Ebonie Jones | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 May 1998 [1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Featherweight, Super-bantamweight | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record [2] | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Ebonie Jones (born 11 May 1998) is an English professional boxer. She has held the Commonwealth Silver female featherweight title and as an amateur won the gold medal in the 54kg category at the 2018 European Under-22 Boxing Championships.
Originally a kickboxer, [3] Jones started boxing aged 12. [4] She won the gold medal in the 54kg division at the European U22 Boxing Championships in Târgu Jiu, Romania, defeating Poland's Anna Goralska by unanimous decision in the final. [5] [6]
Dropping down a weight category to 51kg, she was selected for the 2018 AIBA Women's World Championships in New Delhi, India. [3] Jones registered unanimous decision wins over Ainun Azizah from Indonesia and Spanish boxer Andrea Lasheras, before losing to the host nation's Pinki Rani in the round-of-16. [7]
With an amateur record of 60 wins from 65 fights, she quit boxing in 2019 due to difficulties with making the required weight to compete in an Olympic division as well as personal problems. [8] [9]
Jones returned to the sport in 2021 and turned professional, [9] making her pro-debut at Wembley Arena on 2 October that year, with a six-round points win against Vaida Masiokaite. [10] [11]
Unbeaten in her first six fights in the paid ranks, she faced Consolata Musanga for the vacant Commonwealth Silver female featherweight title at South Parade Pier in Portsmouth on 28 September 2024. [12] Jones won the contest via unanimous decision. [13]
She was scheduled to challenge British and Commonwealth female super-bantamweight champion Tysie Gallagher at Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield on 7 February 2025, but the fight was postponed following the death of Gallagher's partner's mother in an incident for which a man was charged with murder. [14] It is now due to take place at the Eco-Power Stadium in Doncaster on 23 May 2025. [15]
Jones joined the British Army when she was 17. [4] [8] She served in the Royal Engineers until 2021 when she left to pursue boxing full-time. [16] In 2022, Jones was featured in an episode of the BBC One documentary series, We Are England. [17]
