Luke Jackson

Who is Luke Jackson?

Luke Jackson 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. He was an Australian Institute of Sport boxing scholarship holder.

Jackson didn'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."