Career
Started out his sporting career at age twelve, Iverson had earned a total of five titles in the same weight division (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010) at the Australian Judo Championships. Iverson represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men"s lightweight class (73 kg). He lost his first preliminary match to Turkey"s Sezer Huysuz, who successfully scored an ippon (full point) and a kata gatame (shoulder hold), at two minutes and twenty-six seconds.