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 mar
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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.

1976-04-30 Muhammad Ali vs
Jimmy Young part5

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