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Ex-Boxing Champion Jimmy Ellis Dies at 74

BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) โ€” Jimmy Ellis, a heavyweight champion who sparred with an up-and-coming Muhammad Ali and later fought some of the eraโ€™s best boxers, died Tuesday. He was 74. Ellis died at a Louisville hospital, brother Jerry Ellis said. Jimmy Ellis had Alzheimerโ€™s disease in recent years. Ellis, the son […]

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