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Merqui Sosa vs Roy Jones Jr. — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇩🇴DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Merqui Sosa

Merqui Sosa

Roy Jones Jr.

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Roy Jones Jr.

Merqui Sosa (2-5-2 across 9 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 3 common opponents.

Sosa

Tracked record

2–5–2

counted from 9 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

Merqui Sosa and Roy Jones Jr. have met 1 time; Jr. leads 1–0.

Merqui Sosa and Roy Jones Jr. have met 1 time; Jr. leads 1–0.
Met1996Jan 12Series
Merqui SosaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Roy Jones Jr.Fighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Sosa 1 · Jr. 6 of 7 measurable rows
SosaJr.
Record†
2-5-266-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
86.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 47
1
47 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—71.21%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
71% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 12
0
12 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.2
1.3
2.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 76
9
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
Merqui Sosa: No height on file
Roy Jones Jr.: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Merqui Sosa: No reach on file
Roy Jones Jr.: 74″
Age3 yrs apart
Merqui Sosa: 60
Roy Jones Jr.: 57
Stance
Merqui Sosa: Not recorded
Roy Jones Jr.: Orthodox

Merqui Sosa 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
Merqui Sosa2 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Merqui Sosa: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

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 — Merqui Sosa 9, Roy Jones Jr. 76 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Sosa better on 1 · Jr. better on 2

Sosa

Opponent

Jr.

  • Merqui Sosa

    Win, UD

    1997

    JohnsonSosa better

    Roy Jones Jr.

    Loss, KO 9

    2004

  • Merqui Sosa

    Loss, SD

    1991

    ThorntonJr. better

    Roy Jones Jr.

    Win, TKO 3

    1995

  • Merqui Sosa

    Loss, SD

    1991

    ToneyJr. better

    Roy Jones Jr.

    Win, UD

    1994

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Merqui Sosa last boxed on Dec 13, 1997 — 10,543 days ago. Sosa had won once since losing by stoppage to Roy Jones Jr..LDWLW

Nunn Dec 1993Williams Jan 1995Williams Jun 1995Jr. Jan 1996Johnson Dec 19971.3 tracked bouts per year

Roy Jones Jr. last boxed on Apr 1, 2023 — 1,302 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 Merqui Sosa and Roy Jones Jr. ever fought each other?
Yes. Merqui Sosa and Roy Jones Jr. met once on January 12, 1996, and Roy Jones Jr. won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LJan 12, 1996 · Jr. · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sosa or Jr.?
Merqui Sosa is 2-5-2 across the 9 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 %

Sosa2–5–233.3%

Jr.66–1086.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Sosa or Jr.?
Merqui Sosa has 1 knockout win and Roy Jones Jr. has 47. Roy Jones Jr. has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Sosa1

Jr.4771.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sosa and Jr. have any common opponents?
Merqui Sosa and Roy Jones Jr. share 3 common opponents: Glen Johnson, Tony Thornton and James Toney. Roy Jones Jr. fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Glen JohnsonWL

Tony ThorntonLW

James ToneyLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sosa and Jr.?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Merqui Sosa and 76 bouts tracked for Roy Jones Jr.. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sosa9bouts

Jr.76bouts

How They Win ↓

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