Editing Jimmy Young (boxer) (section)

==Later life==
After his boxing career, Young had financial, drug, and legal problems. During a court hearing on a drug possession charge, his [[Philadelphia]] public defender argued that Young had symptoms of chronic [[traumatic brain injury]] due to his time in the ring.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jimmy Young, 56, Fighter Who Beat Foreman but Lost to Ali, Is Dead|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/24/sports/othersports/24Young.html|agency=Associated Press|access-date=8 November 2011|date=February 24, 2005}}</ref> At a boxing celebrity event, ''The Ring'' noted that Young apparently needed to be helped about by his family.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}} He was reported as being afflicted with [[Chronic traumatic encephalopathy|dementia pugilistica]] in his last years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=2005-02-24 |title=Jimmy Young, 56; Boxer Lost Bouts With Norton, Ali, but Beat Foreman |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-feb-24-me-passings24.2-story.html |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>