He also won a silver medal at the 1974 World Championships and a gold at the 1975 Pan American Games.
Born in Evergreen, Alabama, Jackson was an all-around athlete who played football and basketball in high school.
He failed to win a fight against any significant opposition, and lost decisions to James Shuler, Sumbu Kalambay, and Buster Drayton.
[3] In 1989, Jackson, a former sheriff's deputy, was convicted of kidnapping an Alabama banker in an extortion scheme, in which he demanded US$9,000.
In 1992, an Associated Press article reported that Jackson was serving a life sentence in an Alabama prison inmate #00154880.