Jesse Brinkley continues on a winning streak having won his last four fights by knockout. On February 22, 2008 Brinkley, semifinalist on season one of The Contender fought and beat Otis Griffin, winner of The Next Great Champ boxing reality TV show by an 11th round TKO winning the vacant WBC USNBC super middleweight title at the Silver Legacy Casino in Reno, Nevada. Griffin now with two losses in a row was coming off a loss by TKO to current WBA light heavyweight champion Danny Green of Australia.
| Fight | Location | Date | Boxing Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brinkley vs Naugler | Reno Ballroom, Reno, NV |
June 13, 2008 Friday |
TBA |
Jesse Brinkley
Jesse Brinkley won his first two fights with Jonathan Reid and Anthony Bonsante on season one of The Contender boxing reality TV show. Reaching the semifinal round Brinkley lost to Sergio Mora then went on to lose The Contender Finale 3rd place fight to Alfonso Gomez. In The Contender Rematch show on October 15, 2005 Brinkley won a very controversial unanimous decision over Anthony Bonsante. Those ringside only had Brinkley winning 1 round. On March 30, 2007 in Newcastle, Jesse Brinkley of Team USA lost an 8-round unanimous to former champion Robin Reid of Team UK in the USA vs UK Contender Tournament.
On May 10, 2006 at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut Brinkley lost an 11th round TKO to Joe Spina. Brinkley seemed on his way to capturing the WBC super middleweight belt from Spina when he got caught with a body shot. Spina, who was trailing on the scorecards through the 10th round continued his assault on Brinkley until the referee stopped the fight.