▁in ▁Mil w au kee , ▁Jones ▁defeated ▁George ▁Nich ols ▁on ▁November ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁middle weight ▁tournament . ▁ ▁Though ▁Nich ols ▁was ▁the ▁ag gress or ▁throughout ▁the ▁early ▁r ounds , ▁Jones ' ▁great ▁def ensive ▁work ▁kept ▁him ▁out ▁of ▁trouble . ▁ ▁From ▁the ▁fourth ▁to ▁sevent h , ▁Jones ▁acted ▁as ▁the ▁a gress or ▁building ▁up ▁a ▁points ▁lead . ▁ ▁Nich ols ▁did ▁little ▁damage ▁to ▁Jones ▁until ▁the ▁sevent h , ▁land ed ▁two ▁strong ▁blow s ▁to ▁the ▁body ▁in ▁the ▁nin th , ▁and ▁continued ▁his ▁off ensive ▁in ▁the ▁t enth , ▁but ▁Jones ' ▁points ▁margin ▁was ▁too ▁great ▁to ▁overcome . ▁ ▁Jones ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁coast ▁through ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁e ighth ▁and ▁nin th , ▁though ▁the ▁t enth ▁saw ▁both ▁box ers ▁trying ▁for ▁a ▁knock out . ▁ ▁The ▁crowd ▁of ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁did ▁not ▁find ▁the ▁decision ▁entirely ▁to ▁their ▁lik ing . ▁ ▁T aking ▁the ▁world ▁middle weight ▁championship , ▁January ▁ 1 9 3 2 ▁He ▁won ▁the ▁National ▁Box ing ▁Association ▁World ▁Middle weight ▁Title ▁vac ated ▁by ▁Mic key ▁Walker ▁with ▁a ▁technical ▁knock out ▁over ▁O dd one ▁Pia zza ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁in ▁Mil w au kee , ▁Wisconsin . ▁The ▁match ▁was ▁the ▁final ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁championship ▁tournament