Phil Jackson (born May 11, 1964) is an American former professional boxer, best known for challenging

Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis (born 2 September 1965) is a former professional boxer and boxing commentator who competed from 1989 to 2003. He is a three-time world heavyweight champion, a two-time lineal champion, and the last heavyweight to hol ...

for the WBC Heavyweight Title in 1994.

Amateur career

Born in

Miami Beach Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which ...

, Florida, Jackson was the heavyweight alternate on the 1988 United States Olympic team

Professional career

Known as "The Enforcer", Jackson began his career in 1988 on a tear, winning his first 25 fights mostly by KO, setting up a bout with hard-punching Canadian top contender Razor Ruddock in 1992. Ruddock dominated, and Jackson was knocked down once in the 3rd, and once in the 4th, staying down for the 10 count.Kram, Mark (1994)
Lewis, Jackson Both Fighting For Respect
, philly.com, May 6, 1994. Retrieved August 5, 2016 He then won his next five fights to set up the fight in 1994 with Lewis. Lewis received a lot of flak for the fight, given Jackson's loss to Ruddock who had lost to Lewis towards the end of his career. Jackson was Top 10 in the

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at the time but boxing insiders remained sceptical. The fight was shown on HBO and was unimpressive, with Lewis plodding after Jackson en route to an 8th round TKO.Williams, Luke G. (2014) ''Boxiana Volume 1: An Anthology of New Boxing Writing'', Matador, , p. 123 In 1995 his career began to sputter as he slipped to a journeyman. He lost bouts against future contenders

Chris Byrd Christopher Cornelius Byrd (born August 15, 1970) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2009. He is a two-time world heavyweight champion, having first won the WBO title in 2000 after an upset corner stoppage over th ...

, Brian Nielsen, and Jeremy Williams.In 1998 he beat Alex Stewart, setting up a shot at a fringe belt in 1999 against Monte Barrett. Barrett won easily, and Jackson went on to lose to a "who's who" list of heavyweight contenders, including

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, and

Dominick Guinn Dominick Alexander Guinn (born April 20, 1975) is an American professional boxer. He is self-managed and he is trained by Ronnie Shields and Alexander Gutierrez. He stands at 6'3" tall. Known as the "Southern Disaster",Gerbasi, Thomas (2013)Domi ...

. The loss to Guinn in 2004, a fight in which Guinn knocked Jackson out in twenty-three seconds, was Jackson's last bout. He retired with a record with 44-13 with 38 knockouts.Derby, Kevin (2015)
Heavyweights Lead the Florida Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2015
, ''Sunshine State News'', January 11, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2016

Professional boxing record

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Phil Heavyweight boxers 1964 births Living people American male boxers