Luke Jackson (boxer)

Luke Jackson

Personal information
Full name	Luke Jackson
Nickname	Action
Nationality	Australia
Born	1 January 1985 Hobart, Tasmania
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Lightweight
Club	BodyPunch Boxing Gym
Medal record Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Featherweight

Luke Jackson (born 1 January 1985 in Hobart, Tasmania) is an amateur Australian boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne and was named team captain for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. He was selected for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division (under 60 kg). He was an Australian Institute of Sport boxing scholarship holder.

Jackson didn't pick up the gloves until the age of 19 but came third at the Australian titles in his first year and won the title in his second. The following year he was selected for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games where he picked up a bronze medal. Explaining why he had stayed an amateur while others had turned professional, he told the Melbourne Age, "to win an Olympic gold medal is harder than any professional world title ever."

Luke Jackson captained Australia at the 2012 London Olympic Games, losing his first bout to Chinese boxer Liu Qiang 20:7 in the first preliminary round.

Jackson had an amateur record of 113–32.

Jackson fought his first professional bout on May 3, 2013 against Baikon Lokromklao of Thailand, who was knocked out in round two.

External links

• Boxing record for Luke Jackson from BoxRec (registration required)