Jackson Asiku

Jackson Asiku
Born	(1978-10-21) 21 October 1978 Uganda
Nationality	Ugandan/Australian
Other names	Action
Statistics
Weight(s)	flyweight, and feather/super featherweight
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Reach	67 in (170 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	31
Wins	26 (KO 14)
Losses	5 (KO 1)

Jackson "Action" Asiku (born October 21, 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 Algerien, and represented Uganda at flyweight in the Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, losing to Arlan Lerio of the Philippinen, 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+1⁄2 lb (56.0 kg; 8 st 11.5 lb), i.e. featherweight to 129+3⁄4 lb (58.9 kg; 9 st 3.8 lb), i.e. super featherweight.

External links

• Boxing record for Jackson Asiku from BoxRec (registration required)
• Image - Jackson Asiku
• Image - Jackson Asiku