# Clinton Jackson
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{{Short description|American boxer (born 1954)}}
{{Infobox boxer
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|name = Clinton Jackson
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|realname =
|nickname = The Sheriff
|weight =
|height =
|reach =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|5|20|mf=y}}
|birth_place = [Evergreen, Alabama](/source/Evergreen%2C_Conecuh_County%2C_Alabama), U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|style = [Southpaw](/source/Southpaw_stance)
|total = 32
|wins = 25
|losses = 7
|draws = 0
|no contests = 0
|KO = 19
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | Men's [amateur boxing](/source/amateur_boxing)}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games)}}
{{MedalGold | [1975 Mexico City](/source/1975_Pan_American_Games) | [Welterweight](/source/Boxing_at_the_1975_Pan_American_Games)}}}}
'''Clinton Jackson''' (born May 20, 1954) is an American former [professional boxer](/source/professional_boxer). As an amateur, he competed in the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics). He also won a silver medal at the [1974 World Championships](/source/1974_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships) and a gold at the [1975 Pan American Games](/source/Boxing_at_the_1975_Pan_American_Games).
==Biography==
Born in [Evergreen, Alabama](/source/Evergreen%2C_Conecuh_County%2C_Alabama), Jackson was an all-around athlete who played football and basketball in high school.[{{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](/source/Newspapers.com)}}] He began boxing in 1970 when he walked into a gym in [Pensacola, Florida](/source/Pensacola%2C_Florida).[{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/257461050|title=Jackson Confident of Taking Gold|work=[Montgomery Advertiser](/source/Montgomery_Advertiser)|first=Roy|last=Thomas|date=July 11, 1976|access-date=February 9, 2022|page=13|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}] He lost to [Emilio Correa](/source/Emilio_Correa_(boxer_born_1953)) in the gold medal match at the [1974 World Championships](/source/1974_World_Amateur_Boxing_Championships), but then defeated him en route to a gold medal at the [1975 Pan American Games](/source/Boxing_at_the_1975_Pan_American_Games).[
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](/source/James_Shuler), [Sumbu Kalambay](/source/Sumbu_Kalambay), and [Buster Drayton](/source/Buster_Drayton). Jackson retired after a knockout win in October 1985.][{{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 }}]
In 1989, Jackson, a former [sheriff's deputy](/source/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States), was convicted of [kidnapping](/source/kidnapping) an [Alabama](/source/Alabama) banker in an [extortion](/source/extortion) scheme, in which he demanded [US$](/source/United_States_dollar)9,000. In 1992, an ''[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)'' article reported that Jackson was serving a life sentence in an Alabama prison inmate #00154880.[{{cite news |title=Unknown title: news wire report for conviction |work=Elyria Chronicle-Telegram |date=1989-06-30}}] According to ''[Sports Illustrated](/source/Sports_Illustrated)'', he was still serving a life sentence as of January 2015.[{{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.]
==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](/source/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](/source/Zbigniew_Kicka) of Poland
* Round of 16: Defeated (KO 1) [Wesly Felix](/source/Wesly_Felix) of Haiti
* Quarterfinal: Lost (2–3) to [Pedro Gamarro](/source/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.[[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/283016241/ Top-ranked amateur boxers to square off Friday], ''The Jackson Sun'', February 3, 1980, p. 29.]
==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]
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| 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](/source/Kenosha%2C_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](/source/Dixon%2C_Illinois), U.S.
|align=left|
|-
|{{no2}}Loss
|{{small|32-1-1}}
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [Sumbu Kalambay](/source/Sumbu_Kalambay)
|PTS
|8
|10/12/1984
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy](/source/Palais_Omnisports_de_Paris-Bercy), [Bercy](/source/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](/source/Birmingham%2C_Alabama), U.S.
|align=left|
|-
|{{no2}}Loss
|{{small|18-0}}
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [James Shuler](/source/James_Shuler)
|PTS
|12
|17/01/1984
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [Pennsylvania Hall](/source/Pennsylvania_Hall_(Philadelphia)), [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania), U.S.
|align=left|{{small|'''[NABF](/source/North_American_Boxing_Federation) Middleweight Title'''.}}
|-
|{{no2}}Loss
|{{small|14-6-1}}
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [Buster Drayton](/source/Buster_Drayton)
|TKO
|2
|12/05/1983
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [Bristol, Tennessee](/source/Bristol%2C_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](/source/Pensacola%2C_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](/source/Castaways_Hotel_and_Casino), [Las Vegas, Nevada](/source/Las_Vegas%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Savannah%2C_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](/source/Sands_Atlantic_City), Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
|align=left|{{small|'''[IBF](/source/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](/source/Portland%2C_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](/source/Curtis_Hixon_Hall), [Tampa, Florida](/source/Tampa%2C_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](/source/Playboy_Hotel_and_Casino), [Atlantic City, New Jersey](/source/Atlantic_City%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Caesars_Palace), [Paradise, Nevada](/source/Paradise%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Stokley_Athletics_Center), [Knoxville, Tennessee](/source/Knoxville%2C_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](/source/Nashville%2C_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](/source/Louisiana_Superdome), [New Orleans, Louisiana](/source/New_Orleans%2C_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](/source/Memphis%2C_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](/source/Santa_Monica_Civic_Auditorium), [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California), U.S.
|align=left|
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Boxrec|id=28890}}
{{Footer Pan American Champions Welterweight}}
{{Footer USA Boxing 1976 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Welterweight boxers
Category:Middleweight boxers
Category:Southpaw boxers
Category:Living people
Category:Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic boxers for the United States
Category:Boxers at the 1975 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in boxing
Category:People from Evergreen, Alabama
Category:Boxers from Nashville, Tennessee
Category:National Golden Gloves champions
Category:American male boxers
Category:African-American boxers
Category:American extortionists
Category:American sportspeople convicted of crimes
Category:American people convicted of kidnapping
Category:American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment
Category:IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists
Category:Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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