Jesse Lee Brinkley (born November 14, 1976) is a former American professional boxer. He challenged once for the IBF Super Middleweight title in 2010.

Jesse Brinkley
BornJesse Lee Brinkley
(1976-11-14) November 14, 1976 (age 48)
Yerington, Nevada, U.S.
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight167.5 lb (76.0 kg)
DivisionSuper middleweight
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Years active13 (1997–present)
Professional boxing record
Total42
Wins35
By knockout22
Losses7
By knockout4
Other information
Websitehttp://www.jessebrinkley.com
Boxing record from BoxRec
Last updated on: January 29, 2010

Personal life

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Brinkley comes from the town of Yerington, Nevada, where he is an active hunter and fisherman.[1] He has been described by NBC as "the class clown". He lives with his longtime girlfriend and their two young children.

Boxing career

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Brinkley disliked wearing headgear and hated the amateur point scoring system - so he turned professional quickly. His dream was to fight the legendary boxer Oscar De La Hoya. He also has a tattoo which is of a scorpion.

In 2004, he entered reality tv show The Contender, and was placed on the West Coast Team. Having seen his teammate Gomez beat the highest-ranked boxer in the competition (Manfredo), he took on the second-highest ranked, Jonathan Reid, and won. His Quarter Final fight saw him having to lose a pounds in an hour to make the weight restriction against Anthony Bonsante, but he won anyway - getting into the semi-finals, albeit in a battered and bruised state. He lost his semi-final against the eventual winner Sergio Mora, and went on to lose the 3rd Place Fight to Alfonso Gomez in a good action fight.[2]

On May 10, 2006 Brinkley fought the undefeated Joey Spina. He was well in control of the fight when in the eleventh round he was hit with a devastating hard body shot and Brinkley crumbled into the corner the referee was forced to stop the fight.

In 2008, in a clash of former boxing TV reality contestants, he took on Otis Griffin, the winner of reality TV show The Next Great Champ on Fox. Brinkley stopped Griffin in the 11th round at the Silver Legacy Reno in Reno, Nevada. Brinkley won the vacant WBC USNBC Super Middleweight title with the victory.[3]

On February 14, 2009, Brinkley fought longtime rival Joey Gilbert at The Reno Events Center in Reno, NV. Brinkley scored a knockdown in the fifth round with a right cross that severely broke Gilbert's nose. Gilbert spent most of the early portion of the fight trying to use movement to frustrate Brinkley, but did not add punches with that movement so Brinkley easily won most of the early rounds. Later in the fight Gilbert started to hold his ground more and made the fight more competitive, but Brinkley still had the upper hand in most of their exchanges. Brinkley went on to win the match via a wide unanimous decision.[4]

Brinkley fought Mike Paschall on July 10, 2009 and won by unanimous decision.[5]

On January 29, 2010, Brinkley fought Curtis "Showtime" Stevens in Reno as part of ESPN2's Friday Night Fights. The bout was an IBF Title Eliminator bout giving the winner an IBF ranking of No. 2. Stevens claimed that Brinkley would not last fifty seconds in the ring with him beforehand, and started the fight aggressively, landing several hard hooks to Brinkley's face in the 1st round, causing swelling over Jesse's right eye very early, but Brinkley weathered the initial storm of Stevens, and outboxed/outfought him in an entertaining fight, dropping Stevens in the 6th and 12th rounds en route to a wide decision win, 117-109, 118-108, 119-107.

On October 15, 2010 Brinkley fought against the IBF Super Middleweight champion Lucian Bute in Montreal, Canada. Brinkley was knocked down twice in rounds five and eight before being stopped in the ninth round.[6]

On April 29, 2011 Brinkley fought Peter Quillin in Reno, Nevada, for the vacant United States Boxing Organisation Super Middleweight Championship. Brinkley lost by TKO in the third round.[7]

Professional Titles

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Professional boxing record

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42 fights 35 wins 7 losses
By knockout 22 4
By decision 13 3
Draws 0
No contests 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
42 Loss 35–7   Peter Quillin TKO 3 (10), 2:34 2011-04-29   Reno Events Center, Reno, Nevada, USA For vacant USBO super middleweight title.
41 Loss 35–6   Lucian Bute KO 9 (12), 2:48 2010-10-15   Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada For IBF super middleweight title.
40 Win 35–5   Curtis Stevens UD 12 2010-01-29   Grand Sierra Resort, Reno, Nevada, USA Retained WBC United States (USNBC) super middleweight title.
39 Win 34–5   Mike Paschall UD 10 2009-07-10   Reno Events Center, Reno, Nevada, USA
38 Win 33–5   Joey Gilbert UD 12 2009-02-14   Reno Events Center, Reno, Nevada, USA Retained WBC United States (USNBC) super middleweight title.
37 Win 32–5   James Johnson TKO 3 (6), 1:54 2008-12-20   Howard U Burr Arena, Washington, D.C., USA
36 Win 31–5   Jason Naugler UD 12 2008-06-13   Reno Ballroom, Reno, Nevada, USA Retained WBC United States (USNBC) super middleweight title.
35 Win 30–5   Otis Griffin TKO 11 (12), 0:24 2008-02-22   Silver Legacy Resort & Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA Won vacant WBC United States (USNBC) super middleweight title.
34 Win 29–5   Isaiah Henderson TKO 1 (10), 2:05 2007-10-20   Silver Legacy Resort & Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
33 Win 28–5   Dallas Vargas KO 9 (10), 2:59 2007-07-06   Eldorado Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
32 Win 27–5   Luis Lopez TKO 6 (10), 1:27 2007-06-14   Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley, Idaho, USA
31 Loss 26–5   Robin Reid UD 8 2007-03-30   Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
30 Loss 26–4   Joe Spina TKO 11 (12), 1:50 2006-05-10   Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, USA For WBC United States (USNBC) super middleweight title.
29 Win 26–3   Anthony Bonsante UD 5 2005-10-15   Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 Loss 25–3   Alfonso Gómez UD 5 2005-05-24   Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, USA
27 Loss 25–2   Sergio Mora UD 7 2004-09-24   Pasadena, California, USA
26 Win 25–1   Anthony Bonsante TKO 5 (5), 2:24 2004-09-21   Pasadena, California, USA
25 Win 24–1   Jonathan Reid UD 5 2004-08-21   Pasadena, California, USA
24 Win 23–1   Cleveland Corder KO 9 (10), 2:59 2004-03-11   Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley, Idaho, USA
23 Win 22–1   Danny Perez UD 10 2003-08-15   Stodick Park, Gardnerville, Nevada, USA
22 Win 21–1   Joe Garcia KO 2 (8), 1:10 2003-07-11   City Center Pavilion, Reno, Nevada, USA
21 Win 20–1   Cleveland Corder TKO 1 (12), 2:24 2003-06-02   Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley, Idaho, USA
20 Win 19–1   Miguel Angel Ruiz TKO 3 (10), 2:58 2002-10-24   Coeur d'Alene Casino, Worley, Idaho, USA
19 Win 18–1   Cabien St Pierre TKO 6 (6), 2:34 2002-06-07   Eldorado Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
18 Win 17–1   Sandro Haro UD 6 2001-11-04   Peppermill Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
17 Win 16–1   Cabien St Pierre UD 6 2001-08-24   Harrah's Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
16 Win 15–1   Ken Hulsey TKO 1 (6), 0:59 2001-04-01   Peppermill Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
15 Win 14–1   Antonio Garcia TKO 2 (6), 1:23 2001-02-11   Peppermill Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
14 Win 13–1   Kennedy McCullough TKO 4 (6), 2:03 2000-12-17   Peppermill Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
13 Win 12–1   Edward Brown TKO 6 (6), 2:09 2000-11-17   Peppermill Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
12 Win 11–1   Juan Carlos Barreto UD 6 2000-08-13   Peppermill Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
11 Win 10–1   Roger Benito Flores UD 6 2000-06-24   Peppermill Hotel Casino, Reno, Nevada, USA
10 Win 9–1   Jason Dietrich TKO 2 (6), 1:28 2000-01-14   Orleans Hotel & Casino, Paradise, Nevada, USA
9 Win 8–1   Roy Smith TKO 1 (6), 1:20 1999-09-04   Casino West, Yerington, Nevada, USA
8 Win 7–1   Raul Jesus Gonzales PTS 4 1999-07-02   Fresno Fair Pavilion, Fresno, California, USA
7 Win 6–1   Jaime Javier Garcia KO 2 (4), 2:42 1999-05-15   Table Mountain Casino, Friant, California, USA
6 Win 5–1   William Amato KO 1 (4) 1998-11-14   San Diego, California, USA
5 Loss 4–1   Concepcion Gutierrez TKO 2 (4) 1998-07-25   Club Cal Neva, Reno, Nevada, USA
4 Win 4–0   Mark Urioste TKO 1 (4) 1998-07-18   Casino West, Yerington, Nevada, USA
3 Win 3–0   Israel Sandoval PTS 4 1998-03-30   Radisson Hotel, Sacramento, California, USA
2 Win 2–0   Ernest Pargas KO 1 (4), 0:32 1998-02-20   Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Petaluma, California, USA
1 Win 1–0   Koji Kotera TKO 1 (4), 1:22 1997-07-19   Casino West, Yerington, Nevada, USA

References

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  1. ^ Fitzgerald, Mike; Morley, Patrick (28 February 2013). Third Man in the Ring: 33 of Boxing's Best Referees and Their Stories. Potomac Books, Inc. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-1-61234-242-9.
  2. ^ Hauser, Thomas (1 January 2006). I Don't Believe It, But It's True: A Year in Boxing. Sport Media Pub. ISBN 978-1-894963-50-3.
  3. ^ Clifton, Guy (2008). "Brinkley gets 11th-round TKO". Reno Gazette Journal.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Brinkley beats Gilbert in Reno matchup". USA Today. 2009.
  5. ^ "Boxing: Jesse Brinkley fight is moved up a day". Reno Gazette Journal. 2009.
  6. ^ Strait, Chris (2 January 2012). Strait on Boxing Vol.1: I Never Thought of It That Way. Christopher Strait. p. 31. GGKEY:XEHJ8JD963D.
  7. ^ Wellings, Steve (6 February 2012). Irish Boxing Review: 2012 Edition. Lulu.com. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-4710-1736-0.
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