# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jesse-james-leija
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:44:46.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jesse-james-leija"
name: "Jesse James Leija"
slug: "jesse-james-leija"
description: "James Leija, best known as Jesse James Leija, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2005. He held the WBC super featherweight title in 1994, and challenged twice each for world titles at lightweight and light welterweight."
tagline: "American boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jesse_James_Leija.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1966-07-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.49
  momentum:             4.407808398950133
  historical:           6.578045333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jessejamesleija.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%96_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%8F"
    title: "Джессі Джеймс Лейя"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "جيسي جيمس ليجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%89_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7"
    title: "جيسى جيمس ليجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James_Leija"
    title: "Jesse James Leija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James_Leija"
    title: "Jesse James Leija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_James_Leija"
    title: "Jesse James Leija"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%85%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Лейха, Джесси Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116069"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump