# Jimmy Young

> Jimmy Young was an American heavyweight professional boxer. Young was known for his awkward, defensive style and counterpunching. He was one of the top contenders of the 1970s, losing a controversial unanimous decision against Muhammad Ali in 1976 and earning a victory over George Foreman in 1977. Young fought many other significant fighters of his era, including twice outpointing Ron Lyle and losing only by a split decision to then-number one contender Ken Norton in a title eliminator in late 1977. Fellow boxer Bobby Watts was his cousin.

*American boxer (1948–2005)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Athlete ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131))
- **Category:** Athletes
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1948-11-16
- **Died:** 2005-02-20
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 11.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Янг, Джимми](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8)
- [جيمي يونغ (ملاكم)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%85))
- [جيمى يونج (ملاكم من امريكا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7))
- [Джими Йънг](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%99%D1%8A%D0%BD%D0%B3)
- [Jimmy Young (Boxer)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Young_(Boxer))
- [Jimmy Young (boxer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Young_(boxer))
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- [جیمی یانگ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF)
- [Jimmy Young](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Young)
- [Jimmy Young (boxe anglaise)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Young_(boxe_anglaise))
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- [Jimmy Young](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Young)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1639938)

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