(Sugar) Jackson Osei Bonsu (born 3 March 1981, in
Ghana
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) is a
Belgian welterweight
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professional
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of Ghanaian descent.
He started to call himself ''Sugar'' as a reference to
Sugar Ray Robinson
Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is often regarde ...
. Jackson has, in recent times, gained a large following in the UK and US, and in early 2008 was voted the 'Official Overseas Fighter' of internet boxing forum Boxing Rebels, replacing the charismatic
Bobby Gunn
Bobby Gunn (born Robert Williamson, December 25, 1973) is a Canadian former professional boxer and bareknuckle boxer who competed from 1989 to 2017 and twice challenged for a world title (the WBO cruiserweight title in 2007 and the IBF cruiser ...
.
In 1997, Jackson came to
Belgium
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, where his father was already living. As boxing was his boyhood dream, he started to attend the ''Antwerpse Boksschool (English: Antwerp Boxing School)''. Currently, Jackson trains in
Izegem
Izegem (; ) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Izegem proper and the towns of Emelgem and Kachtem. Emelgem was added to Izegem in 1965, Kachtem in 1977. Izegem itse ...
.
Sugar Jackson is famous for his punching and his perseverance. His defence techniques are considered his weaker point. So far, Jackson has won 40 (28
knockout
A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, ...
s) of his 45 fights. In February 2005, he won the IBC world title. In February 2007, almost exactly two years after his IBC title, Jackson defeated Nordin Mouchi, capturing the
EBU
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European title. He successfully defended his EBU title 4 times. The last time was on 3 May 2008 against the Ukrainian Viktor Plotnikov.
On 14 September 2008 Jackson lost his EBU Welterweight title in a greatly disputed unanimous decision against
Rafał Jackiewicz
Rafał Jackiewicz (born February 17, 1977) is a Polish professional Boxing, boxer who fights in welterweight division. He is a former European Boxing Union, EBU welterweight champion. His professional debut took place on 17 February 2001. Jacki ...
. Although all three judges scored the fight in favour of Jackiewicz, there was great controversy as many experts believed Sugar Jackson won at least 10 of the 12 rounds. Belgian newspaper
De Standaard
(, ) is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM). It was traditionally a Christian-Democratic paper, associated with the Christian-Democratic and Flemish Party, and in opposition to the Sociali ...
called the result 'the theft of the century'.
Boxing record
See also
*
Expeditie Robinson 2010
References
External links
Sugar Jackson Official Website
Sugar Jackson Fanpage
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Living people
1981 births
Welterweight boxers
Ghanaian emigrants to Belgium
Belgian male boxers
Black Belgian sportspeople
21st-century Belgian sportsmen