On December 6, 2002, a 31-year-old Junior Jones (50-5, 29 KOs) and Ivan Alvarez met in the ring.
Jones came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 7 days.
Junior Jones lost to Ivan Alvarez via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 50-6.
On April 29, 2000, a 29-year-old Junior Jones (47-4, 28 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight IBF title held by 27-year-old British boxer Paul Ingle (22-1, 15 KOs).
Jones came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 17 days. Ingle was on a 1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 16 days.
Paul Ingle stopped Junior Jones via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF featherweight title. Ingle improves his record to 23-1 (16 KOs), while Jones adds a loss to his record at 47-5.
On September 12, 1998, a 27-year-old Junior Jones (44-3, 27 KOs) got a shot at the super-bantamweight WBC title held by 22-year-old Mexican boxer Érik Morales (30-0, 24 KOs).
Jones came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 24 days. Morales was on a 30-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Érik Morales stopped Junior Jones via KO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Morales improves his record to 31-0 (25 KOs), while Jones adds a loss to his record at 44-4.
On December 19, 1997, the 27-year-old WBO super-bantamweight world champion, Junior Jones (44-2, 27 KOs), faced Kennedy McKinney, in a title defense fight.
Jones came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 1 day.
Junior Jones was defending his super-bantamweight WBO titles against Kennedy McKinney and lost via TKO in the 4th round, and adds an loss to his record at 44-3.
On October 22, 1994, a 23-year-old Junior Jones (33-1, 22 KOs) and Darryl Pinckney met in the ring.
Jones came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 10 days.
Junior Jones lost to Darryl Pinckney via TKO in the 3rd round, and adds an loss to his record at 33-2.
On April 22, 1994, Junior Jones and John Michael Johnson met again in a rematch.
Jones came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 14 days.
Junior Jones was defending his bantamweight WBA titles against John Michael Johnson and lost via TKO in the 11th round, and adds an loss to his record at 32-1.