On February 20, 1998, a 34-year-old John David Jackson (35-3, 19 KOs) and a 30-year-old Argentinian boxer Jorge Castro (104-6-2, 73 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a super-middleweight bout.
Jackson came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 1 day. Castro was on a 3-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 28 days.
In the rematch, Jorge Castro defeated John David Jackson via unanimous decision in the 10-round super-middleweight fight. Castro improves his record to 105-6-2, while Jackson adds a loss to his record at 35-4.
On April 19, 1997, a 33-year-old John David Jackson (35-2, 19 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight IBF title held by 32-year-old Bernard Hopkins (30-2-1, 23 KOs).
Jackson came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 30 days. Hopkins was on a 4-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 3 days.
Bernard Hopkins stopped John David Jackson via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF middleweight title. Hopkins improves his record to 31-2-1 (24 KOs), while Jackson adds a loss to his record at 35-3.
On November 20, 1996, a 33-year-old John David Jackson (35-1, 19 KOs) and Abdullah Ramadan met in the ring.
Jackson came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 22 days.
John David Jackson lost to Abdullah Ramadan via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 35-2.
On December 10, 1994, a 31-year-old John David Jackson (32-0, 19 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBA title held by 27-year-old Argentinian boxer Jorge Castro (95-4-2, 66 KOs).
Jackson came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 16 days. Castro was on a 25-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 5 days.
Jorge Castro stopped John David Jackson via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA middleweight title. Castro improves his record to 96-4-2 (67 KOs), while Jackson adds a loss to his record at 32-1.