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PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 23. Former heavyweight boxer Jimmy Young, who beat George Foreman and fought Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton in the 1970s before his life took a downward turn, has died. Young, 56, died on Sunday at Hahnemann University Hospital, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The Philadelphia Daily News reported that he died of heart disease after a six-day hospitalisation. Young compiled a 35-18-3 record with 12 knockouts during a career that spanned from 1969 to 1990. He was a quick, stylish fighter, but lacked a knockout punch. ``He was brilliant,'' boxing historian Bert Randolph Sugar said. ``The problem is that he was in one of the best classes of heavyweights ever, and all the other stars had bigger punches.'' — AP
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