On March 2, 1975, a 35-year-old Jimmy Ellis (39-11-1, 23 KOs) and a 31-year-old Joe Frazier (31-2, 26 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 18 days. Frazier was on a 1-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 13 days.
In the rematch, Joe Frazier stopped Jimmy Ellis via TKO in the 9th round. Frazier improves his record to 32-2 (27 KOs), while Ellis adds a loss to his record at 39-12-1.
On November 12, 1974, a 34-year-old Jimmy Ellis (39-10-1, 23 KOs) and a 24-year-old Hungarian boxer Joe Bugner (48-6-1, 29 KOs) met in the ring.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days. Bugner was on a 5-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 11 days.
Joe Bugner defeated Jimmy Ellis via points decision in the 10-round fight. Bugner improves his record to 49-6-1, while Ellis adds a loss to his record at 39-11-1.
On July 16, 1974, a 34-year-old Jimmy Ellis (39-9-1, 23 KOs) and a 33-year-old Ron Lyle (27-1-1, 19 KOs) met in the ring.
Ellis came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 12 days. Lyle was on a 1-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Ron Lyle defeated Jimmy Ellis via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Lyle improves his record to 28-1-1, while Ellis adds a loss to his record at 39-10-1.
On December 12, 1973, a 33-year-old Jimmy Ellis (39-8, 23 KOs) and Boone Kirkman met in the ring.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 19 days.
Jimmy Ellis lost to Boone Kirkman via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 39-9.
On June 18, 1973, a 33-year-old Jimmy Ellis (38-7, 22 KOs) and a 28-year-old Earnie Shavers (44-2, 43 KOs) met in the ring.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 13 days. Shavers was on a 32-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 6 days.
Earnie Shavers stopped Jimmy Ellis via KO in the 1st round. Shavers improves his record to 45-2 (44 KOs), while Ellis adds a loss to his record at 38-8.
On July 26, 1971, a 31-year-old Jimmy Ellis (30-6, 14 KOs) and a 29-year-old Muhammad Ali (31-1, 25 KOs) met in the ring in a heavyweight bout.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 16 days. Ali was on a -1-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Muhammad Ali stopped Jimmy Ellis via TKO in the 12th round. Ali improves his record to 32-1 (26 KOs), while Ellis adds a loss to his record at 30-7.
On February 16, 1970, the 29-year-old undisputed heavyweight world champion, Jimmy Ellis (27-5, 12 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Joe Frazier (24-0, 21 KOs) in an undisputed title defense fight.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 37% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 5 months, and 2 days. Frazier was on a 24-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 24 days.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 4th round, and Joe Frazier is crowned the new WBA and WBC heavyweight world champion — and becomes the undisputed heavyweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. Frazier improves his record to 25-0 (22 KOs), while Ellis adds a loss to his record at 27-6.
On November 30, 1964, a 24-year-old Jimmy Ellis (15-4, 6 KOs) and a 31-year-old George Benton (52-9-1, 30 KOs) met in the ring.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 31% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 9 days. Benton was on a 2-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 12 days.
George Benton defeated Jimmy Ellis via majority decision in the 10-round fight. Benton improves his record to 53-9-1, while Ellis adds a loss to his record at 15-5.
On October 21, 1964, a 24-year-old Jimmy Ellis (15-3, 6 KOs) and Don Fullmer met in the ring.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months.
Jimmy Ellis lost to Don Fullmer via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 15-4.
On February 28, 1964, a 24-year-old Jimmy Ellis (14-2, 5 KOs) and Rubin Carter met in the ring.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day.
Jimmy Ellis lost to Rubin Carter via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 14-3.
On September 1, 1962, a 22-year-old Jimmy Ellis (11-1, 4 KOs) and Henry Hank met in the ring.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 19 days.
Jimmy Ellis lost to Henry Hank via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 11-2.
On November 29, 1961, a 21-year-old Jimmy Ellis (5-0, 2 KOs) and Holley Mims met in the ring.
Ellis came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 22 days.
Jimmy Ellis lost to Holley Mims via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 5-1.