Clint Jackson is a former American

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 boxer

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, who competed on behalf of the U.S. in the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

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Amateur highlights

• 1974 National AAU Welterweight Champion
• 1974 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion
• 1975 National AAU Welterweight Champion
• 1975 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion
• 1975 Pan American Games Welterweight Champion
• 1976 National AAU Welterweight Champion
• 1976 National Golden Gloves Welterweight Champion
• 1976 United States Olympic representative at Welterweight
• 1977 National AAU Light Middleweight champion
• 1978 National AAU Welterweight runner-up, losing to Roger Leonard.

Olympic results

• Received a bye
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• Unanimous win decision (5-0) over Zbigniew Kicka of Poland
• Defeated (KO 1) Wesley Felix of Haiti
• Lost decision (3-2) to Pedro Gamarro
  Pedro Gamarro
  Pedro Gamarro is a retired boxer from Venezuela. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division after having lost to Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany in the final. Gamarro's medal was the only one won...
  
   of Venezuela

Pro

Jackson turned pro in 1979 but never achieved the results that he had as an amateur. He failed to win a fight against any significant opposition, and lost decisions to notables pros James Shuler

James Shuler

James Shuler was a U.S. Olympic and professional boxer from Philadelphia known as "Black Gold."-Amateur career:Shuler was the 1979 and 1980 National Golden Gloves Light Middleweight Champion....

, Sumbu Kalambay

Sumbu Kalambay

Sumbu "Patrizio" Kalambay is a Zaire-Italian former professional boxer who held the WBA middleweight championship. He was born in Zaire, moving to Italy during his youth, which is where he still resides.-Professional career:...

, and Buster Drayton

Buster Drayton

Buster Drayton , was a professional boxer in the Light Middleweight division.Drayton turned pro in 1978 and won the Vacant IBF Light Middleweight Title with a decision win over Carlos Santos in 1986. He defended the belt twice before losing it to Matthew Hilton the following year...

. Jackson retired after a knockout win in October 1985.

Troubles outside the ring

In 1989, Jackson, a former sheriff's deputy

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, was convicted of kidnapping

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 an Alabama

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 banker in an extortion

Extortion

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 scheme, in which he demanded US$

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9,000. In 1992, an Associated Press

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article reported that Jackson was serving a life sentence in a Tennessee prison. According to Sports Illustrated

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, he was still serving a life sentence as of July 2006.

• According to a 1975 SI article, Jackson had to reportedly straighten out Michael Dokes for Dokes' cockiness, in and out of the ring.