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	Jimmy Young (boxer)
		Jimmy Young was a Philadelphian heavyweight boxer who had his greatest succes during the 1970s.
		Norton and Young fought for 15 close rounds and in the end Jimmy Young was the unluckier of the two, losing the fight by a spilt decision.
		Jimmy Young kept fighting, with mixed results, until, at the age of 39, he finally announced his retirement in 1988.
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	Jimmy Young (boxer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jimmy Young (November 16, 1948 – February 20, 2005) was a Philadelphian heavyweight boxer who had his greatest success during the 1970s.
		Norton and Young fought for 15 close rounds and in the end Jimmy Young was the unluckier of the two, losing the fight by a split decision.
		Young fought drug addiction and was rumored to be suffering from dementia pugilistica.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmy_Young_%28boxer%29 (345 words)

	Radio Rewind - Jimmy Young - orft we jolly well go...
		Margaret Thatcher, the former UK Prime Minister, stated publicly that Jimmy Young was her favourite broadcaster.
		In 1992, for The Jimmy Young Story, a radio celebration of the silver anniversary of his talk show, Young was interviewed by another distinguished broadcaster, David Frost.
		Jimmy announced live on-air during his last show on 20th December 2002 "Just so that we're all singing from the same hymn book, it was not my idea to go - I didn't want to leave you at all and I know from your messages that you don't want me to go either," he said.
	www.radiorewind.co.uk /jimmy_young_page.htm (826 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Boxing news / Boxer Jimmy Young dies at 56 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Young died Sunday at Hahnemann University Hospital, a spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
		The 6-1, 210-pound Young compiled a 35-18-3 record with 12 knockouts during a career that spanned from 1969-90.
		Young lost a championship bout to Ali on April 30, 1976, although some boxing experts disputed the decision.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/boxing/articles/2005/02/22/boxer_jimmy_young_dies_at_56 (169 words)

	Jimmy Young (boxer) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Jimmy Young (November 16, 1948 – February 20, 2005) was a (Click link for more info and facts about Philadelphian) Philadelphian heavyweight (Someone who fights with his fists for sport) boxer who had his greatest success during the (The decade from 1970 to 1979) 1970s.
		Now Jimmy Young had to fight (Click link for more info and facts about Ken Norton) Ken Norton for the right to challenge for the World Title again.
		Young fought drug addiction and was rumored to be suffering from (Click link for more info and facts about dementia pugilistica) dementia pugilistica.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/J/Ji/Jimmy_Young_(boxer).htm (384 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Heavyweight great Jimmy Young dies at 56
		Jimmy Young, who once extended the legendary Muhammad Ali to 15 rounds, suffered a fatal heart attack on Sunday it has been announced.
		Young dropped Foreman in the 12th, and the fight was named Fight of the Year by Ring Magazine.
		Young never got another title shot though, as he lost a title eliminator to Ken Norton eight months later in Las Vegas, coming up on the wrong end of a decision.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2005/0223/boxing.html (167 words)

	Sherdog Mixed Martial Arts Forums - Jimmy Young dead
		Young, who compiled a 35-18-3 record with 12 knockouts in a career that spanned from 1969 to 1990, was 56.
		Young estimated that he earned a "little under" $2 million in purses, but he said he didn't receive nearly as much of that as he should have.
		Jimmy Young was a hell of a talent during the mid/late 70's (for a couple of years there, he could've been the best heavyweight in boxing), and is probably the most underated heavyweight of my lifetime.
	www.sherdog.net /forums/showthread.php?referrerid=&t=237870 (2388 words)

	LancasterOnline.com: Boxer Jimmy Young, who fought Ali, Norton, Foreman, dies at 56 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Young, 56, died Sunday at Hahnemann University Hospital, a spokeswoman told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
		The 6-1, 210-pound Young compiled a 35-18-3 record with 12 knockouts during a career that spanned from 1969 to 1990.
		Young twice beat Ron Lyle, went 0-1-1 against Earnie Shavers and was stopped in the fourth round by a young Gerry Cooney.
	ap.lancasteronline.com /6/pa_obit_young (371 words)

	Encyclopedia: Jimmy Young (boxer)
		George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949 in Marshall, Texas) is a former boxer who was twice Heavyweight Champion of the world, a successful businessman, and an ordained Christian minister.
		The Rumble in The Jungle was a historic boxing event that took place on October 30, 1974, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then known as Zaire.
		Kenneth Howard Norton is a heavyweight boxer who was born in Jacksonville, Illinois.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jimmy-Young-(boxer) (731 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Boxing - Ali's foe Young dies, aged 56
		FORMER heavyweight boxer Jimmy Young, who beat George Foreman and fought Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton in the 1970s before his life took a downward turn, has died.
		Young, 56, died on Sunday at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia.
		Young accepted his 1976 championship loss to Muhammad Ali in Landover, Maryland, although some boxing experts disputed the decision.
	sport.scotsman.com /boxing.cfm?id=208702005 (314 words)

	Boxer Jimmy Young Dies at 56 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Jimmy Young, probably the best pure boxer in the heavyweight division in the last 50 years.
		Jimmy Young was one of those boxers (not a puncher), who, should've, could've made it really big, but didn't, a real shame, with all his talent.
		Jimmy Young was cursed by being born in and fighting in the same era as Frazier, Ali, Foreman and Norton.
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	Boxing Classic: Jimmy Young vs. George Foreman \| TheSweetScience.com Boxing
		This was in 1979 and Young had fallen on hard times, if one period in Jimmy’s life can be described as harder than any of the other periods, and on this night he was reduced to fighting a young and potential tiger named Wendell Bailey for a few thousand dollars.
		Do not pounce.” Jimmy Young must have read that line and taken it to heart, for it is the sum of what he is about as a fighter.
		Young said that no matter how strong an opponent might be, and he admitted that most were stronger than he, there was neither a horse that could not be broken nor a man that could not be thrown.
	www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1767/boxing-classic-jimmy-young-george-foreman (2771 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Jimmy Young, at 56; boxer
		Young died Sunday at Hahnemann University Hospital, a spokeswoman said yesterday.
		Young compiled a 35-18-3 record with 12 knockouts during a career that spanned from 1969 to 1990.
		Young leaves his wife, five children, and nine grandchildren.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/02/23/jimmy_young_at_56_boxer (173 words)

	Boxer Jimmy Young Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In his 56 fights, between 1969 and 1990, Young had a total of 35 wins (12 of which were knockouts), 18 losses and three draws.
		In 1977, Young faced a disappointing split-decision defeat against Norton, one year after he lost in his only attempt at a world title, against champion Ali.
		Young is survived by his wife, five children, and nine grandchildren.
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	Sports Wire - 2/23/05
		Former heavyweight boxer Jimmy Young is shown leaning on his Lincoln Continental in front of his home in north Philadelphia in 1988.
		Young, 56, who beat George Foreman and fought Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton in the 1970s before his life took a downward turn, died Sunday.
		Young, a 6-foot-1, 210-pounder, was 35-18-3 with 12 knockouts during a career that spanned from 1969-90.
	www.detnews.com /2005/moresports/0502/23/G05-98263.htm (416 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Sports briefs
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		YOUNG DIES: Former heavyweight boxer Jimmy Young, who beat George Foreman and fought Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton in the 1970s, has died.
		Young lost a championship bout to Ali on April 30, 1976.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600114044,00.html (663 words)

	LancasterOnline.com: Boxer Jimmy Young Dies at 56 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former heavyweight boxer Jimmy Young, who beat George Foreman and fought Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton in the 1970s, has died.
		He beat Foreman nearly a year later in a 12-round decision in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 17, 1977.
		But perhaps his toughest loss was a split decision to Norton on Nov. 5, 1977, in a WBC elimination bout in Las Vegas.
	ap.lancasteronline.com /6/box_obit_young (133 words)

	The Editor's Blog: Ex-boxer Jimmy Young dies in Philly
		News just moved on the wire that boxer Jimmy Young died in Philadelphia at age 56 after some rough years in retirement.
		His biggest win came in 1977 when he rallied to win a split decision over George Foreman, who famously began hallucinating while returning to his dressing room, thought God was speaking to him and retired to become a minister.
		Young was the only boxer other than Ali to beat a young George Foreman.
	www.readingeagle.com /editor/archives/2005/02/exboxer_jimmy_y.html (292 words)

	Capital News 9 \| 24 Hour Local News \| SPORTS \| Boxer Jimmy Young dies
		Former heavyweight boxer Jimmy Young has died at age 56.
		A spokeswoman at a Philadelphia hospital said Young died Sunday.
		Young was 35,18 and 3 with 12 knockouts during a career that ran from 1969 to 1990.
	www.capitalnews9.com /content/sports?ArID=118929 (148 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Boxing \| Boxer Young dies in Philadelphia
		Former heavyweight contender Jimmy Young, who came close to beating Muhammad Ali in 1976, has died of a heart attack at the age of 56.
		Young suffered the fatal attack at a Philadelphia hospital on Sunday.
		Young dropped a weary Foreman in the 12th, and the contest was dubbed "Fight of the Year" by Ring Magazine.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/boxing/4289507.stm (187 words)

	nbc4.com - Boxing - Heavyweight Boxer Jimmy Young Dies At 56
		Philadelphia, Pa -- Former heavyweight Jimmy Young, who once defeated George Foreman and went the distance with Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton, passed away on Sunday after suffering a reported heart attack.
		In a career that spanned two decades, Young posted a record of 34-19-2, including a 12-round decision over Foreman in 1977, with 11 knockouts.
		Young also slugged it out with Ali for 15 rounds in 1976 before losing on points in his only world championship bout and dropped a decision to Norton in a title elimination fight the following year.
	www.nbc4.com /boxing/4221413/detail.html (166 words)

	SurferMag Message Boards: Late, But, R.I.P. Jimmy Young...Heavyweight Boxer Supreme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Boxing fans will recall that he was absolutely one of the best boxers of his era but had one flaw.
		Gordy was tough and a good "fighter", but Jimmy was a boxer, and there's a big difference.
		I've always thought that if Young had been even an average puncher as a heavyweight he would have really been something.
	forum.surfermag.com /forum/showflat.php?Number=690078 (303 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Movie : The Miracle Kid : Plot
		The loser claims that he was "jinxed" by Jimmy in the ring, whereupon Our Hero is exploited by a group of health faddists adhering to the philosophy of "mind over matter".
		Jimmy is subsequently pitted against several "bums" so that the health nuts can prove the vercity of their theories, but in the end he proves that the "secret" to his success lies in his fists and not his subconscious.
		Carol Hughes costars as Jimmy's sweetheart Pat, who shows up at one point in a form-fitting bathing suit for no reason other than to satisfy the red-blooded males in the audience.
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	TSN.ca - Espn Classic - Canada's Sports Leader
		He beat Foreman nearly a year later in a 12-round decision in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
		But perhaps his toughest loss was a split decision to Norton a few months later in a WBC elimination bout in Las Vegas.
		Young was the quintessential guy nobody wanted to...
	www.tsn.ca /classic/news_story.asp?ID=115768&hubName= (142 words)

	Boxing great Jimmy Young dies - Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Young, 56, died Sunday at Hahnemann University Hospital, a spokeswoman told The Associated Press.
		The Philadelphia Daily News reported he had died of heart disease after a six-day hospitalisation.
		Young accepted his April 30, 1976, championship loss to Muhammad Ali in Landover, Maryland, although some boxing experts disputed the decision.
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	Jimmy Young (boxer) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		[Categories: American boxers, Heavyweights, 2005 deaths, 1948 births]
		The fight between Foreman and Young was held in (A self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico) Puerto Rico and Young surprised many (Fighting with the fists) boxing fans by handling George Foreman that night, even knocking him down in the 12th and final round.
		The fight was staged in Las Vegas, (A state in the western United States) Nevada in November 1977.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ji/jimmy_young_(boxer).htm (384 words)

	KBTX \| Boxer Jimmy Young Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Young beat George Foreman and fought both Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton in the 1970s.
		A spokeswoman at a Philadelphia hospital says Young died Sunday.
		Young was 35-18-and-3 with 12 knockouts during a career that ran
	www.kbtx.com /sports/headlines/1295127.html (96 words)

	General Contractor - Finding and working with a Residential General Contractor - Former boxer Jimmy Young dead ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		General Contractor - Finding and working with a Residential General Contractor - Former boxer Jimmy Young dead (Monterey County Herald) - All about Residential General Contractors
		Former boxer Jimmy Young dead (Monterey County Herald)
		»Former heavyweight contender Jimmy Young dead at 56 (San Jose Mercury News)
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		A four-round bout, that failed to take place, with a female boxer, who would have fought the same opponent for the fifth time---and an open letter is made public to address that particular female boxer because she did not show up to that eventahaccording to their side of the story.
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