On March 23, 1996, Orlando Canizales (42-2-1, 31 KOs) and Junior Jones (39-2, 25 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round bout.
Orlando Canizales is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Julio Cesar Portillo, 4 months and 19 days ago. Junior Jones is on a 6-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Armando Navarro, 2 months and 11 days ago.
The winning odds are at 78.6-21.4 in favor of Orlando Canizales. It is going to be a competitive fight and Junior Jones will put up a very good fight, but Canizales will prevail.
Junior Jones defeated Orlando Canizales via split decision in the 12-round super-bantamweight fight. Jones improves his record to 40-2, while Canizales adds a loss to his record at 42-3-1.