fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title nicknames
luke jackson bodypunch boxing gym hobart , tasmania 60 kg lb on 1.69 0 1 january 1985 luke jackson -lrb- boxer -rrb-
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luke jackson -lrb- boxer -rrb-

luke jackson -lrb- born 1 january 1985 in hobart , tasmania -rrb- is an amateur australian boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2006 commonwealth games in melbourne and was named team captain for the 2010 commonwealth games in new delhi .
he has been selected for the 2012 summer olympics in the lightweight division -lrb- under 60 kg -rrb- .
he was an australian institute of sport boxing scholarship holder .
jackson did n't pick up the gloves until the age of 19 but showed a natural talent coming third at the australian titles in his first year and winning the title in his second .
the following year he was selected for the melbourne commonwealth games where he picked up a bronze medal .
explaining why he had stayed an amateur while others had turned professional , he told the melbourne age , `` to win an olympic gold medal is harder than any professional world title ever . ''
luke jackson captained australia at the 2012 london olympic games , losing his first bout to chinese boxer liu qiang 20:7 in the first preliminary round .
jackson had an amateur record of 113 -- 32 .
jackson fought his first professional bout on may 3 , 2013 against baikon lokromklao of thailand , who was knocked out in round two .
