Ricky Young (born 1960) is an American former professional super lightweight boxer from New York City, who had 21 fights with 6 KO's and 17 wins.
Early life Born in July 1960 in Savannah, Georgia, U.S., Ricky Young spent most of his early life in a housing project in Harlem. After graduating high school, Young lived with his parents and two younger sisters while working as a carpenter's assistant. Young's father worked as a bookkeeper and his mother worked as a trimmer in a clothing factory.
Career Young started his career after deciding to start going to the gym to get in shape. Young quickly started to discover his talent for boxing and began to nurture it. Ricky Young says he was influenced by the success of Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali, and used this inspiration to fuel his discipline to train on a daily basis.
Ricky's trainer was Bobby McQuillar, an American former professional lightweight boxer, who had 44 fights with 17 KO's and 38 wins. McQuillar is known for beating three men who went on to hold world titles, Joe Brown, Jimmy Carter and Sandy Saddler. McQuillar trained Young at Gleason's Gymnasium on West 30th Street and 8th Avenue.
Some of Young's notable fights included a 1986 fight against Buddy McGirt at Madison Square Garden with Mike Tyson on undercard. Young also retired Leroy Haley in 1985 at the Madison Square Garden Felt Forum where Mike Tyson was undercard and co-featured by Iran Barkley. Young also fought Angel Cruz in 1985 at the Madison Square Garden Felt Forum for USA NYS Super Lightweight Title with Iran Barkley on undercard.
After his boxing career, Ricky went on to run the boxing program at Columbia University from 1996 - 2007.
Professional boxing record +17 Wins (6 knockouts 11 decisions), 4 LossesResultRecordOpponentTypeDateLocationLoss17-4Vincent RelefordUD1986-12-26Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic CityWin17-3David TaylorUD1986-09-25Felt Forum, New YorkLoss16-3James McGirtTKO1986-05-20Madison Square Garden, New YorkWin15-2Leroy HaleyPTS1985-12-06Felt Forum, New YorkLoss15-2Angel CruzUD1985-11-01Felt Forum, New YorkWin15-1David TaylorUD1985-09-19Felt Forum, New YorkWin14-1Vilomar FernandezSD1985-06-28Felt Forum, New YorkWin13-1Nelson OrtizMD1985-04-12Felt Forum, New YorkWin12-1Freddie PendletonSD1985-01-19Felt Forum, New YorkWin11-1Bryant WarePTS1984-11-14Felt Forum, New YorkLoss10-1Angel CruzUD1984-08-23Felt Forum, New YorkWin10-0Cumba ValentineKO1984-08-09Felt Forum, New YorkWin9-0Norberto VelezPTS1984-06-29Felt Forum, New YorkWin8-0Rodney MooreTKO1984-05-25Felt Forum, New YorkWin7-0Edgar RodriguezKO1984-04-13Felt Forum, New YorkWin6-0James SingletonKO1984-03-12Felt Forum, New YorkWin5-0Tony BaldwinKO1984-02-17Felt Forum, New YorkWin4-0Emmett DeckerPTS1984-01-20Felt Forum, New YorkWin3-0Greg BrooksPTS1983-12-02Ridgewood Grove, QueensWin2-0Terry YoungKO1983-07-29BrooklynWin1-0D J TurnerKO1983-05-27Felt Forum, New York
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