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JIMMY YOUNG :ALI ,LYLE AND THE VICTORY VS FOREM... (more)
Added: February 06, 2007
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Young's record stood at 17 wins, 4 losses, and 2 drawsâ??good enough to send him to the World Heavyweight Championships to challenge Ali for the title. The April 30, 1976, fight would mar more
JIMMY YOUNG :ALI ,LYLE AND THE VICTORY VS FOREM... (more)
Added: February 06, 2007
JIMMY YOUNG :ALI ,LYLE AND THE VICTORY VS FOREMAN -
Young's record stood at 17 wins, 4 losses, and 2 drawsâ??good enough to send him to the World Heavyweight Championships to challenge Ali for the title. The April 30, 1976, fight would mark Ali's seventh bout in defense of his title. True to his style, Young came out hopping all over the ring. Aliâ??who was nearing the end of his primeâ??appeared out of shape and seemed confused by Young's fighting. Young made Ali work hard and landed several severe blows on the champ including one that burst Ali's ear drum. After 15 long rounds, the judges decided to score. The crowd thought Young had won. The judges disagreed. Against sporadic booing, the judges awarded the fight to Ali, letting him retain his title as Heavyweight Champion of the World. Young was not bitter. 'To beat Ali in those days, you really had to beat him bad,' the New York Times quoted him as saying.
Despite the loss, Young's showing in the Ali fight kept him at the top the list of possible title contenders. The others included Lyle, George Foreman, and Ken Norton. In November of 1976, Young beat Lyle in a 12th round unanimous decision by the judges. Young moved up to third ranked heavyweight in the world and traveled to Puerto Rico to face George Foreman, then ranked number one. The fight was billed as a title elimination round and televised worldwide. Foreman was favored to win. Those odds had not stopped Young before and he went in with his trademark ducking and flurrying, and over the course of 12 rounds outfought Big George to another unanimous decision win. The loss sent Foreman into a ten-year retirement and the bout was labeled 'the fight of the year' by influential boxing magazine The Ring.
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