Junior Jones (born December 19, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York) was a professional boxer. Known as "Poison", Jones was an exciting Bantamweight fighter, who is best remembered for his two victories over Mexican boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera.
Jones won two New York Golden Gloves Championships, the 1988 119lb Novice Championship and the 1989 119lb Open Championship. In 1988 Jones defeated Arnold Miranda of the Cage Recreation in th...
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Junior Jones (born December 19, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York) was a professional boxer. Known as "Poison", Jones was an exciting Bantamweight fighter, who is best remembered for his two victories over Mexican boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera.
Jones won two New York Golden Gloves Championships, the 1988 119lb Novice Championship and the 1989 119lb Open Championship. In 1988 Jones defeated Arnold Miranda of the Cage Recreation in the finals to win the Championship and in 1989 Jones defeated Robert Pimentel of the New York City Recreation in the finals to win the Championship. Jones trained at the Police Athletic League. In the Olympic box-offs he lost to eventual Gold medallist Kennedy McKinney. His record was 150-9.
Jones began his career in 1989 and ran off a string of 32 consecutive victories, capturing the WBA Bantamweight title on 23 October 1993 with a win over Jorge Julio Rocha. On 22 April 1994, Jones lost his title to John Michael Johnson by a TKO in the...
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