Professional career

Jackson was developed as an amateur out of the Tacoma Boys club in Tacoma, WA, USA, and turned professional in 1984. He didn't lose in his first 32 fights and captured the vacant WBO light middleweight title in 1988 with a win over Lupe Aquino. He defended the title six times before moving up to middleweight in 1993 to take on WBA middleweight champion Reggie Johnson, winning a close decision

After being stripped of his WBA title in August 1994, Jackson lost in an attempt to regain the belt in December of that year to Jorge Castro via 9th round TKO, in a fight that was named Fight of the Year by Ring Magazine. On the verge of forcing a referee's stoppage against the badly beaten up Castro, Jackson was caught and knocked down by a left hook, then stopped after two further knockdowns. The sudden change in fortunes was one of the greatest turnarounds ever seen in a boxing match.

In 1997 he took on Bernard Hopkins for the IBF middleweight title. In an ugly fight in which Jackson looked a faded fighter, Hopkins won via a 7th round TKO. Jackson took a rematch with Castro in 1998, but again came up short in losing a decision. He retired in 1999.

Professional boxing record

36 Wins (20 knockouts, 16 decisions), 4 Losses (2 knockouts, 2 decisions), 1 No Contest
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	36-4	Dave Boone
Loss	35-4	Jorge Fernando Castro
Loss	35-3	Bernard Hopkins
Loss	35-2	Abdullah Ramadan
Win	35-1	Augustine Renteria
Win	34-1	Guy Stanford
Win	33-1	James Green
Loss	32-1	Jorge Fernando Castro
Win	32-0	Danny Garcia
Win	31-0	Jeff Johnson
Win	30-0	Reggie Johnson
Win2	29-0	Charles LaCour
Win	28-0	Michele Mastrodonato
Win	27-0	Sergio Medina
Win	26-0	Eric Martin
Win	25-0	Pat Lawlor
Win	24-0	Tyrone Trice
Win	23-0	Joaquin Velasquez
Win	22-0	Chris Pyatt
Win	21-0	Brinatty Maquilon
NC	20-0	Martin Camara
Win	20-0	Ruben Villaman
Win	19-0	Steve Little
Win	18-0	Lupe Aquino
Win	17-0	Aniseto Ramos
Win	16-0	Davey Moore
Win	15-0	Sidney Outlaw
Win	14-0	Johnny Banks Walker
Win	13-0	Tony Ojo
Win	12-0	Milton Leaks
Win	11-0	Mike Castronova
Win	10-0	Orlando Montalvo
Win	9-0	Vincent Mays
Win	8-0	Robert Thomas
Win	7-0	Billy Joe
Win	6-0	Gary Tibbs
Win	5-0	Felipe Montellano
Win	4-0	Louis Owens
Win	3-0	Robert Thomas
Win	2-0	Keith Todd
Win	1-0	Kimbrady Carriker

Preceded by N/A	WBO Light Middleweight Champion 8 December 1988 - 30 October 1993 Vacated	Succeeded by Verno Phillips
Preceded by Reggie Johnson	WBA Middleweight Champion 1 October 1993 - Aug 1994 Stripped	Succeeded by Jorge Castro

Training career

After his professional boxing career ended, Jackson has worked as a trainer. Boxers he has worked with include:

• Sergey Kovalev
• Kimbo Slice (UFC fighter turned pro boxer)
• Allan Green (starting with his bout Anthony Bonsante)
• Bernard Hopkins (for his bout with Antonio Tarver)
• Shane Mosley (starting with his second bout with Winky Wright and ending after his first bout with Fernando Vargas)
• Nate Campbell (The first fighter Jackson led to a world title)
• Dyah Davis (Son of 1976 Olympic gold medalist Howard Davis Jr.)
• Brad Solomon
• Khabib Allakhvierdev
• Magomed Abdulsalamov
• Chris Algieri

[ Source: Wikipedia ]