Curly Howard
03-02-2004, 05:20 PM
from www.MMAweekly.com
Some people in the MMA community watched Jeremy Jackson on the smaller shows, progress and get better and better. He burst on the MMA Radar with an impressive win over Shonie Carter at WEC 6 on pay-per-view. Many MMA fans saw him on the undercard of Frank Shamrock's return match for the first time on pay-per-view.
He gained nationwide exposure on UFC PPV when he battled Nick Diaz in the bright lights of the legendary UFC Octagon. He ended up losing the fight in a tough battle. Since then what has Jackson been up to?
MMAWeekly caught up with Jackson and found out he is changing "his game" a bit. He is going to press the "pause" button on his MMA career and "play" in the boxing game.
Jackson told MMAWeekly that he loves the stand up game and started training in a boxing gym to keep his boxing sharp. Come to find out, his boxing was so sharp that the boxing community took note and embraced him as one of their own.
The boxing community was so impressed with Jackson that they told him to "quit that cagefighting" and make some money in boxing. So much so that they started to get him sponsors in boxing. Jackson said, "I've already got more sponsors in boxing in this short time then I did in my entire career in MMA."
Jackson is currently training with 2 boxing trainers that have boxers who have competed in the Olympic trials. George Silva & Rocky Garza are the trainers and they already have HBO & Mainevent Promotions looking at him right now.
Boxing circles have flown in to see Jackson and the legendary trainer, Emanuel Stewart is flying in to see him up close and training. . "Pretty exciting stuff", said Jackson but he also stressed, "I have no plans on giving up MMA, I would just like to focus on one thing at a time right now, and boxing has kind of stepped up to meet me.... Guess I'll see what it has to offer."
Some people in the MMA community watched Jeremy Jackson on the smaller shows, progress and get better and better. He burst on the MMA Radar with an impressive win over Shonie Carter at WEC 6 on pay-per-view. Many MMA fans saw him on the undercard of Frank Shamrock's return match for the first time on pay-per-view.
He gained nationwide exposure on UFC PPV when he battled Nick Diaz in the bright lights of the legendary UFC Octagon. He ended up losing the fight in a tough battle. Since then what has Jackson been up to?
MMAWeekly caught up with Jackson and found out he is changing "his game" a bit. He is going to press the "pause" button on his MMA career and "play" in the boxing game.
Jackson told MMAWeekly that he loves the stand up game and started training in a boxing gym to keep his boxing sharp. Come to find out, his boxing was so sharp that the boxing community took note and embraced him as one of their own.
The boxing community was so impressed with Jackson that they told him to "quit that cagefighting" and make some money in boxing. So much so that they started to get him sponsors in boxing. Jackson said, "I've already got more sponsors in boxing in this short time then I did in my entire career in MMA."
Jackson is currently training with 2 boxing trainers that have boxers who have competed in the Olympic trials. George Silva & Rocky Garza are the trainers and they already have HBO & Mainevent Promotions looking at him right now.
Boxing circles have flown in to see Jackson and the legendary trainer, Emanuel Stewart is flying in to see him up close and training. . "Pretty exciting stuff", said Jackson but he also stressed, "I have no plans on giving up MMA, I would just like to focus on one thing at a time right now, and boxing has kind of stepped up to meet me.... Guess I'll see what it has to offer."