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.
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.
Merqui Sosa vs Roy Jones Jr. — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Roy Jones Jr. leads 1–0- Roy Jones Jr. wonJones Jr. vs SosaJan 12, 1996 · TKO · R2
The Numbers
- 2-5-2
- Record
- 66-10 (edge)
- 33.3%
- Win %
- 86.8% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 47 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 71.21%
- 50%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 71% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 10 (edge)
- 1.3
- Bouts per year
- 2.2 (edge)
- 9
- Bouts tracked
- 76
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′11″ (180 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- 60
- Age
- 57
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Dominican Republic
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyMerqui Sosa · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Roy Jones Jr. · 66 wins
KO/TKO
47
Decision
19
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (9 and 76 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Merqui Sosa
WLWDL
W1 streak · last fought Dec 13, 1997
Roy Jones Jr.
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Apr 1, 2023
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Merqui Sosa or Roy Jones 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Merqui Sosa or Roy Jones Jr.?
- Merqui Sosa has 1 knockout win and Roy Jones Jr. has 47. Roy Jones Jr. has more.
- Do Merqui Sosa and Roy Jones 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Merqui Sosa and Roy Jones 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.