Jimmy Young

Career, Record, Stats

Jimmy Young was an American professional boxer. In a career spanning 20 years, 10 months, and 25 days, Young amassed a record of 35-19-2, which includes 12 wins via KO.

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LEGEND

Jimmy Young's Boxing Career

Jimmy Young was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on November 14, 1948. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on October 28, 1969 against Jim Jones. Young defeated Jones via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Young got his first world-title fight at the age of 27 after 23 professional fights. On April 30, 1976 Young challenged Muhammad Ali's WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles but lost via 15-round unanimous decision. Young never got a world-title shot again.

Young's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO victory over Carl Porter at age 41, on September 22, 1990.

Some of Jimmy Young's best fights were against George Foreman (HOFer), Earnie Shavers, Ron Lyle, and Jose Roman. For a complete list of Young's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Jimmy Young".

Young has 19 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Jimmy Young Losses".

Jimmy Young's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
57	Sep 22, 1990	41	Carl Porter	win	TKO 2
56	Aug 13, 1988	39	Frank Lux	win	TKO 10
55	Jun 04, 1988	39	Tim Anderson	loss	SD 10
54	Apr 09, 1988	39	Rick Kellar	win	UD 10
53	Aug 09, 1987	38	Mike Jameson	nc	NA
52	Jan 07, 1987	38	Eddie Richardson	loss	SD 10
51	Oct 15, 1986	37	Chuck Gardner	loss	PTS 8
50	Mar 12, 1986	37	Rocky Sekorski	win	MD 10
49	Jan 20, 1986	37	Rocky Sekorski	win	UD 10
48	Nov 01, 1985	36	Tony Fulilangi	loss	PTS 10
47	Sep 22, 1984	35	Tony Tucker 25 24-0	loss	UD 10
46	Apr 10, 1983	34	Tony Tubbs 25 14-0	loss	UD 10
45	Aug 29, 1982	33	Philipp Brown	loss	PTS 10
44	Jul 13, 1982	33	Pat Cuillo	loss	PTS 10
43	May 02, 1982	33	Greg Page 23 18-0	loss	UD 12
42	Nov 06, 1981	32	Tommy Thomas	win	UD 10
41	Sep 26, 1981	32	Tom Fischer	win	PTS 10
40	Jul 10, 1981	32	Jeff Sims	win	SD 10
39	Jun 30, 1981	32	Marvin Stinson	win	UD 10
38	Apr 10, 1981	32	Gordon Racette	win	TKO 10
37	May 25, 1980	31	Gerry Cooney 23 22-0	loss	RTD 4
36	Mar 08, 1980	31	Don Halpin	win	TKO 2
35	Dec 04, 1979	31	John L.Gardner	win	PTS 10
34	Sep 28, 1979	30	Michael Dokes	loss	UD 10
33	Jun 22, 1979	30	Wendell Bailey	win	TKO 3
32	Jan 27, 1979	30	Ossie Ocasio 23 12-0	loss	UD 10
31	Jun 09, 1978	29	Ossie Ocasio 22 11-0	loss	SD 10
30	Nov 05, 1977	28	Ken Norton 34 39-4	loss	SD 15
29	Sep 14, 1977	28	Jody Ballard	win	UD 10
28	Mar 17, 1977	28	George Foreman 28 45-1	win	UD 12
27	Nov 06, 1976	27	Ron Lyle 35 32-4-1	win	UD 12
26	Sep 12, 1976	27	Mike Boswell	win	TKO 4
25	Sep 02, 1976	27	Lou Rogan	win	TKO 2
24	Apr 30, 1976	27	Muhammad Ali 34 50-2	loss	UD 15
23	Feb 20, 1976	27	Jose Roman 29 46-14-2	win	PTS 10
22	Nov 12, 1975	26	Memphis Al Jones	win	TKO 2
21	Aug 26, 1975	26	Bobby Lloyd	win	KO 5
20	Feb 11, 1975	26	Ron Lyle 33 30-1-1	win	UD 10
19	Nov 26, 1974	26	Earnie Shavers 30 46-4	draw	PTS 10
18	Jul 06, 1974	25	Jose Luis Garcia	win	PTS 10
17	Jan 22, 1974	25	Les Stevens	win	PTS 10
16	Mar 04, 1974	25	John Jordan	win	UD 6
15	Feb 18, 1974	25	Richard Dunn	win	TKO 8
14	Oct 23, 1973	24	Billy Aird	draw	PTS 8
13	Aug 14, 1973	24	Mike Boswell	win	PTS 6
12	Apr 23, 1973	24	Obie English	win	PTS 6
11	Feb 19, 1973	24	Earnie Shavers 28 42-2	loss	TKO 3
10	Mar 10, 1972	23	Randy Neumann	loss	PTS 10
9	Feb 12, 1972	23	Jasper Evans	win	PTS 6
8	Oct 26, 1971	22	Lou Hicks	win	PTS 8
7	Sep 27, 1971	22	Andy Geiger	win	KO 1
6	Feb 22, 1971	22	Roy Williams	loss	PTS 4
5	Nov 24, 1970	22	Howard Darlington	win	PTS 6
4	Jun 22, 1970	21	Jimmy Gilmore	win	PTS 4
3	Apr 03, 1970	21	Clay Hodges	loss	UD 6
2	Dec 09, 1969	21	Johnny Gause	win	PTS 6
1	Oct 28, 1969	20	Jim Jones	win	TKO 1

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