Description
James "Jimmy" Ellis was an American professional boxer. Ellis is a former WBA world heavyweight champion, which he won for his victory over Jerry Quarry in 1968. He made one successful title defence over Floyd Patterson, before losing by fifth-round stoppage to Joe Frazier in 1970.
Ellis is also known for his fights with George Chuvalo, Muhummad Ali, Earnie Shavers, Ron Lyle and Joe Bugner. He retired from boxing at the age of 35 in 1975, with a record of 40-12-1.
He died of dementia complications on May 6, 2014 at the age of 74. [More at Wikipedia]
Born
February 24th, 1940 in Louisville / Died: May 6th, 2014
Last Changes
2022/12/22
New Scanned Autograph (In-P/Authentic (In-Person))
2014/05/08
The celebrity has been marked as passed away
2012/05/14
New Response (Unknown/Other): no longer able to sign.