Richard Clarke (boxer)
Richard Derrick Clarke | |
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Statistics | |
Nickname(s) | Shrimpy |
Rated at | fly/super flyweight |
Nationality | Jamaican |
Born |
Kingston, Jamaica | 20 April 1963
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 32 |
Wins | 26 (KO 7) |
Losses | 8 (KO 2) |
Draws | 0 |
Richard "Shrimpy" Clarke (20 April 1963) born in Kingston is a Jamaican professional fly/super flyweight boxer of the 1980s and '90s who won the World Boxing Council (WBC) Continental Americas flyweight title, WBC International light flyweight title, and British Commonwealth flyweight title, and was a challenger for the WBC flyweight title against Sot Chitalada, and North American Boxing Federation (NABF) flyweight title against Ysaias Zamudio, his professional fighting weight varied from 109 1⁄2 lb (49.7 kg; 7 st 11.5 lb), i.e. flyweight to 115 lb (52 kg; 8 st 3 lb), i.e. super flyweight.[1]
Shrimpy married in 1997 to Juliet Hewitt (Entrepreneur) and the couple had three children (Derrick Clarke (Actor), Kashief (Selector) and Rayvon).
References
- ↑ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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