Sugar Jackson

(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.

Sugar Jackson
Born	Jackson Osei Bonsu (1981-03-03) 3 March 1981 (age 43) Tamale, Ghana
Nationality	Belgian
Other names	Sugar
Statistics
Weight(s)	Welterweight
Boxing record
Total fights	51
Wins	43
Wins by KO	29
Losses	7
Draws	1

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
Date	Result	Opponent	Method	Rounds
25 December 2011	Win	Malkhaz Berkatsashvili	KO	1/?
4 March 2011	Win	Jose Del Rio	UD	10/10
25 December 2010	Win	Luiz Augusto Dos Santos	DQ	2/8
11 November 2010	Win	Andre Marcos Nascimento	KO	3/10
19 March 2010	Loss	Randall Bailey	TKO	1/12
11 November 2009	Win	Nascimento Monteiro	KO	2/12
7 November 2009	Loss	Selcuk Aydin	KO	9/12
20 December 2008	Win	Carlos Manuel Baldomir	Decision	12/12
13 October 2008	Win	Gheorghe Danut	Decision	6/6
14 September 2008	Loss	Rafał Jackiewicz	Decision	12/12
5 March 2008	Win	Viktor Plotnikov	Decision	12/12
12 January 2008	Win	Brice Faradji	Decision	12/12
27 October 2007	Win	Nordine Mouchi	KO	3/12
9 June 2007	Win	Cristian De Martinis	KO	12/12
25 February 2007	Win	Nordine Mouchi	KO	8/12
1 November 2006	Win	Vasile Surcica	Decision	8/8
6 October 2006	Win	Kevin Phelan	TKO	4/6
11 February 2006	Win	Zaid Bediouri	TKO	1/6
1 November 2005	Win	Abder Bchiri	TKO	6/8
11 June 2005	Win	Janos Petrovics	TKO	4/12
11 February 2005	Win	Mikhail Krivolapov	KO	5/12
1 November 2004	Win	Fabrice Colombel	KO	8/10
5 June 2004	Win	Maxim Nesterenko	TKO	8/10
24 January 2004	Win	Regillo Aaron	KO	1/8
25 December 2003	Win	Fabrice Colombel	TKO	10/10
1 November 2003	Win	David Sarraille	TKO	2/10
7 June 2003	Win	Hamza Issa	TKO	2/6
10 May 2003	Win	Adam Zadworny	TKO	3/6
21 April 2003	Win	Jean Gomis II	KO	2/6
14 March 2003	Win	Kamel Ikene	KO	2/6
15 February 2003	Win	Riadh Rekhis	KO	1/6
25 December 2002	Loss	Abdel Mehidi	TKO	10/10
22 November 2002	Win	Calvin Silatcha	Decision	6/6
1 November 2002	Win	Kwassi Acclombesi	TKO	3/6
20 May 2002	Win	Yassine El Maachi	TKO	3/6
2 April 2002	Win	Belaid Yahiaoui	Decision	8/8
25 December 2001	Win	Ahmed Aoud	TKO	2/6
1 November 2001	Win	Laurent Roussel	TKO	3/6
27 October 2001	Win	Dominique Van der Steene	KO	1/6

See also

• Expeditie Robinson 2010

References

1. Ceulemans, Patrick (27 February 2016). "Sugar Jackson plant comeback". Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 October 2017.

External links

• Sugar Jackson Official Website (in Dutch)
• Sugar Jackson Fanpage (in Dutch)
• Boxing record for Sugar Jackson from BoxRec (registration required)