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			|   | Jimmy Young |  
			|  | HeavyweightMaleUSA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 Born: November 16, 1948, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
 Died: February 20, 2005, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
 Height: 6ft 2in, mt 1,87
 Weight: 191, 196, 200, 209, 213, 223 lbs
 
 
 
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| No amateur results Professional record|  |  | 1969 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Oct. 28 |  Jimmy  Jones | Philadelphia, USA | TKO 1 |  | + Dec. 9 |  Johnny Gause | Philadelphia, USA | W 6 |  |  |  | 1970 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Apr. 3 |  Clay Hodges | San Diego, USA | L 6 |  | + June 22 |  Jimmy Gilmore | San Diego, USA | W 4 |  | + Nov. 24 |  Howard Darlington | Philadelphia, USA | W 6 |  |  |  | 1971 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Feb. 22 |  Roy Williams | Philadelphia, USA | L 4 |  | + Sept. 27 |  Andy Geiger | Philadelphia, USA | KO 1 |  | + Oct. 26 |  Lou Hicks | Philadelphia, USA | W 8 |  |  |  | 1972 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Feb. 11 | Jasper Evans | New York, USA | W 6 |  | - Mar. 10 |  Randy Neuman | New York, USA | L 10 |  |  |  | 1973 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Feb. 19 |  Earnie Shavers | Philadelphia, USA | TKO by 3 |  | + Apr. 23 |  Obie English | Philadelphia, USA | W 6 |  | + Aug. 14 |  Mike Boswell | Philadelphia, USA | W 6 |  | = Oct. 22 |  Billy Aird | Mayfair, Great Britain | Draw 8 |  |  |  | 1974 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Feb. 18 |  Richard Dunn | Piccadilly, Great Britain | KO 8 |  | + Mar. 4 |  John Jordan | Landover, USA | W 6 |  | + Apr. 22 |  Les Stevens | Mayfair, Great Britain | W 10 |  | + July 6 |  Jose Luis Garcia | Caracas, Venezuela | W 10 |  | = Nov. 26 |  Earnie Shavers | Landover, USA | Draw 10 |  |  |  | 1975 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Feb. 11 |  Ron Lyle | Honolulu, USA | W 10 |  | + Aug. 16 |  Bobby Lloyd | Scranton, USA | KO 7 |  | + Nov. 11 |  Memphis Al Jones | Philadelphia, USA | TKO 2 |  |  |  | 1976 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Feb. 20 |  Jose Roman | Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | W 10 |  | - Apr. 30 |  Muhammad  Ali | Landover, USA | L 15 |  | (For World Heavyweight Title) |  | + Sept. 2 |  Lou Rogan | Philadelphia, USA | TKO 2 |  | + Sept. 11 |  Mike Boswell | Utica, USA | TKO 4 |  | + Nov. 6 |  Ron Lyle | San Francisco, USA | W 12 |  |  |  | 1977 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Mar. 17 |  George Foreman | San Juan, Puerto Rico | W 12 |  | + Sept. 14 |  Jody Ballard | Las Vegas, USA | W 10 |  | - Nov. 5 |  Ken Norton | Las Vegas, USA | L 15 |  | (WBC Heavyweight Title Eliminator) |  |  |  | 1978 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - June 9 |  Ossie Ocasio | Las Vegas, USA | L 10 |  |  |  | 1979 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Jan. 27 |  Ossie Ocasio | San Juan, Puerto Rico | L 10 |  | + June 22 |  Wendell Bailey | New York, USA | TKO 3 |  | - Sept. 28 |  Michael Dokes | Las Vegas, USA | L 10 |  | + Dec. 4 |  John Louis Gardner | Wembley, Great Britain | W 10 |  |  |  | 1980 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Mar. 8 |  Don Halpin | McAfee, USA | TKO 2 |  | - May 25 |  Gerry Cooney | Atlantic City, USA | TKO by 4 |  |  |  | 1981 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Apr. 10 |  Gordon Racette | Nanaimo, Canada | TKO 10 |  | + June 30 |  Marvin Stinson | Atlantic City, USA | W 10 |  | + July 10 |  Jeff Sims | West Palm Beach, USA | W 10 |  | + Sept. 26 |  Tom Fischer | Las Vegas, USA | W 10 |  | + Nov. 6 |  Tommy Franco Thomas | Pittsburgh, USA | W 10 |  |  |  | 1982 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - May 2 |  Greg Page | Atlantic City, USA | L 12 |  | (For USBA Heavyweight Title) |  | - July 13 |  Pat Cuillo | Atlantic City, USA | L 10 |  | - Aug. 29 |  Philipp Brown | Lake Charles, USA | L 10 |  |  |  | 1983 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Apr. 10 |  Tony Tubbs | Pittsburgh, USA | L 10 |  |  |  | 1984 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Sept. 22 |  Tony Tucker | Grand Rapids, USA | L 10 |  |  |  | 1985 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Nov. 1 |  Tony Fulilangi | Phoenix, USA | L 10 |  |  |  | 1986 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Jan. 20 |  Rocky Sekorski | Marshall, USA | W 10 |  | + Mar. 12 |  Rocky Sekorski | Bloomington, USA | W 10 |  | - Oct. 15 |  Chuck Gardner | Hamel, USA | L 8 |  |  |  | 1987 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | - Jan. 7 |  Eddie Richardson | Tucson, USA | L 10 |  | * Aug. 9 |  Mike Jameson | Sao Paulo, Brazil | NC 2 |  |  |  | 1988 |  | Date | Opponent | Place | Result |  | + Apr. 9 |  Rick Kellar | Joplin, USA | W 10 |  | - June 4 |  Tim Anderson | Fort Myers, USA | L 10 |  | + Aug. 13 |  Frank Lux | Saint Joseph, USA | TKO 10 | 
   
SummaryTotal bouts: 56, Won: 34 (11 inside the limit), Lost: 19 (2 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 1, ND: 0 |