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Seales was born in the United States. Virgin Islands, where his father, who boxed in the United States. Army was stationed.
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The Seales family moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1965. He was a product of the Tacoma Boys Club amateur boxing program, and was coached by Joe Clough. Amateur record: 338-12 1972 Olympic gold medalist (139 lbs) Olympic results defeated Ulrich Beyer (East Germany) on points defeated Jim Montague (Ireland) on points defeated Andres Molina (Cuba) 3-2 defeated Zvonimir Vujin (Yugoslavia) 5-0 defeated Angel Angelov (Bulgaria) 3-2 Seales was a contender for the middleweight title during the late "70s and early "80s, winning the regional level USBA and NABF titles in the process.
In 1980, Seales injured his left 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. Years later, doctors operated and restored Seales" vision in his right eye, though he wears glasses.
Seales later worked as a schoolteacher of autistic students at Lincoln High School in Tacoma for 17 years, retiring in 2004. Seales currently works as a boxing coach, working with talented amateurs in the Indianapolis area.
