Jones vs Mbumba-Yassa

Who won Jones vs Mbumba-Yassa?

Amari Jones beat Armel Mbumba Yassa by technical knockout in the 6th round on Saturday 20th April 2024 at Barclays Center in New York.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Devin Haney losing to Ryan Garcia. Also, on the undercard Charles Conwell defeated Nathaniel Gallimore, Arnold Barboza Jr was victorious over Sean McComb, Bektemir Melikuziev beat Pierre Hubert Dibombe, John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez was overcome by David Jimenez, Sergiy Derevyanchenko was victorious over Vaughn Alexander, Darius Fulghum beat Cristian Olivas and Shamar Canal defeated Pedro Penunuri Borgaro.

Jones vs Mbumba-Yassa stats

Amari Jones stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 11 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.

Armel Mbumba Yassa made his way to the ring with a record of 10 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw.

Amari Jones was the younger man by 7 years, at 22 years old.

Jones had a height advantage of 2 inches over Yassa.

Both Amari Jones & Armel Mbumba Yassa fought out of an orthodox stance.

Jones was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 1 less fights, and made his debut in 2021, 1 year and 11 months later than Yassa, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 5 less professional rounds, 34 to Yassa's 39.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Armel Mbumba Yassa had been fighting more than Amari Jones.

Going to this contest, Amari Jones had last fought 4 months and 11 days ago, while Armel Mbumba Yassa's last outing had been 2 months and 17 days ago.

What time did Jones vs Mbumba-Yassa start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Barclays Center, New York, United States, which was around 4:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Jones vs Mbumba-Yassa?

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