Julian “The Hawk” Jackson Had Dynamite in Both Hands!

By Ken Hissner: Two division world champion Julian “The Hawk” Jackson from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, had “dynamite in both hands.

Jackson scored knockouts in 49 of his 55 stoppages. He won the vacant WBA Light Middleweight title in November of 1987, stopping South Korea’s In Chul Baek, 41-1, in 3 rounds in Las Vegas, Nevada.

He stopped Philadelphia’s former IBF Light Middleweight champion Buster Drayton, 33-10-1, in 3 rounds at Harrah’s Marine Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. I met him there after he had retired, and we talked about that fight.

In July of 1989, Jackson stopped future champion “Terrible” Terry Norris, 21-2, in 2 rounds at Convention Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Jackson won the vacant WBC Middleweight title by stopping Herol Graham, 43-2, in November of 1992. He then defended next, knocking out Dennis Milton, 16-2-1, in 1 round at Mirage Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, in September of 1991.

Then in 1 round, he knocked out Ismael Negron, 16-8-1, at the same casino. Next was Ron Collins, 21-1, in 5 rounds in Mexico City, Mexico. In his fourth defense, he stopped Thomas Tate, 24-1, at the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, in August of 1992.

In his fifth defense Jackson when he was 29-0, he was stopped by Gerald McClellan, 27-2, in 5 rounds at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, in May of 1993. After scoring three wins in a rematch again, he was stopped by McClellan in 1 round at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Jackson bounced back with a pair of wins over Luis Buitron, 25-2, in 3 rounds in Quito, COL; then, in the second one, he won the vacant WBC title again, stopping Agostino Cardamone, 23-0, in 2 rounds in Worcester, MASS.

In Jackson’s first defense, he was stopped by Quincy Taylor, 25-3, at MGM Grand in August of 1995. After four wins, he was stopped in his last two fights, first against former WBO champion Verno Phillips and in his final fight with Anthony Jones, 38-8-2.

Jackson was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, finishing with a record of 55-6 with, as mentioned before, 49 big knockouts!