Jackson Van Tonder Chauke (born 29 May 1985) is a South African

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

who has held the WBC International

flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of bo ...

title since 2019. As an

amateur An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, autodidacticism, self-taught, user-generated, do it yourself, DI ...

he won silver medals at the

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

and

2007 All-Africa Games The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there. Besides Algeria, only Nige ...

, both in the flyweight division.

Career

At Melbourne 2006 he lost the final to

Don Broadhurst Don Broadhurst is a retired English professional boxer who competed in the Flyweight division. He hails from Birmingham and boxed for Frank Warren's Sports Network. He held the Commonwealth super flyweight champion from 31 October ...

. At the AllAfricans he was defeated by local

Abderahim Mechenouai Abderahim Mechenouai (b. ) is an Algerian boxer best known for winning the All-Africa title 2007 as a flyweight boxer. Career At the All-Africa Games he won the final against South African Jackson Chauke. He failed to qualify for the Oly ...

. At the world championships 2007 he lost his first match to Mexican

Braulio Ávila Braulio Ávila Juárez (born March 5, 1986 in Chiautempan, Tlaxcala) is a Mexican amateur boxer best known for winning bronze medals in flyweight at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and both 2007 and 2011 Pan American Games. Care ...

and didn't medal. At the second Olympic qualifier he lost his semi to

Cassius Chiyanika Cassius Chiyanika (born March 1, 1984 in Maamba, Sinazongwe District) is a Zambian amateur boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics at flyweight. He competed in the Commonwealth 2006 Games at junior fly but lost his first bout. He went up to fl ...

but beat Michael Anu for the third qualifying spot. In

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

he lost to

Anvar Yunusov Anvar Yunusov (born February 1, 1987, Dushanbe) is a Tajikistani boxer who currently competes as a professional in the super featherweight division. As an amateur, he won bronze at the 2011 amateur world championships, gold at the 2011 Asian cham ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

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1985 births Living people Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for South Africa South African people of Danish descent South African male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-boxing-bio-stub