Clint Jackson

Name: Clint Jackson
Alias: The Sheriff
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Birthplace: Evergreen, Alabama, USA
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 180cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur Achievements

Amateur Record: 139-14

• Welterweight Silver Medalist at the 1974 World Amateur Championships. Results:
  • Defeated Wilbert Muzza (Tanzania) TKO 3
  • Defeated Mukoko Mayo (Zaire) TKO 1
  • Defeated Mike McCallum (Jamaica) on points
  • Defeated Zbigniew Kicka (Poland) on points
  • Lost to Emilio Correa (Cuba) KO by 3
• 1974 National AAU Welterweight Champion
• 1974 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion
• 1975 National AAU Welterweight Champion
• 1975 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion
• 1976 National AAU Welterweight Champion
• 1976 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion
• 1976 U.S. Olympic Welterweight Quarterfinalist. Results:
  • First-round bye
  • Defeated Zbigniew Kicka (Poland) on points 5-0
  • Defeated Wesly Felix (Haiti) KO 1
  • Lost to Pedro Gamarro (Venezuela) on points 3-2
• 1977 National AAU Light Middleweight Champion
• 1978 National AAU Welterweight Finalist, losing to Roger Leonard.

Post-Boxing Life

In 1989, Jackson, a former sheriff's deputy, was convicted of kidnapping an Alabama banker in an extortion scheme, in which he demanded $9,000. He is currently serving a life sentence at Bullock Prison in Union Springs, Alabama. His next parole hearing will be in 2011.

Sources

• June 30, 1989 wire report for conviction (e.g., Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)
• July 3, 2006 Sports Illustrated, "A Flurry of Punch Lines"
• February 4, 2008 "Clint Jackson, 1976 Olympian" by Ken Hissner