Jackson Asiku

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|nickname=Action

|weight=flyweight, and feather/super featherweight

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|nationality=Ugandan/Australian

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1978|10|21|df=y}}

|birth_place= Kampala, Uganda

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|style=Orthodox

|total=31

|wins=26 (KO 14)

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Jackson "Action" Asiku (*21 October 1978) is a Ugandan-Australian amateur flyweight and professional feather/super featherweight boxer.{{Cite web|title=Jackson Asiku boxer|url=http://www.fightsrec.com/jackson-asiku.html|access-date=2021-03-19|website=fightsrec.com}}

Career

As an amateur, Asiku represented Uganda at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and won a bronze medal,{{Cite web|title=Jackson Asiku {{!}} Commonwealth Games Federation|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/43291|access-date=2021-03-19|website=thecgf.com|language=en}} losing to eventual gold medal winner Richard Sunee of Mauritius. In 1999, he won a bronze medal at flyweight in Boxing at the All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, South Africa, losing to eventual silver medal winner Nacer Keddam of Algeria. In 2000, he took part, in the Summer Olympics in Sydney,{{Cite web|date=2021-03-19|title=Jackson ASIKU – Olympic Boxing {{!}} Uganda|url=https://www.olympic.org/jackson-asiku|access-date=2021-03-19|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en}} Australia, losing to Arlan Lerio of the Philippines. During his amateur time, Asiku boxed in flyweight.

As a professional, Asiku 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,{{Cite web|last=Mugalu|first=Moses|title=Victory within Jackson Asiku's grasp|url=https://observer.ug/sports/44-sports/5847-victory-within-jackson-asikus-grasp|access-date=2021-03-19|website=The Observer – Uganda|date=5 November 2009 |language=en-gb}} International Boxing Organization (IBO) featherweight title,{{Cite web |title=New Visiona Api |url=https://archives.visiongroup.co.ug/vision/NewVisionaApi/v1/uploads/NV040910pg41.pdf |website=archives.visiongroup.co.ug}} and Commonwealth featherweight title,{{Cite web|title=Asiku to Defend Boxing Title in London|url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/asiku-to-defend-boxing-title-in-london|access-date=2021-03-19|website=Uganda Radionetwork|language=en}} and was a challenger for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) Pan Pacific featherweight title against Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym. His professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|123+1/2|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. featherweight to {{convert|129+3/4|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. super featherweight.

References

External links

{{Boxrec|id=53710}}
[http://static.boxrec.com/f/fe/Asiku_jackson.jpg Image - Jackson Asiku] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402091352/http://static.boxrec.com/f/fe/Asiku_jackson.jpg |date=2 April 2015 }}
[http://static.boxrec.com/3/3a/Asiku_stclair.jpg Image - Jackson Asiku] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123517/http://static.boxrec.com/3/3a/Asiku_stclair.jpg |date=2 April 2015 }}

Category:1978 births

Category:Featherweight boxers

Category:Living people

Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

Category:Super-featherweight boxers

Category:Ugandan male boxers

Category:Olympic boxers for Uganda

Category:Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Category:Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Uganda

Category:Australian male boxers

Category:Australian people of Ugandan descent