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Julius 'The Chef' Jackson
Cooks
Jonathan Nelson In Nine Rounds
Saturday night (December 20) in Shelton, Washington,
undefeated super middleweight Julius "The Chef" Jackson
(19-0, 15 KOs) made his national television debut a
memorable one by roasting Little Rock's Jonathan Nelson in
nine rounds.
Despite his WBA #9 and IBF #5 ratings, 27-year-old Julius
was previously regarded as the brother of better-known
junior middleweight contender John Jackson and son of
all-time middleweight great Julian Jackson. With the
impressive Showtime-televised beating of Nelson, however,
Jackson has announced his own arrival on the world scene.
The fight was almost over as soon as it began. A long,
powerful Jackson right hand had Nelson (20-1, 10 KOs) on the
floor within the first thirty seconds. To his credit, Nelson
recovered, but sustained a prolonged beating for most of the
fight. Another hard right had Nelson back on the deck in the
eighth round and referee Jack Reiss had seen enough and
waved it off at the 28-second mark of the ninth.
"Julius was very impressive," said Jackson's co-promoter,
Sampson Lewkowicz (along with 340 Boxing). "His opponent was
a good fighter, but Julius was too strong for him. He
couldn't take his punches."
If Jackson, of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands, was
nervous about debuting on Showtime while simultaneously
having his first fight on the US mainland, it didn't show.
Perhaps the time he's spent recently, working with a couple
world champions, had something to do with it.
"I learned so much working with Sergio 'Maravilla' Martinez
and Gennady Golovkin as a sparring partner that I want to
thank them and their camps," said Jackson. "With teachers
like them, there is no doubt I will become a super
middleweight world champion."
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