Wilbert McClure boxer

Wilbert McClure boxer
bouts
33
won
24
lost
9
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
middleweight
Debut
1961-07-10
Height
5′ 6½″/169cm
Reach
-
Age
-
Born
1938-10-29
Death
-
Nationality
USA

Wilbert McClure (October 29, 1938 – August 6, 2020) was an American boxer. As an amateur he won gold medals in the light middleweight division at the 1959 Pan American Games and the 1960 Olympics. As a professional he competed from 1961 to 1970.McClure earned degrees in literature and philosophy in 1961 from the University of Toledo and a doctorate in psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1973. He later became a Massachusetts state boxing commissioner. He was honored in August 2012 for his life's work by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School.McClure was found guilty in Wilson v. McClure et al, the first legal case in the US to reach a federal court jury to challenge the concept of same-race discrimination in September 2000. The case was brought by race-black licensed boxing promoter Zeke Wilson against a state sports commission headed by the race-black chairman for damage reparations and punitive redress after his right to conduct professional boxing events was violated.In this case, race-white boxing commissioner William Pender performed direct discriminatory acts, while the race-black commission chairman Wilbert McClure failed to provide the promoter sufficient protection under his authority and cooperated in the unjust cancellation of a series of boxing events, causing financial harm to the promoter. A unanimous jury verdict found that the race-black Chairman was guilty of racial discrimination along with race-white Commissioner William Pender and both defendants were assessed punitive damages in addition to the compensatory damages awarded by the jury.The precedent-setting case is the subject of the non-fiction book, The Eighth Round. The book is being adapted into a motion picture by the same title.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1970-01-31 Billy Douglas LWWWLW Fairgrounds, Detroit LOST
Technical knockout
1970-01-06 Sammy Floyd L Fairgrounds, Detroit WIN
KO
1967-12-05 Johnny Pritchett WWWDWW Royal Albert Hall, Kensington LOST
Points
1967-08-02 John Henry Smith WWWLLW Sports Arena, Los Angeles LOST
KO
1967-05-12 Doug McLeod LLLWWW Cobo Arena, Detroit WIN
Technical knockout
1967-02-20 Bobby Warthen WWWLLL Mechanics Hall, Worcester WIN
Split-decision
1967-01-26 Ike White LWWLLL Exposition Building, Portland WIN
Unanimous decision
1966-12-01 Oscar Haynie LWLLL Exposition Building, Portland WIN
KO
1966-11-17 Brad Silas WWWLWL Exposition Building, Portland WIN
Technical knockout
1966-07-13 Harold Richardson WWLWWW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Unanimous decision
1966-03-08 Rubin Carter LWWLLW Sports Arena, Toledo LOST
Majority decision
1966-01-08 Rubin Carter LWLWLW Aragon Ballroom, Chicago LOST
Split-decision
1965-12-16 Fred Terry LWLLLL Armory, Akron WIN
Technical knockout
1965-05-20 Clarence Alford WWDLWL Lucas County Recreation Center, Toledo WIN
Unanimous decision
1964-05-15 Jose Torres WWLWWW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Unanimous decision
1964-04-21 Clarence Alford LWLWWD Armory, Akron WIN
Split-decision
1964-03-16 Tommy Payne WLLWWW Arcadia Arena, Detroit WIN
KO
1963-12-27 Luis Rodriguez WWWLWW Auditorium, Miami Beach LOST
Unanimous decision
1963-10-18 Luis Rodriguez WWWWLW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Unanimous decision
1963-04-27 Ted Wright LWDWWW Sports Arena, Toledo WIN
Unanimous decision
1963-01-26 Nic Maric DWLLLW Westfalenhalle, Dortmund WIN
Technical knockout
1962-10-13 Gomeo Brennan LWWWDW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Unanimous decision
1962-09-20 Tony Montano WWWWWW Sports Arena, Toledo WIN
Unanimous decision
1962-08-04 Farid Salim WWWLWW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Unanimous decision
1962-06-30 Harold Richardson WWWLWL Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Unanimous decision
1962-05-26 Charlie Glover WWLLLW Madison Square Garden, New York WIN
Technical knockout
1962-05-18 Julius Owens LWLLLL Mechanics Hall, Worcester WIN
KO
1962-05-01 Ray Drayton WWWLWL Arena, Boston WIN
Technical knockout
1962-04-07 Clarence Riley WLLWLL Boston Garden, Boston WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-09-21 Jonathan Washington LL Sports Arena, Toledo WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-08-07 Charlie Jordan WD Graystone Ballroom, Detroit WIN
KO
1961-07-24 Moses Lockhart LDW Vogue Arena, Chicago WIN
Technical knockout
1961-07-10 Jonathan Washington L Convention Arena, Detroit WIN
Points