Jesse Lee Brinkley
(b. November 14, 1976, Yerington, Nevada) is a professional boxer from the United States. He holds the WBC USNBC Super Middleweight Title as of February 22, 2008.
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Personal life
Jesse comes from the tiny town of
Yerington in the
U. S. state of
Nevada, where he loves the country life of fishing and shooting. He is described by
NBC as "the class clown", such a lively character as he is. He lives with his long time 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 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.
Brinkley spent the early stages of the competition as a friend and advisor to
Joey Gilbert, but they moved apart later on as he began to suspect him of playing mind games.
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 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 Hotel and Casino in
Reno. Brinkley won the vacent WBC USNBC Super Middleweight title with the victory.
On February 14, 2009, Brinkley fought long time 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. Brinkley went on to win the match via unanimous decision.
Brinkley is scheduled to fight Mike Paschall on July 10, 2009 in a fight which he won by unanimous decision.