Former heavyweight boxing champion Jimmy Ellis, who trained with fellow Louisville fighter Muhammad Ali and squared off against some of his era's best fighters, has died in his hometown. He was 74.

Boxing legend Jimmy Ellis was the third heavyweight champion to hail from Louisville, Kentucky.

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Every champion has that one night that doesn’t define his career but shows him at his best. Joe Louis' 2 minute obliteration of Max Schmeling was Louis at his best. In those two minutes, Louis landed ...