On November 22, 1996, Marco Antonio Barrera (43-0, 31 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Junior Jones (42-2, 26 KOs).
Marco Antonio Barrera is coming in to the fight on a 43-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Jesse Magana, 2 months and 8 days ago. Junior Jones is on a 9-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Tommy Parks, 2 months and 12 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93.1-6.9 in favor of Junior Jones. It is going to be very difficult for Marco Antonio Barrera to win this fight.
Junior Jones stopped the champion via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO super-bantamweight champion. Jones improves his record to 43-2 (27 KOs), while Barrera adds a loss to his record at 43-1.