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We have 2 volunteers within ten miles of your requested photo location. Young lost a unanimous 15-round decision to Ali on April 30, 1976, in Landover, Md., in a bid to capture Ali's heavyweight championship, a verdict that was booed by most of the crowd. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 20 photos to this memorial. Why one coronavirus metric might be keeping your county from reopening. Plese check the I'm not a robot checkbox.'. Failed to delete memorial. For Edits select Suggest Edits on the memorial page. Young died at Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, at the age of 56 from a heart attack on February 20, 2005. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23 - Jimmy Young, a former heavyweight boxer who beat George Foreman and fought Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton in the 1970's, died on Sunday. GREAT NEWS! If a new volunteer signs up in your requested photo location, they may see your existing request and take the photo.

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The Philadelphia Daily News reported that he died of heart disease after six days in the hospital. We do not have any photo volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location. Try again later. That’s a high bar for some. Add to your scrapbook. You can still file a request but no one will be notified. Try again. The cause of Young's untimely death was heart failure. Young lost a championship bout to Ali on April 30, 1976, although some boxing experts disputed the decision. We have 2 volunteers within fifty miles of your requested photo location. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? One of the top heavyweight contenders of the 1970s, fought everyone from Muhammad Alito George Foreman, compiling a career record of 34-19-2. We’ve updated the security on the site. The 6-foot-1, 210-pound Young compiled a 35-18-3 record with 12 knockouts, fighting from 1969 to 1990. He was 56. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Thanks for your help! Also an additional 2 volunteers within fifty miles. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. A system error has occurred. Jimmy Young, 56, a former heavyweight boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton in the 1970s and once beat George Foreman, died Sunday in a Philadelphia hospital. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Professional Boxer. Young died at Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, at the age of 56 from a heart attackon February 20, 2005. In later years, he had financial, drug and legal problems. Young beat Ron Lyle twice, went 0-1-1 against Earnie Shavers and was stopped in the fourth round by a young Gerry Cooney. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. Make sure that the file is a photo. "To beat Ali in those days," Young once said, "you really had to beat him bad, you know what I mean?".