Jimmy Ellis
Professional Boxer, Boxer
1940 – 2012
Who was Jimmy Ellis?
James Albert "Jimmy" Ellis is a retired boxer from Louisville, Kentucky. He fought in what some consider to be the greatest heavyweight era of all-time. The top heavyweights of the time included Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Ken Norton, Floyd Patterson, Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, George Chuvalo, Jimmy Young, Ron Lyle, Buster Mathis, Cleveland Williams, and Earnie Shavers, among others. Ellis held the WBA World Heavyweight Championship from 1968 to 1970. He was a skilled boxer with a good chin and, as manager and trainer Angelo Dundee always stated, much better punching power than many expected.
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- Born
- Feb 24, 1940
Louisville - Also known as
- Ellis
- James Albert Ellis
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- 2012
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on July 23, 2013
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