Jackson Asiku

Jackson "Action" Asiku (born 21 October 1978), is a Ugandan-Australian amateur flyweight and professional feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s who as an amateur represented Uganda and won a bronze medal at flyweight in the Boxing at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, losing to eventual gold medal winner Richard Sunee of Mauritius, represented Uganda and won a bronze medal at flyweight in the Boxing at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, South Africa, losing to eventual silver medal winner Nacer Keddam of Algeria, and represented Uganda at flyweight in the Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, losing to Arlan Lerio of the Philippines, and as a professional won the Australian featherweight title, World Boxing Organization (WBO) Asia Pacific featherweight title, African Boxing Union (ABU) featherweight title, International Boxing Federation (IBF) Australasian featherweight title, International Boxing Organization (IBO) featherweight title, and Commonwealth featherweight title, and was a challenger for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Pan Pacific featherweight title against Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym, his professional fighting weight varied from 123 12 lb (56.0 kg; 8 st 11.5 lb), i.e. featherweight to 129 34 lb (58.9 kg; 9 st 3.8 lb), i.e. super featherweight.[1]

Jackson Asiku
Statistics
Nickname(s)Action
Weight(s)flyweight, and feather/super featherweight
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Reach67 in (170 cm)
NationalityUgandan/Australian
Born (1978-10-21) 21 October 1978
Kampala, Uganda
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights31
Wins26 (KO 14)
Losses5 (KO 1)

References

  1. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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