Career
In 1988 he took on WBA light middleweight titleholder Julian Jackson, but was defeated via TKO in the third round. He retired in 1995 at the age of 43. Drayton returned to the ring in an exhibition in 2012.
Drayton, aged 57, returned on January 28, 2012, in an exhibition in Philadelphia against former Philadelphia police officer Floyd "Sugar Boy" Richards on the undercard of Dhafir Smith versus Quinton Rankin.
He lost it to 26-0 Matthew Hilton at The Forum in Montreal, Canada in 1987. The South Philadelphia"s fighter"s final professional record was 40-15-1, with 28 kayos.