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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.
With Spinks now out of the WBC's plans by this time, this officially made Holmes the first challenger to Norton's title. [10] The Norton–Holmes fight was somewhat overshadowed by the highly anticipated Spinks–Ali rematch that was scheduled that September, with the New York Times calling the fight "The Other Title Fight." As Norton had not ...
Retained WBC heavyweight title: 30 Win 30–0 Ossie Ocasio: TKO 7 (15), 2:38: Mar 23, 1979 Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBC heavyweight title: 29 Win 29–0 Alfredo Evangelista: KO 7 (15), 2:14: Nov 10, 1978 Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBC heavyweight title: 28 Win 28–0 Ken Norton: SD: 15 Jun 9, 1978
Shavers, being the No.3 WBC contender, then fought No. 4 WBC contender Larry Holmes at Caesars Palace for an elimination bout for the WBC world heavyweight title, the winner to face WBC heavyweight champion Ken Norton. The fight happened at Paradise, Nevada on March 25, 1978. Holmes won by a 12-round unanimous decision.
Larry Holmes had been the WBC heavyweight champion since 1978, when he beat Ken Norton by a fifteen-round split decision at the Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.Over the course of his illustrious career, on the way to almost tying the great Rocky Marciano's record of 49-0, losing in the 49th fight, a decision to Michael Spinks, fought such fighters as Tim Witherspoon, Earnie Shavers, Mike Weaver ...
Ken Norton was coming off two successive fights against Muhammad Ali in 1973, winning the first fight in March by split decision (famously breaking Ali's jaw in the process), and then narrowly losing the second by another split decision in September. Norton's impressive performances against Ali made him one of the top heavyweight contenders for ...
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 ...
By mid 1985, Larry Holmes had made 19th successful defenses of the Heavyweight championship he won against Ken Norton in June 1978, following Leon Spinks' vacating of WBC title in order to have a rematch against Muhammad Ali. He was also one win away from tying Rocky Marciano's record of 49–0.