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Jimmy Ellis

1940 - 2014

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James Albert Ellis (February 24, 1940 – May 6, 2014) was an American professional boxer. He won the vacant WBA heavyweight title in 1968 by defeating Jerry Quarry, making one successful title defense in the same year against Floyd Patterson, before losing to Joe Frazier in 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Ellis is the 33rd most popular boxer (up from 95th in 2019), the 2,893rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,951st in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Jimmy Ellis ranks 33 out of 496. Before him are Roberto Durán, Dick McTaggart, Archie Moore, James J. Braddock, Mate Parlov, and Ken Norton. After him are Sugar Ray Leonard, Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe, Manny Pacquiao, Jack Johnson, and Trevor Berbick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jimmy Ellis ranks 159. Before him are Abbas El Fassi, Petru Lucinschi, Iva Zanicchi, Teruki Miyamoto, Jimmy Greaves, and Ira von Fürstenberg. After him are Jeffrey Archer, Adel Emam, Just Jaeckin, Mike Troy, Christoph Eschenbach, and Anna Chromý. Among people deceased in 2014, Jimmy Ellis ranks 112. Before him are Elizabeth Peña, Johnny Winter, Marina Ginestà, Björn Waldegård, Andrea de Cesaris, and Igor Mitoraj. After him are Malcolm Glazer, Chespirito, Huber Matos, Tommy Ramone, Ralph Waite, and Alexander Shulgin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Ellis ranks 2,893 out of 20,380. Before him are Agnes Smedley (1892), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Brad Davis (1949), Adam Goldberg (1970), and William Moulton Marston (1893). After him are Henry George (1839), Barbara Bain (1931), Jim Abrahams (1944), Wendell R. Anderson (1933), George Allen (1952), and Ross Bagdasarian (1919).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Jimmy Ellis ranks 20. Before him are Evander Holyfield (1962), Floyd Patterson (1935), Larry Holmes (1949), Archie Moore (1916), James J. Braddock (1905), and Ken Norton (1943). After him are Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Riddick Bowe (1967), Jack Johnson (1878), Roy Jones Jr. (1969), Max Baer (1909), and Henry Armstrong (1912).

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