Omari Jones | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 7, 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Omari Jones (born November 7, 2002) [1] is an American boxer. [2] [3] He competed at the 2021 AIBA World Boxing Championships, winning the silver medal in the welterweight division. [4]
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