Clarence Vinson

Clarence Adam Vinson (* July 10, 1978 in Washington, DC ) is a retired American boxer. He won an Olympic bronze medal in 2000 in the bantamweight.

Career

The just under 1.60 m wide Links boom attended Northern Michigan University and served as a soldier in Fort Collins. In 1986, he began boxing, 1997 and 1998 U.S. champion at flyweight and 1999 U.S. champion bantamweight was. In addition, he won the 1998 American Boxing Classic tournament in Milwaukee, the U.S. Olympic qualification in 1999 and the Continental Olympic Qualification 1999 in Tampa.

He then started in September 2000 at the 27th Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, where he the French Olympian of 1996 Rachid Bouaita ( 9:2 ), the Vice - Asia Champion 1999 Talaibek Kadiraliew from Kyrgyzstan ( 12:7 ) and the reigning world champion George Olteanu could defeat of Romania ( 26:19 ) and was eliminated only in the semi-final against two- time world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux from Cuba ( 6:18 ).

Further international success was the 9th place finish at the 1997 World Championships in Budapest and the 5th place at the 1999 World Championships in Houston.

In 2001 he was under the martial name " Untouchable " professional. After twelve consecutive victories, he lost in June 2003 shortly after points against Heriberto Ruiz. In November 2004, he was defeated in the battle for the Intercontinental Championship on points against WBO César Morales. In June 2009, he finished his professional career with 17 wins and 2 losses.