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 a 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 a 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 a 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 a loss to his record at 32-1.