On April 29, 2000, Paul Ingle (22-1, 15 KOs), the featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Junior Jones (47-4, 28 KOs).
Paul Ingle is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Manuel Medina, 5 months and 16 days ago. Junior Jones is on a 3-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, with his last fight being a majority decision win over Tracy Harris Patterson, 5 months and 17 days ago.
The winning odds are at 73.4-26.6 in favor of Junior Jones, but the win will not come easy. It is going to be a competitive fight and Paul Ingle will put on a really good performance, Jones will be required to be at his best.
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.