Otha Jones III

Last updated
Otha Jones III
Born (2000-02-06) February 6, 2000 (age 24)
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Statistics
Weight(s) Lightweight
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm) [1]
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record [2]
Total fights8
Wins6
Wins by KO2
Losses1
Draws1

Otha Jones III (born February 6, 2000) is an American professional boxer. As an amateur, he won two U.S. National Junior Championships, one U.S. National Youth Championships and represented the United States at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games at light welterweight. [3] Otha Jones' sister, Oshae Jones is also a boxer.

Contents

Early life

Otha Jones III was born on February 6, 2000, in Toledo, Ohio. Before dedicating himself to boxing, Jones participated in wrestling, winning three state titles between the ages of 8 and 12. [4] He first got into boxing at the age of 8 after his friend, Wayne "Pretty Boy Bam Bam" Lawrence Jr., also eight at the time, became a viral hit on YouTube after posting a video of himself boxing. Jones said of the video, "We were like eight years old and he [Bam Bam] got a million views on YouTube [by posting a video of himself boxing]. I was thinking, ‘I want a million views, too, man!’. So, I told my dad and ever since then, I’ve been in the gym." [5] Jones is trained by his father, Otha Jones II and his older brother, Roshown Jones. [5]

Amateur career

During an amateur career in which he compiled a record of 283–13, Jones won multiple national championships at the junior and youth level. [6] [7]

Professional career

On January 16, 2019, it was announced that Jones had signed a promotional contract with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing USA. [8] He made his professional debut on March 9, 2019, winning via unanimous decision (UD) over six rounds against Girorgi Gelashvili at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York. Two judges scored the bout 58–55 while the third scored it 59–53. [9] His second fight came three months later on June 21, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Michael Horabin at the York Hall in London. [10] Eight days after his bout with Horabin, Jones fought Matias Agustin Arriagada on June 29 at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, winning by unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 60–54 in favour of Jones. [11] The fight was part of the undercard for Demetrius Andrade's WBO title defense against Maciej Sulęcki. [4] On October 12, 2019, as part of the undercard for Dmitry Bivol's WBA title defense against Lenin Castillo, Jones defeated Eric Manriquez by majority decision at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Two judges scored the bout in favour of Jones with 40–36 and 39–37, while the third scored it a draw at 38–38. [12]

Professional boxing record

7 fights5 wins1 loss
By knockout20
By decision31
Draws1
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
7Loss5–1–1 Jorge Castaneda MD8Apr 17, 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S.
6Draw5–0–1Kevin Montiel MendozaSD6Oct 23, 2020Gimnasio TV Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico
5Win5–0Juan SantiagoTKO2 (6), 1:29Jan 30, 2020Meridian at Island Gardens, Miami, Florida, U.S.
4Win4–0Eric ManriquezMD4Oct 12, 2019 Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
3Win3–0Matias Agustin ArriagadaUD6Jun 29, 2019 Dunkin' Donuts Center, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
2Win2–0Michael HorabinTKO1 (6), 1:40Jun 21, 2019 York Hall, London, England
1Win1–0Giorgi GelashviliUD6Mar 9, 2019 Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Josh Warrington</span> English boxer

Josh Warrington is an English professional boxer. He is a two-time world featherweight champion, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title twice between 2018 and 2022. At regional level, he held the British, Commonwealth and European featherweight titles between 2013 and 2017. He made history in 2018 with his win over Lee Selby, making him the first male boxer from Leeds to win a major world title. As of October 2021, he is ranked as the world's fourth-best active featherweight by The Ring, fifth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and seventh by BoxRec.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Murodjon Akhmadaliev</span> Uzbek boxer (born 1994)

Murodjon Kakharovich Akhmadaliev is an Uzbekistani professional boxer. He is a former unified super-bantamweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), and IBF titles between 2020 and 2023. As an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and a bronze at the 2016 Olympics as a bantamweight. As of April 2021, he is ranked as the world's best active super-bantamweight by The Ring, fourth by BoxRec and second best by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

Ohara Davies is a British professional boxer. He held the WBC Silver light-welterweight title from 2016 to 2017 and challenged once for the Commonwealth light-welterweight title in 2017.

Hiroto Kyoguchi is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF mini-flyweight title from 2017 to 2018, and the WBA (Super) and The Ring light-flyweight titles from 2018 to 2022. As of October 2022, he is ranked as the world's best active light flyweight by ESPN, second by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and third by BoxRec.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Cruz</span> Cuban boxer and Olympic champion

Andy Cruz Gómez is a Cuban professional boxer. He has won two gold medals at the Pan American Games as well as three gold medals at the AIBA World Championships. He is the current reigning Olympic lightweight gold medallist after competing in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Ivan Hope Price, better known as Hopey Price, is an English professional boxer. As an amateur, he won silver medals at the 2017 European Youth Championships and 2018 Youth World Championships, and gold at the 2018 European Youth Championships and 2018 Youth Olympics; becoming the first boxer from Great Britain to win gold at a Youth Olympic Games.

Xu Can is a Chinese professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title from 2019 to 2021. As of December 2021, Xu is rated as the world's ninth-best active featherweight by The Ring magazine, and tenth by ESPN and BoxRec.

Lee McGregor is a Scottish professional boxer. He has challenged once for the IBO super-bantamweight title in 2023. At regional level, he held the European, British, and Commonwealth bantamweight titles between 2018 and 2023.

Nikita Ababiy is an American professional boxer of Russian descent. As an amateur he was a Jr. Golden Gloves National Champion as well as two-time World Ring Side Champion. Ababiy was also in the USA Youth Team in 2016.

Viviane Obenauf is a Brazilian former professional boxer who competed from 2014 to 2019. She has challenged three times for world titles; the IBO female lightweight title in 2017; the IBF female super featherweight title in 2018; and the IBO female super featherweight title in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunny Edwards</span> British boxer

Sunny Edwards is a British professional boxer who held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title from 2021 to 2023. He is the younger brother of former flyweight world champion of boxing Charlie Edwards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raymond Ford</span> American boxer

Raymond Ford is an American professional boxer, who has held the WBA featherweight title since March 2024. As an amateur he won the 2018 U.S. National Golden Gloves Championships.

Richard Riakporhe is a professional boxer who held the British cruiserweight title from 2019 to 2020.

Craig Richards is an English professional boxer. He held the British light-heavyweight title from 2020 to 2021 and challenged for the WBA (Super) light-heavyweight in 2021.

Frank Sánchez Faure is a Cuban professional boxer who has held the NABO heavyweight title since 2019 and the WBC Continental Americas heavyweight title since 2020.

Conrad Cummings is a professional boxer from Northern Ireland who held the WBO European middleweight title twice between 2017 and 2019.

Diego Pacheco is an American professional boxer.

Jorge David Castaneda is an American professional boxer who held the WBC International Silver super featherweight title from October 2021 to June 2022

Jesse James Rodríguez Franco is an American professional boxer. He has held world championships in two weight classes, including the World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight title in 2022 and the unified World Boxing Organization (WBO) and International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight titles from 2023 to 2024.

O'Shaquie Dominique Williams Foster is an American professional boxer, who has held the WBC super featherweight title since February 2023. Foster is managed by Keith Mills of Boxing Advisors LLC.

References

  1. ↑ "Otha Jones". Teamusa.org. 2018-06-21. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. ↑ "Boxing record for Otha Jones III". BoxRec .
  3. ↑ "Otha Jones III competing at Summer Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 ⋆ Boxing News 24". Boxing News 24. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 Santoliquito, Joseph (July 1, 2019). "Otha Jones is using an old-school way up the boxing ladder". The Ring. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  5. 1 2 Scott, Craig (September 24, 2019). "EXCLUSIVE: Otha Jones III - "Boxing in Black and White..."". Boxing Social. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ RINGSIDE (June 28, 2019). "Otha Jones III bids for second victory in a week on Matchroom bill". World Boxing News. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  7. ↑ Donovan, Jake (June 29, 2019). "Otha Jones "Humbled" To Share Card With Ring Idol Andrade". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Otha Jones III signs with Matchroom Boxing USA". Matchroom Boxing. January 16, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  9. ↑ Raspanti, John (March 12, 2019). "Amatuer[sic] star Otha Jones III victorious in pro debut". SecondsOut Boxing News. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  10. ↑ "BoxRec: Otha Jones III vs. Michael Horabin". boxrec.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  11. ↑ "BoxRec: Otha Jones III vs. Matias Agustin Arriagada". boxrec.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
  12. ↑ Donovan, Jake (October 12, 2019). "Otha Jones, Biyarslanov Pick Up Decision Wins in Chicago". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.