | 18 | Quincy Pratt | win | PTS 4 |
1 | Jun 08, 1989 | 18 | George Young | win | TKO 1 |