Jim Lee Elder

Name: Jim Lee Elder
Alias: Lee Elder
Birth Name: Charles James Elder
Hometown: Levelland, Texas, USA
Birthplace: Levelland, Texas, USA
Died: 1972-05-25 (Age:25)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 188cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur Highlights

Record: 50-7

1963

• Competed in Odessa Regional Golden Gloves at lightheavy

1967

• Feb 23 beat (W 3) BAm Bam Miller at Tokyo, Japan

1968

• Beat Clay Hodges (date needed)
• Won 11th Naval District Championship;
• Participated in Inter-Service Championships
• Participated in National AAU
• Scheduled to participate in Olympic trials at San Francisco -- further research needed
• Nov 30 -- sch 3 Wayne Peterson on pro-am card in Ventura CA
• Dec 4 -- Sch 3 Ross Sardo on pro-am card

1969

• Mar 26 beat (w 3) Otis Evans, Inter-Service prelim round
• Sep 29 beat (W 3) Amadeo Laureti USA-Italy at MSG, New York
• Oct 15 beat (W 3) Earnie Shavers at Ft. Campbell, KY
• Oct 26 beat (W 3) Alexander Vashuskyn USA-ESSR meet, at Las Vegas, NV
• Lost to Earnie Shavers by knockout in the finals of the National AAU Heavyweight Championship.

Bio

• Underwent surgery Nov 4, 1971, for a malignant brain tumor. He died on May 25, 1972, at his home in Texas.