Nunn Scores Unanimous Win Over Jackson

Unbeaten middleweight Michael Nunn used a dancing style Friday night to score a unanimous 10-round decision over Dale Jackson.

Judge Gary Merritt and referee Lou Moret scored the fight 100-90 and judge Mike Glienna had it 98-93 for Nunn (26-0).

Nunn, fighting in his home town for the second time in his pro career, has 17 knockouts. Jackson, who fell to 17-3-2, said the highly partisan crowd of 3,000 bothered him early. He said he was also bothered by what he claimed was a first-round thumbing that nearly closed his left eye late in the fight.

“I let the crowd bother me and I let him bother me,” said Jackson, of Chicago. “I didn’t stay with my fight plan. If I had stuck to my fight plan, I would have knocked him out but I didn’t stay with it.”

Nunn said he went in planning to fight a conservative fight. He followed his plan well, sometimes failing to follow up on combinations that were landing.