Clinton Jackson

{{Short description|American boxer (born 1954)}} {{Infobox boxer | image =  | |name = Clinton Jackson |imagesize = |realname = |nickname = The Sheriff |weight = |height = |reach = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|5|20|mf=y}} |birth_place = Evergreen, Alabama, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |style = Southpaw |total = 32 |wins = 25 |losses = 7 |draws = 0 |no contests = 0 |KO = 19 |medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's amateur boxing}} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold | 1975 Mexico City | Welterweight}}}}

'''Clinton Jackson''' (born May 20, 1954) is an American former professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal at the 1974 World Championships and a gold at the 1975 Pan American Games.

==Biography== Born in Evergreen, Alabama, Jackson was an all-around athlete who played football and basketball in high school.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/581691024|title=Clinton Jackson Lacks Only The Olympic Gold Medal|work=The Prattville Progress|first=Carl|last=Poteat|date=February 15, 1979|access-date=February 9, 2022|page=13|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He began boxing in 1970 when he walked into a gym in Pensacola, Florida.<ref name="mont">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/257461050|title=Jackson Confident of Taking Gold|work=Montgomery Advertiser|first=Roy|last=Thomas|date=July 11, 1976|access-date=February 9, 2022|page=13|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He lost to Emilio Correa in the gold medal match at the 1974 World Championships, but then defeated him en route to a gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games.<ref name=mont/>

He turned professional in 1979 but never achieved the results that he had as an amateur. He failed to win a fight against any significant opposition, and lost decisions to James Shuler, Sumbu Kalambay, and Buster Drayton. Jackson retired after a knockout win in October 1985.<ref name="rsr56">{{cite web|url=http://www.ringsidereport.com/rsr/news.php?readmore=56 |title=Boxing Looks Back at Former Junior Middleweight Contender Clint Jackson |work=RingsideReport.com |first=Antonio |last=Santiago |date=2006-07-25 |accessdate=2008-01-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011214323/http://ringsidereport.com/rsr/news.php?readmore=56 |archivedate=2007-10-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1989, Jackson, a former sheriff's deputy, was convicted of kidnapping an Alabama banker in an extortion scheme, in which he demanded US$9,000. In 1992, an ''Associated Press'' article reported that Jackson was serving a life sentence in an Alabama prison inmate #00154880.<ref name="ect1">{{cite news |title=Unknown title: news wire report for conviction |work=Elyria Chronicle-Telegram |date=1989-06-30}}</ref> According to ''Sports Illustrated'', he was still serving a life sentence as of January 2015.<ref name="si060703">{{cite magazine |title=U.S. Boxing: A Flurry of Punch Lines |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=2006-07-03}}Jackson has an upcoming parole hearing set for September 2016.</ref>

==Amateur highlights== *1974 National AAU Welterweight Champion *1974 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion *1975 National AAU Welterweight Champion *1975 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion *1975 Pan American Games Welterweight Champion *1976 National AAU Welterweight Champion *1976 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion *1976 United States Olympic representative at Welterweight *1977 National AAU Light Middleweight champion *1978 National AAU Welterweight runner-up, losing to Roger Leonard.

===1976 Olympic results=== Below are the results of Clinton Jackson, an American welterweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:

* Round of 32: Defeated (5–0) Zbigniew Kicka of Poland * Round of 16: Defeated (KO 1) Wesly Felix of Haiti * Quarterfinal: Lost (2–3) to Pedro Gamarro of Venezuela

Clinton Jackson had 221 amateur fights, finishing his amateur career with a record of 206 wins 15 losses. He soon turned professional, but also coached the Nashville Sheriff's Dept. celebrated boxing team.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/283016241/ Top-ranked amateur boxers to square off Friday], ''The Jackson Sun'', February 3, 1980, p. 29.</ref>

==Professional record== {{s-start}} |- |align="center" colspan=8|'''25 Wins''' (19 knockouts, 6 decisions), '''7 Losses''' (2 knockouts, 5 decisions) [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=28890&cat=boxer] |- | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Result''' | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Record''' | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Opponent''' | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Type''' | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Round''' | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Date''' | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Location''' | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|'''Notes''' |-align=center |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|2-14-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Gary Jones |KO |3 |04/10/1985 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{no2}}Loss |{{small|17-0}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Don Shiver |UD |10 |07/03/1985 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Egypt Shrine Temple, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|25-36-2}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Johnny Heard |TKO |4 |16/02/1985 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} VFW Hall, Dixon, Illinois, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{no2}}Loss |{{small|32-1-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Sumbu Kalambay |PTS |8 |10/12/1984 |align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Bercy, France |align=left| |- |{{no2}}Loss |{{small|10-23-2}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Sammy Floyd |PTS |8 |28/08/1984 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{no2}}Loss |{{small|18-0}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} James Shuler |PTS |12 |17/01/1984 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Pennsylvania Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |align=left|{{small|'''NABF Middleweight Title'''.}} |- |{{no2}}Loss |{{small|14-6-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Buster Drayton |TKO |2 |12/05/1983 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Bristol, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left|{{small|Referee stopped the bout at 1:20 of the second round.}} |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|23-15}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Homer Jackson |KO |1 |09/12/1982 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Pensacola, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|23-14-4}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} J.J. Cottrell |KO |10 |30/11/1982 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Showboat Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|12-2-2}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Wilbur Henderson |UD |10 |04/11/1982 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Sands Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|15-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Robbie Sims |PTS |10 |16/10/1982 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Sands Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|1-4}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} James Coleman |KO |1 |25/07/1982 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{no2}}Loss |{{small|14-2-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Frank Fletcher |UD |12 |20/06/1982 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Sands Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left|{{small|'''IBF USBA Middleweight Title'''.}} |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|11-7-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Al Clay |KO |1 |07/04/1982 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|5-11}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Willie Ray Taylor |KO |1 |26/03/1982 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|7-16-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Clifford Wills |KO |4 |10/03/1982 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|15-9-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Mario Maldonado |KO |8 |17/12/1981 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|2-7}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Roosevelt Moss |KO |1 |27/11/1981 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|4-2}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Thompson |KO |3 |21/11/1981 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Portland, Oregon, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|13-4}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Holly |UD |10 |27/10/1981 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|6-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Thompson |UD |10 |08/09/1981 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{no2}}Loss |{{small|7-0-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Tony Braxton |TKO |9 |07/05/1981 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Playboy Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|10-4}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Ken Heflin |KO |2 |15/02/1981 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Knoxville Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|12-8-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Mauricio Aldana |KO |7 |26/12/1980 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|17-5-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Ray Hammond |UD |10 |01/08/1980 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|23-15-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Zip Castillo |KO |3 |09/05/1980 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Tennessee State Fairgrounds arena, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|78-19-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Heair |KO |9 |31/03/1980 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Stokley Athletics Center, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|0-8-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} James Knox |KO |1 |08/03/1980 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|7-6-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Rayford |KO |7 |30/11/1979 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|2-0}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Larry Martin |KO |2 |30/10/1979 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|2-1}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Wallace |KO |2 |28/08/1979 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |align=left| |- |{{yes2}}Win |{{small|1-0}} |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Rafael Corona |PTS |4 |03/08/1979 |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, U.S. |align=left| |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Boxrec|id=28890}}

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