Career
Brinkley disliked wearing headgear and hated the amateur point scoring system - so he turned professional quickly. His dream is to fight the legendary boxer Oscar de la Hoya. He also has a tattoo which is of a scorpion.
In 2004, he entered reality tv show The Contender, and was placed on the West Coast Team.
On May 10, 2006 Brinkley fought the undefeated Joey Spina. He was well in control of the fight when in the eleventh round he was hit with a devastating hard body shot and Brinkley crumbled into the corner the referee was forced to stop the fight.
Brinkley stopped Griffin in the 11th round at the Silver Legacy Reno in Reno, Nevada. Later in the fight Gilbert started to hold his ground more and made the fight more competitive, but Brinkley still had the upper hand in most of their exchanges.
On January 29, 2010, Brinkley fought Curtis "Showtime" Stevens in Reno as part of ESPN2"s Friday Night Fights.
2. Brinkley was knocked down twice in rounds five and eight before being stopped in the ninth round. On April 29, 2011 Brinkley fought Peter Quillin in Reno, Nevada for the vacant United States Boxing Organisation Super Middleweight Championship.
Brinkley lost by TKO in the third round.