Jesse Brinkley

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

Personal life

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.

Boxing career

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Professional Titles

• APBA West Coast Middleweight Title (2003)
• WBC United States (USNBC) Super Middleweight Title (2006)

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
42	Template:No2Loss	35–7	Template:Flagicon Peter Quillin	TKO	3 (10), Template:Small	2011-04-29	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
41	Template:No2Loss	35–6	Template:Flagicon Lucian Bute	KO	9 (12), Template:Small	2010-10-15	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
40	Template:Yes2Win	35–5	Template:Flagicon Curtis Stevens	UD	12	2010-01-29	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
39	Template:Yes2Win	34–5	Template:Flagicon Mike Paschall	UD	10	2009-07-10	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
38	Template:Yes2Win	33–5	Template:Flagicon Joey Gilbert	UD	12	2009-02-14	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
37	Template:Yes2Win	32–5	Template:Flagicon James Johnson	TKO	3 (6), Template:Small	2008-12-20	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
36	Template:Yes2Win	31–5	Template:Flagicon Jason Naugler	UD	12	2008-06-13	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
35	Template:Yes2Win	30–5	Template:Flagicon Otis Griffin	TKO	11 (12), Template:Small	2008-02-22	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
34	Template:Yes2Win	29–5	Template:Flagicon Isaiah Henderson	TKO	1 (10), Template:Small	2007-10-20	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
33	Template:Yes2Win	28–5	Template:Flagicon Dallas Vargas	KO	9 (10), Template:Small	2007-07-06	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
32	Template:Yes2Win	27–5	Template:Flagicon Luis Lopez	TKO	6 (10), Template:Small	2007-06-14	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
31	Template:No2Loss	26–5	Template:Flagicon Robin Reid	UD	8	2007-03-30	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
30	Template:No2Loss	26–4	Template:Flagicon Joe Spina	TKO	11 (12), Template:Small	2006-05-10	Template:Flagicon Template:Small	Template:Small
29	Template:Yes2Win	26–3	Template:Flagicon Anthony Bonsante	UD	5	2005-10-15	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
28	Template:No2Loss	25–3	Template:Flagicon Alfonso Gómez	UD	5	2005-05-24	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
27	Template:No2Loss	25–2	Template:Flagicon Sergio Mora	UD	7	2004-09-24	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
26	Template:Yes2Win	25–1	Template:Flagicon Anthony Bonsante	TKO	5 (5), Template:Small	2004-09-21	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
25	Template:Yes2Win	24–1	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Reid	UD	5	2004-08-21	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
24	Template:Yes2Win	23–1	Template:Flagicon Cleveland Corder	KO	9 (10), Template:Small	2004-03-11	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
23	Template:Yes2Win	22–1	Template:Flagicon Danny Perez	UD	10	2003-08-15	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
22	Template:Yes2Win	21–1	Template:Flagicon Joe Garcia	KO	2 (8), Template:Small	2003-07-11	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
21	Template:Yes2Win	20–1	Template:Flagicon Cleveland Corder	TKO	1 (12), Template:Small	2003-06-02	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
20	Template:Yes2Win	19–1	Template:Flagicon Miguel Angel Ruiz	TKO	3 (10), Template:Small	2002-10-24	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
19	Template:Yes2Win	18–1	Template:Flagicon Cabien St Pierre	TKO	6 (6), Template:Small	2002-06-07	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
18	Template:Yes2Win	17–1	Template:Flagicon Sandro Haro	UD	6	2001-11-04	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
17	Template:Yes2Win	16–1	Template:Flagicon Cabien St Pierre	UD	6	2001-08-24	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
16	Template:Yes2Win	15–1	Template:Flagicon Ken Hulsey	TKO	1 (6), Template:Small	2001-04-01	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
15	Template:Yes2Win	14–1	Template:Flagicon Antonio Garcia	TKO	2 (6), Template:Small	2001-02-11	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
14	Template:Yes2Win	13–1	Template:Flagicon Kennedy McCullough	TKO	4 (6), Template:Small	2000-12-17	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
13	Template:Yes2Win	12–1	Template:Flagicon Edward Brown	TKO	6 (6), Template:Small	2000-11-17	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
12	Template:Yes2Win	11–1	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Barreto	UD	6	2000-08-13	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
11	Template:Yes2Win	10–1	Template:Flagicon Roger Benito Flores	UD	6	2000-06-24	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
10	Template:Yes2Win	9–1	Template:Flagicon Jason Dietrich	TKO	2 (6), Template:Small	2000-01-14	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
9	Template:Yes2Win	8–1	Template:Flagicon Roy Smith	TKO	1 (6), Template:Small	1999-09-04	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
8	Template:Yes2Win	7–1	Template:Flagicon Raul Jesus Gonzales	PTS	4	1999-07-02	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
7	Template:Yes2Win	6–1	Template:Flagicon Jaime Javier Garcia	KO	2 (4), Template:Small	1999-05-15	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
6	Template:Yes2Win	5–1	Template:Flagicon William Amato	KO	1 (4)	1998-11-14	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
5	Template:No2Loss	4–1	Template:Flagicon Concepcion Gutierrez	TKO	2 (4)	1998-07-25	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
4	Template:Yes2Win	4–0	Template:Flagicon Mark Urioste	TKO	1 (4)	1998-07-18	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
3	Template:Yes2Win	3–0	Template:Flagicon Israel Sandoval	PTS	4	1998-03-30	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
2	Template:Yes2Win	2–0	Template:Flagicon Ernest Pargas	KO	1 (4), Template:Small	1998-02-20	Template:Flagicon Template:Small
1	Template:Yes2Win	1–0	Template:Flagicon Koji Kotera	TKO	1 (4), Template:Small	1997-07-19	Template:Flagicon Template:Small

External links

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