Colin Jones

Name: Colin Jones
Alias: Jones the Punch
Hometown: Gorseinon, Wales, United Kingdom
Birthplace: Gorseinon, Wales, United Kingdom
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 168cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainer: Eddie Thomas
• Manager: Frank Warren

Amateur Highlights

• 1976 ABA Welterweight Champion. Defeated Paul Kelly (England) on points in the final.
• Represented Great Britain as a welterweight at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. His results were:
  • 1st round bye
  • Defeated Christy McLoughlin (Ireland) on points 5-0
  • Lost to Victor Zilberman (Romania) on points 0-5
• 1977 ABA Welterweight Champion. Defeated Archie Salmon (Scotland) on points in the final.

Professional Highlights

• Won the British Boxing Board of Control Welterweight Championship in 1980.
• Won the Commonwealth Boxing Council Welterweight Championship in 1981.
• Won the European Boxing Union Welterweight Championship in 1982.
• Fought Milton McCrory twice in 1983 for the vacant World Boxing Council Welterweight Championship. The first fight was a 12-round draw, and McCrory won the second fight by a 12-round split decision.
• Fought Donald Curry for the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation Welterweight Championship in 1985 and lost by a fourth-round TKO. It was Jones' last fight.

Notes

• Brother of Peter Jones, who won the ABA Bantamweight Championship in 1981 and briefly boxed as a professional.