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Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton, billed as The Fight, was a professional boxing match contested on March 31, 1973, for the NABF heavyweight championship. [ 1 ] Background
Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II, billed as Battle of the Broken Jaw, was a professional boxing match contested on September 10, 1973, for the NABF heavyweight championship. [ 1 ] Background
Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013) was an American actor and professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981. He was awarded the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1978, after winning a close split decision over Jimmy Young in a title eliminator bout, after which Leon Spinks refused to fight with him.
Norton’s style was the most difficult that Ali ever faced, and despite the fact that they’d fight two more times, Ali never really figured it out. Today in boxing history: Ken Norton breaks ...
Pages in category "1973 in boxing" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Muhammad Ali vs. Rudie Lubbers; Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton;
Ali and Norton met for the third and last time on September 28, 1976, at Yankee Stadium to complete their trilogy. Norton won their first encounter , while Ali took the second . This time, 34-year-old Ali entered the ring as the Heavyweight Champion , making the eighth defense of his title since his victory over George Foreman in 1974.
Holmes won a 12-round decision over Shavers in that match and, in his next fight, beat Ken Norton to win the vacant WBC title. Shavers and Holmes fought for the WBC belt at Caesars on Sept. 28, 1979.
The Peacock limited series with an all-star ensemble focuses on an infamous crime that took place on the same night as Muhammad Ali's historic 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta.