Jacko Ali

Jacko Ali (born 6 May 1969) is a British World Champion Kickboxer. He is of Bangladeshi origin, brought up in the East End of London. He currently now runs the JKO Productions, part of the kickboxing promotion of Sky Sports and Channel 5.
Boxing career
Ali Jacko became the first Asian to win British, European, Inter-Continental, and Work Full-Contact Kickboxing championships in a 45 fight unbeaten career, with his World title fight at ‘The Island’ in Ilford on 25th May 1996, with the Bollywood superstar Salman Khan travelling from India to support his friend. From winning his first B.I.K.M.A British title 1990, Ali capped his career by taking his second World title, this time World Kickboxing Network belt, in June 2000.
Ali won the Canary Wharf Sporting Personality Award in 2001 and the UK Asian Sporting Award in 2003.
Television production
JKO TV was launched in July 1997 which produces and provides programmes for terrestrial, satellite and corporate clients. The company was established on the basis of a core contract to launch and produce weekly programming for a business motivational private satellite channel broadcast across Europe and South Africa in eight languages. The Channel won first place in the Audio Visual Magazine award for "The Best Use of Business Television" category. JKO TV has been filming for all the Thai and Kickboxing for the last two years on SKY Sports and Channel 5.

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