A new iconic Hometown Hero banner is up in Louisville. Born and raised in Derby City, professional boxer Jimmy Ellis just received the one of the city's highest honors. Sign up for our Newsletters On ...

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Oct. 6—MORGANTOWN-Hope springs eternal, the poem in your great-grandma 's anthology from English class reads. So will the promise of baseball to come... this spring at University High School. That 's ...

Ellis, meanwhile, was matched against a tough Philadelphia heavyweight named Leotis Martin, a converted southpaw with a record of 24-1, the best mark of any of the eight men in the tournament. On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jimmy Ellis received his banner on the old Murphy Elevator building along Main St. Ellis grew up in Crescent Hill and won the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jimmy Ellis, a heavyweight champion who sparred with an up-and-coming Muhammad Ali and later fought some of the era’s best boxers, died Tuesday. He was 74. Ellis died at a ...

A new Hometown Heroes banner for former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James "Jimmy" Ellis was unveiled June 25 by the Greater Louisville Pride Foundation, according to a release. The banner, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — 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 ...