![]() ![]() In the same instant, he has become a liability. The tables have turned, and Rapp finds himself brutally outnumbered. His latest target takes him to Paris but in the split second it takes the bullet to leave Rapp’s silenced pistol, everything changes. In the year since the CIA fully trained and then unleashed him, Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way through a list of men, bullet by bullet. ![]() We’re taking nothing for granted.”įor full coverage of Charlo vs Jackson, as well as Lara vs Martirosyan and Charlo vs Trout, bounce over to our fight pages.#1 New York Times bestselling author of American Assassin-now a major motion picture-and “the voice of today’s postmodern thriller generation” ( The Providence Journal) delivers a pulse-pounding novel starring a young, hungry, and lethal operative named Mitch Rapp as he begins his career as a CIA superagent. We’re going to definitely break him down and make adjustments to whatever he does. Says Julian Jackson: “We’ve been studying a variety of fights, even those from earlier in his career. “So when he’s backing up and looking for the counters, I’m going to just keep it on him, cut off the ring, be able to get to him and win rounds to hopefully wear him down for later on in the fight. “I’m focusing on maintaining sustained pressure, because I know he’s going to be, not necessarily running, but trying to box me. “We’ve got boxers, guys who are sneaky and guys who are really fast so I can keep my eyes on his quick hands, match his speed with my speed and his movement with mine, and able to react,” says Jackson, a native of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands. To prepare for one of Jermell Charlo’s biggest strengths-speed-Jackson trained with a series of sparring partners whom he says gave him different looks similar to what he believes he'll see come Saturday night. Martirosyan will challenge Erislandy Lara (22-2-2, 13 KOs) for Lara’s 154-pound crown in Saturday’s main event, which follows Charlo’s twin brother, Jermall Charlo (23-0, 18 KOs), defending his title against onetime 154-pound champ Austin Trout (30-2, 17 KOs). Among his more notable stoppage victories were a fifth-round knockout of Denis Douglin (then 14-1), an eighth-round KO of Harry Joe Yorgey (then 25-1-1) and, in his most recent bout on Halloween, a sixth-round TKO of Joachim Alcine (35-7-2).Īdditionally, prior to beating Alcine, Charlo earned a hard-fought 10-round unanimous decision over Vanes Martirosyan (36-2-1, 21 KOs). “There’s a reason why he’s called ‘Dah Rock,’ because he comes in and he throws a lot of rocks,” says Jackson’s father and trainer, Julian “The Hawk” Jackson, a former two-division world champion who was renowned for his knockout power.Īlthough more of a boxer-puncher, Jermell Charlo has flashed power of his own on his way up the ranks. ![]() Jackson put Lee, an eventual 160-pound world champion, on his backside in Round 1 and was dominating the fight before getting caught and stopped in the fifth round. He bounced back to win five consecutive fights (three KOs) from December 2012 to December 2013, then matched up against veteran southpaw Andy Lee six months later. Jackson was 13-0 with 12 KOs and had stopped four consecutive opponents prior to losing a unanimous decision to Willie Nelson in September 2012. “But we’re going to attack him upstairs, downstairs and exploit everything. We’re strong, we’re in shape, we’re focused and we’re going to bring it.” “Of course, the body attack is always an important strategy, especially early in the fight,” says John Jackson (20-2, 15 KOs). The Charlo-Jackson showdown is part of a 154-pound championship tripleheader from the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Showtime, 9 p.m. Better yet, ask the sparring partner whom Jackson separated from his senses during a recent workout.ĭespite his obvious KO abilities, though, the stone-fisted 27-year-old doesn’t plan to seek out a stoppage Saturday night in his battle with Jermell Charlo (27-0, 12 KOs) for a vacant 154-pound world title. Just ask the 14 opponents whom Jackson stopped in his first 16 professional fights. John Jackson works the pads with his father and trainer, former two-division world champion Julian Jackson, ahead of Saturday’s 154-pound title fight against Jermell Charlo in Las Vegas.
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