John Jackson: record, next fight and profile →
Former Olympian John Jackson, 31-years-old, has spent nearly two years in a Puerto Rican jail on charges of child pornography and rape. Jackson has pleaded not guilty to 11 criminal charges - including first-degree rape, five counts of aggravated second-degree rape, two counts of production of child pornography and three counts of transportation of a minor with intent to engage in sexual activity.
Junior middleweight John Jackson (21-4, 16 KOs), 30-years-old and represented the U.S. Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics, is attempting to get out of jail. According to the Virgin Islands Daily News, Jackson is currently incarcerated at the Guaynabo Metropolitan Detention Center in Puerto Rico.
According to numerous outlets in the Virgin Islands, John Jackson is facing a minimum 15-year sentence in federal prison after being indicted on charges of sexual offenses against a minor. A federal grand jury issued a ten-count indictment against John Jackson, 30, and the son of Hall of Famer Julian Jackson.
Premium pay television network EPIX® has announced the 16 fighters who will be facing off with one another for the championship belt on the revival of boxing franchise series The Contender this fall. The highly anticipated 12-episode season, from MGM Television and Paramount Television, will premiere on EPIX on Aug. 24, 2018 at 10 PM ET/PT.
Jermall and Jermell Charlo have become the first twins in boxing history to hold world titles in the same weight class. Jermall (24-0, 18KOs) retained his IBF super-welterweight world championship with a unanimous 12-round decision over former world champion Austin Trout in Las Vegas on Saturday nightt, while Jermell (28-0, 13KOs) earned the vacant WBC title by rallying from five points down to register an eighth-round knockout over John Jackson.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas, Nevada - Jermell Charlo (28-0, 13KOs) stopped John Jackson (20-3, 15KOs) in the eight round to capture the vacant WBC junior middleweight championship. He made history (with IBF champion Jermall Charlo) by becoming the first twin brothers to ever hold world titles in the same weight division.
In his last 5 fights, Jermell Charlo threw well below wgt. class avg. (40.5 per round), but landed 53.6% of his power shots. 13.2 of John Jackson's 16 landed punches per round (83%) are power punches.
Jermell Charlo (27-0, 12 KOs) might share exactly the same DNA with his twin brother Jermall, but boxing also runs deep in the genetic makeup of John Jackson's family. His father Julian (55-6, 49 KOs) was a two-division titleholder who ranks among the deadliest one-punch knockout artists in the history of the sport. Brother Julius (19-1, 15 KOs) is a contender in the super middleweight division.
Photos of Lara-Vanes, Charlo-Trout, Charlo-Jackson Weighin. In what the network has suggested as - or at least hopes to be - the starting point of an unofficial tournament, all fighters made weight for the Showtime-televised trio of title fights, which airs live from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In what the network has suggested as - or at least hopes to be - the starting point of an unofficial tournament, all fighters made weight for the Showtime-televised trio of title fights, which airs live from The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining the show, Erislandy Lara and Vanes Martirosyan meet in a rematch to their inconclusive Nov. '12 clash. Lara (22-2-2, 13KOs) - a Cuban defector who now trains out of Houston, Texas - checked in at 153.75 for the fourth attempted defense of his version of the super welterweight crown. Martirosyan (36-2-1, 21KOs) - a 2008 U.S. Olympian from California by way of Armenia - was slightly lighter at 153.5 lbs.