# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-tillis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:03:36.912Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-tillis"
name: "James Tillis"
slug: "james-tillis"
description: "James Tillis is an American former professional boxer and actor. Known as \"Quick\", he was known for his remarkable fast hand speed for a man of his size and build. A natural southpaw, Tillis turned around to orthodox midway in his amateur career. His left remained the stronger hand and for that reason, he had a powerful jab and left hook, together with the ability to switch stances while fighting. Tillis challenged for the WBA world heavyweight title in 1981, but was defeated in a fifteen-round unanimous decision fight against Mike Weaver. Tillis was the first man to go the distance with Mike Tyson in 1986, breaking his knockout-streak and giving him a close fight, nearly a draw, with two of three judges scoring the fight 6-to-4. He holds notable wins over Ron Stander by TKO in the 7th round in 1980, and the hard punching Earnie Shavers by ten-round decision in 1982. Tillis fought for the last time in 2001 at the age of 44."
tagline: "American boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_%22Quick%22_Tillis-_The_Fighting_Cowboy.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
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birthDate: "1957-07-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.393170666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Tillis"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump