Jesse Brinkley
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| Born | Jesse Lee Brinkley November 14, 1976 Yerington, Nevada |
| Nationality |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 167.5 lb (76.0 kg; 11.96 st) |
| Division | super middleweight |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Years active | 13 (1997–present) |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 42 |
| Wins | 35 |
| By knockout | 22 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.jessebrinkley.com |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
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Jesse Lee Brinkley (born November 14, 1976, Yerington, Nevada) is a professional super middleweight American boxer.
Brinkley comes from the town of Yerington, Nevada, where he is an active hunter and fisherman. He has been described by NBC as "the class clown". He lives with his longtime girlfriend and their two young children.
Brinkley disliked wearing headgear and hated the amateur point scoring system - so he turned professional quickly. His dream is 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 team-mate 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.
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.
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