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| Gold | 1972 Munich | – 63.5 kg | |
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Personal
Seales is the Half-Brother of fellow boxer Dale Grant, and the brother of fellow boxer Wilbur Seales.
Early life
Seales was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where his father, who boxed in the U. The United States Virgin Islands is a group of Islands in the Caribbean that are an Insular area of the United States. S. Army was stationed. The Seales family moved to Tacoma, WA in 1965. He was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur boxing program, and was coached by Joe Clough.
Amateur career
- 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist (139 lbs. )
- 1971 National AAU Light Welterweight Champion
- 1972 National Golden Gloves 139 pounds champion, defeating Donnie Nelson of Lowell, MA in the final
Olympic Results
- Ulrich Beyer (East Germany) won on points
- Jim Montague (Ireland) won on points
- Andres Molina (Cuba) 3-2
- Zvonimir Vujin (Yugoslavia) 5-0
- Angel Angelov (Bulgaria) 3-2
Pro career
Seales was a contender for the Middleweight title during the late 70's and early 80's. Donnie Nelson is the General Manager and president of basketball operations for the Dallas Mavericks, an NBA team and an assistant coach for the Chinese National basketball Lowell is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA. As of the 2000 census the city had a total population of 105167 Zvonimir Vujin (born July 23, 1943) is a former boxer from Yugoslavia, who was a two-time Bronze Medal winner at the Olympic Games Anghei Anghelov (born July 10, 1948) is a former boxer from Bulgaria, who won a Silver medal in the light Welterweight
Retirement
In 1980, Seales injured his eye in a fight with Jaime Thomas, and retired due to a serious retinal tear. He was subsequently declared legally blind, and was used as a cause célèbre along with Sugar Ray Leonard during the 1980s, for those pushing for a ban on boxing. Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is a retired American professional boxer.
Life After Boxing
Seales later worked with autistic students at Lincoln High School in Tacoma until 2004 before retiring. Lincoln High School may refer to Alabama Lincoln High School (Alabama Lincoln Normal School, Marion Arkansas In 2006, he moved to Indianapolis with his wife, where he currently resides.
Honors
Seales was a 2005 Inductee into the Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Hall of Fame.
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