10 heavyweight fights that didn't happen2017-04-29 · Boxing News Online
The British Boxing Board of Control denied Henry Cooper the right to box World Boxing Association champion Jimmy Ellis in September 1969 because they were not affiliated to the governing body and refused to recognise them. Cooper gave up the British …
Family, friends say farewell to boxing great Jimmy Ellis2014-05-12 · WLKY Louisville
They said they're honoring Louisville boxing royalty. "You do it with a lot of love, and a lot of great memories, and that's what we're here for today is to celebrate those memories. Keep Jimmy a part of minds and lives forever," Jerry Ellis said. For…
Former boxing champ Jimmy Ellis dies at 742014-05-07 · Press Herald
Jimmy Ellis, who beat Jerry Quarry to become World Boxing Association heavyweight champion in 1968 and fought the era's best fighters, including his friend Muhammad Ali, has died. He was 74. click image to enlarge. Jimmy Ellis, right, delivers a right…
Jimmy Ellis, a Boxer Long in Ali's Shadow, Dies at 742014-05-07 · New York Times
Jimmy Ellis, the onetime sparring partner for Muhammad Ali who captured the heavyweight boxing championship after it had been stripped from Ali for his refusing induction into the armed forces, died on Tuesday in Louisville, Ky. He was 74. He had been …
Jimmy Ellis, a former heavyweight champion who fought Ali, dies at 742014-05-06 · U.S. News & World Report
FILE - In this Feb. 16, 1970, file photo, a defeated Jimmy Ellis as shown in his dressing room after losing heavyweight title bout to Joe Frazier at New York's Madison Square Garden. Ellis, a former heavyweight boxing champion who trained with fellow …