Gunnar Jackson (born 6 July 1986) is a New Zealand professional boxer. At regional level he held the NZPBA super middleweight title from 2012 to 2013; the NZPBA middleweight title in 2013; and the WBO Oriental middleweight title twice between 2013 and 2015.
Professional career Jackson fought the biggest fight of his career in January 2014 against four-time world champion Anthony Mundine. Jackson lost by unanimous points decision.
Jackson fought Kerry Hope in June 2015. Hope was originally scheduled to fight Michael Zerafa for the Interim WBO Oriental Middleweight title, but Zerafa pulled out days before the fight. Jackson took the fight on only a few days notice, defending his WBO Oriental Middleweight Title. Jackson again lost by unanimous points decision.
Professional boxing record
Res.RecordOpponentTypeRd., TimeDateLocationNotesLose29-13-4 Andrei MikhailovichWin29-12-4 Marcus HeywoodWin28-12-4 Blake BellLose27-12-4 Beau O'BrienLose27-11-4 David ToussaintWin27-10-4 James UokaDraw26-10-4 Shay BrockWin26-10-3 Sivan HermezLose25-9-3 Bowyn MorganWin25-8-3 Kendall CooperLose24-8-3 Mose Auimatagi JnrWin24-7-3 Mark DalbyWin23-7-3 Matthew TuakoloLoss22-7-3 Ryōta MurataWin22-6-3 Daniel Roy MaxwellLoss21-6-3 Kerry HopeWin21-5-3 Nathan CarrollWin20-5-3 Kurt BahramWin19-5-3 Afakasi FaumuiLoss18-5-3 Anthony MundineWin18-4-3 Opeti TagiWin17-4-3 Venkatesan HarikrishnanWin16-4-3 Daniel Roy MaxwellLoss15-4-3 Adrian TaihiaWin15-3-3 Moses IoeluDraw14-3-3 Adrian TaihiaWin14-3-2 Faimasasa Tavu'iLoss13-3-2 Dimitri SimoukovWin13-2-2 David LetiziaWin12-2-2 Kashif MumtazWin11-2-2 Peter Tovi'oWin10-2-2 Richard HackneyWin9-2-2 Fale SiaoloaWin8-2-2 Dickey PeireraLoss7-2-2 Isaac PeachWin7-1-2 Niusila SeiuliWin6-1-2 Moses IoeluWin5-1-2 Dickey PeireraWin4-1-2 James UokaDraw3-1-2 Afakasi FaumuiWin3-1-1 Fale SiaoloaWin2-1-1 Niusila SeiuliDraw1–1-1 David LetiziaWin1–1 Ryan O'ConnellLoss0–1 Joshua Tai
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Awards and recognitions 2019 Gladrap Boxing Awards New Zealand fight of the year (Nominated)
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