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Lester Yarbrough vs Roy Jones Jr. — record, stats and common opponents compared

Lester Yarbrough

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Roy Jones Jr.

Lester Yarbrough (0-10 across 10 tracked bouts) and Roy Jones Jr. (66-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Yarbrough

Tracked record

0–10

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Jr.

66

Wins47 KO · 71%

10

Losses

0

Draws76 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Jr. leads 1–0

Lester Yarbrough and Roy Jones Jr. have met 1 time; Jr. leads 1–0.

Lester Yarbrough and Roy Jones Jr. have met 1 time; Jr. leads 1–0.
Met1991Aug 31Series
Lester YarbroughFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Roy Jones Jr.Fighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Yarbrough 0 · Jr. 6 of 6 measurable rows
YarbroughJr.
Record†
0-1066-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
86.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 47
0
47 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.21%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 6
6
5 (edge)
Title reignsmax 12
0
12 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.2
0.6
2.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 76
10
76

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Lester Yarbrough: No height on file
Roy Jones Jr.: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Lester Yarbrough: No reach on file
Roy Jones Jr.: 74″
Agenot held
Lester Yarbrough: No date of birth
Roy Jones Jr.: 57
Stance
Lester Yarbrough: Not recorded
Roy Jones Jr.: Orthodox

Lester Yarbrough left, Roy Jones Jr. right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Lester Yarbrough0 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Lester Yarbrough: no tracked wins in the 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Yarbrough yet.

Roy Jones Jr.66 wins · from 76 tracked bouts

Roy Jones Jr.: 66 tracked wins — 47 by KO/TKO (71%) and 19 on the cards (29%). Counted from 76 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

47 by KO/TKO 71%19 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Lester Yarbrough 10, Roy Jones Jr. 76 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Lester Yarbrough last boxed on Mar 19, 2004 — 8,253 days ago. Yarbrough had lost ten straight.LLLLL

Jr. Aug 1991McClellan Feb 1992Rocchigiani Jun 1993Veit Mar 1996Bailey Mar 20040.6 tracked bouts per year

Roy Jones Jr. last boxed on Apr 1, 2023 — 1,301 days ago. Jr. had won four in a row before losing a decision to Anthony Pettis.WWWWL

Phillips Mar 2016Moore Aug 2016Gunn Feb 2017Sigmon Feb 2018Pettis Apr 20232.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Lester Yarbrough and Roy Jones Jr. ever fought each other?
Yes. Lester Yarbrough and Roy Jones Jr. met once on August 31, 1991, and Roy Jones Jr. won by KO in round 9.
The meeting

LAug 31, 1991 · Jr. · KO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Yarbrough or Jr.?
Lester Yarbrough is 0-10 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Roy Jones Jr. is 66-10. Roy Jones Jr. has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Yarbrough0–100%

Jr.66–1086.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Yarbrough or Jr.?
Lester Yarbrough has 0 knockout wins and Roy Jones Jr. has 47. Roy Jones Jr. has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Yarbrough0

Jr.4771.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Yarbrough and Jr. have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Lester Yarbrough and Roy Jones Jr. have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Yarbrough and Jr.?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Lester Yarbrough and 76 bouts tracked for Roy Jones Jr.. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Yarbrough10bouts

Jr.76bouts

How They Win ↓

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