Sugar Jackson Explained

Sugar Jackson
Realname:Jackson Osei Bonsu
Nickname:Sugar
Weight:Welterweight
Nationality:Belgian
Birth Date:1981 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Tamale, Ghana
Total:51
Wins:43
Ko:29
Losses:7
Draws:1

(Sugar) Jackson Osei Bonsu (born 3 March 1981, in Ghana) is a Belgian welterweight professional boxer of Ghanaian descent.[1] He started to call himself Sugar as a reference to Sugar Ray Robinson. 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.

In 1997, Jackson came to Belgium, 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.

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 knockouts) 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 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. 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 called the result 'the theft of the century'.

Boxing record

39 Wins (28 (T)KO's, 9 decisions), 5 Losses
DateResultOpponentMethodRounds
25 December 2011 Win Malkhaz BerkatsashviliKO1/?
4 March 2011 Win Jose Del RioUD10/10
25 December 2010 Win Luiz Augusto Dos SantosDQ2/8
11 November 2010 Win Andre Marcos NascimentoKO3/10
19 March 2010 Loss Randall BaileyTKO1/12
11 November 2009 Win Nascimento MonteiroKO2/12
7 November 2009 Loss Selcuk AydinKO9/12
20 December 2008 Win Carlos Manuel BaldomirDecision12/12
13 October 2008 Win Gheorghe DanutDecision6/6
14 September 2008 Loss Rafał JackiewiczDecision12/12
5 March 2008 Win Viktor PlotnikovDecision12/12
12 January 2008 Win Brice FaradjiDecision12/12
27 October 2007 Win Nordine MouchiKO3/12
9 June 2007 Win Cristian De MartinisKO12/12
25 February 2007 Win Nordine MouchiKO8/12
1 November 2006 Win Vasile SurcicaDecision8/8
6 October 2006 Win Kevin PhelanTKO4/6
11 February 2006 Win Zaid BediouriTKO1/6
1 November 2005 Win Abder BchiriTKO6/8
11 June 2005 Win Janos PetrovicsTKO4/12
11 February 2005 Win Mikhail KrivolapovKO5/12
1 November 2004 Win Fabrice ColombelKO8/10
5 June 2004 Win Maxim NesterenkoTKO8/10
24 January 2004 Win Regillo AaronKO1/8
25 December 2003 Win Fabrice ColombelTKO10/10
1 November 2003 Win David SarrailleTKO2/10
7 June 2003 Win Hamza IssaTKO2/6
10 May 2003 Win Adam ZadwornyTKO3/6
21 April 2003 Win Jean Gomis IIKO2/6
14 March 2003 Win Kamel IkeneKO2/6
15 February 2003 Win Riadh RekhisKO1/6
25 December 2002 Loss Abdel MehidiTKO10/10
22 November 2002 Win Calvin SilatchaDecision6/6
1 November 2002 Win Kwassi AcclombesiTKO3/6
20 May 2002 Win Yassine El MaachiTKO3/6
2 April 2002 Win Belaid YahiaouiDecision8/8
25 December 2001 Win Ahmed AoudTKO2/6
1 November 2001 Win Laurent RousselTKO3/6
27 October 2001 Win Dominique Van der SteeneKO1/6

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sugar Jackson plant comeback. Ceulemans. Patrick. 27 February 2016. Het Nieuwsblad. Dutch. 27 October 2017.