Richard "Shrimpy" Clarke (born 20 April 1963 in

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

) is a Jamaican

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fly/

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boxer of the 1980s and '90s who won the

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(WBC) Continental Americas flyweight title, WBC International light flyweight title, and British Commonwealth flyweight title, and was a challenger for the WBC flyweight title against

Sot Chitalada Sot Chitalada (, ), born as Chaovalit Wongcharoean (; ; 5 May 1962, in Chonburi, Thailand) is a Thai former boxer who was twice WBC and Lineal Flyweight Champion, having defended the title against nine boxers in total. Biography and career He ...

, and

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(NABF) flyweight title against Ysaias Zamudio

his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

. Personal Life Clarke was born in Kingston Jamaica to mother Doreen Simmonds and father Glen Clarke. He grew up in Kingston along Studley Park Road. Clarke attended Chetolah Park Primary, Kingston Secondary school and Eastern Academy. He married in 1997 to Juliet Hewitt (Entrepreneur) and the couple had three children Derrick aka Khafari (Actor), Kashief (Disc Jockey) and Rayvon (Employee). Career and Work Clarke is currently the head coach of the Stanley Couch Gym in Downtown, Kingston. He coached former Wray and Nephew Contender Champion Donovan "Police" Campbell. He is also employed as a Sports Officer at the Institute of Sports (INSports) located at Kingston's National Arena.

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* 1963 births Flyweight boxers Living people Boxers from Kingston, Jamaica Super-flyweight boxers Jamaican male boxers 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen {{Jamaica-boxing-bio-stub