Ali Jacko | |
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Born | Abdul Ali 6 May 1969 London, England |
Native name | আলী জ্যাকো |
Other names | Lion-Heart |
Nationality | British |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight | 60 kg (130 lb) |
Division | Lightweight |
Style | Shaolin Fist, Wu Shu Kwan, Jujutsu |
Fighting out of | East End of London, England |
Trainer | Eddie Dujon |
Rank | black belt in Kung Fu (Shaolin Fist) black belt in Chinese Boxing (Wu Shu Kwan) 3rd degree black belt in Kickboxing (Jujutsu) |
Years active | 1990–2002 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 45 |
Wins | 44 |
Losses | 1 |
Other information | |
Occupation | Kickboxer, kickboxing promoter, television producer, publisher |
Website | www |
Abdul Ali (Bengali: আব্দুল আলী; born 6 May 1969), better known as his ring name Ali Jacko (Bengali: আলী জ্যাকো), is a British former professional kickboxer who was two-time world lightweight kickboxing world champion who competed between 1990 and 2002. He is the first ever Bangladeshi to be a world champion in combat sports and the first ever Asian kickboxing world champion.[1] He also ran JKO Productions, which was part of the kickboxing promotion of Sky Sports and Channel 5.