▁his ▁favor , ▁and ▁he ▁scored ▁on ▁occasion ▁with ▁a ▁few ▁left ▁hook s ▁to ▁the ▁head . ▁The ▁crowd ▁bo o ed ▁the ▁final ▁decision ▁in ▁Jones ' ▁favor ▁and ▁res ented ▁his ▁presentation ▁of ▁a ▁championship ▁bel t ▁from ▁the ▁Massachusetts ▁Box ing ▁Commission . ▁▁ ▁He ▁lost ▁to ▁Jewish ▁box er ▁and ▁reign ing ▁world ▁wel ter weight ▁champion ▁Jack ie ▁Field s ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco ▁before ▁a ▁crowd ▁of ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁In ▁an ▁action - filled ▁ten ▁r ounds , ▁Jones ▁took ▁the ▁early ▁lead ▁and ▁rock ed ▁Field s ▁several ▁times ▁with ▁straight ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁j aw , ▁but ▁Field s ' s ▁stam ina ▁and ▁ag gress iveness ▁wore ▁Jones ▁down ▁in ▁the ▁closing ▁r ounds . ▁Field s ▁clearly ▁took ▁the ▁nin th ▁and ▁t enth , ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁clear ▁edge ▁in ▁five ▁r ounds , ▁but ▁could ▁not ▁defend ▁against ▁repeated ▁rights ▁from ▁Jones ▁throughout ▁the ▁bout . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁match ▁two ▁months ▁later ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 3 , ▁ ▁ref eree ▁Joe ▁O ' Con nor ▁stopped ▁the ▁bout , ▁compla ining ▁that ▁Jones ▁was ▁not ▁giving ▁his ▁" us ual ▁exhibition " ▁and ▁ordered ▁the ▁prom oter ▁to ▁pay ▁the ▁purs es ▁for ▁both ▁f igh ters . ▁ ▁The ▁Boston ▁Glo be ▁felt ▁the ▁fight ▁was ▁legit imate , ▁however , ▁and ▁that ▁Jones ' s ▁long ▁arms ▁against ▁Field