Jimmy Young was an excellent fighter

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For a guy with supposedly zero power, Young threw a real real nice straight sneaky right hand in that 75-77 timeframe. And it had an affect on the guys he hit with it for some reason, which doesn't really figure. It wasn't as if the guy had a nasty follow up left hook or uppercut or anything to be concerned with as far as a follow up combo is concerned. Just that solitary quick right hand.

Lyle was a tough hombre and would pause and re-set himself after Young landed it. It not only got his attention, it caused a reaction that Lyle just didn't do all that often. Same with the
Foreman fight. That straight right stopped a lot of that Foreman aggression and Big George just didn't wing away with those 2/3/4 follow up tough shots he used to throw against guys.

That straight right hand had Ali trying to go toe to toe after he got hit and that was something he only did when he was usually going in for the kill. He rarely went for instantaneous payback. But he'd eat one of them against Young and he reacted differently to getting hit clean than his usual tactic of going into a defensive mode for a few seconds and prevent follow ups. That right didn't exactly stop Norton in his tracks but you could visibly see the effect of it on Kenny. And Kenny did get shook up in there a few times, probably more than he ever was against Ali oddly enough.

Young would land that sneaky punch and it always seemed to get the opponent to respect it and not walk through it like you'd think. Not those caliber opponents. And then Young would get opponents to fall for feints. It was definetely an offensive skill in there but strangley enough it was hardly the type that'd cause a knockdown or even cause a cut.

 

young was an excellent fighter in terms of ability. I feel that he deserved the decision against norton and technically beat ali (even though ali didn't train for that fight, which wasn't youngs fault). He just didn't seem motivated or dedicated enough to reach the top and it's a shame because he could've accomplished much more than he did.

 

And you are running true to form .

Never answering a critical post.


You understood my post allright ,but you bottled it.


Did you like my jibe about you not checking your facts before posting?


Are these sentences far enough apart for you , my myopic friend?

Russell Young ? :think I like the sound of that. :good

"You can run ,but you can't hide"------------ Joe Louis.

9 , 10 , your'e OUT !

 

Pithy, but fair, and accurate I would say regarding his attitude.

 

Young had ability and sometimes he showed it, but too often he just showed up and blew any momentum.

If he was as hard done by as you suggest, people (particularly in a popular era and division), would of given his career a lift.

The truth was, Young was a fair fighter, who's style was never going to make him popular, and was so inconsistent, that rightly he lost in 50/50 type decisions.

That is Young's problem, not boxing's, Young could of been so much more if he had put the effort in that a Ali, Frazier or Norton did.

 

Thanks Mr M :good
My post might have been cramped ,but it was legible ,and,I think ,honest.

 

You are re-writing history,I lived the era
.Saw the fights as they happened
Suck eggs. Heard the expression?

 

Young could not beat a 37 year old Norton ,or a 35 year old Ali ,because he did not have the COJONES TO GO FOR IT!
ps .There is no e in Muhammad and no space bar needed to correct you.

In the words of George Plimpton ,[check him out]," You had to be there"

 

Muhammad would be of aramaic,or cyrillic origin? No?
I was just pulling Russell's chain, a little ,we all make typos, me espiciaaaaly:yep

 

Young beat dangerous fighters like Jeff Sims,nobodies idea of an easy nights work,the guy had real ability,but he squandered it, imo.
I watched him make a fool of British Champ John l Gardner, dropping him along the way to an effortless dec. Young looked bored by the fact that it was so easy.
At some stage, you have to say, "the buck stops here".


Young just . DID NOT WANT IT ENOUGH.