Ken Norton

33 KOs	4 KOs
42	7	1

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division	heavy
status	inactive
bouts	50
rounds	314
KOs	78.57%
career	1967-1981
debut	1967-11-14

ID#

000168

birth name

Kenneth Howard Norton

sex

male

nationality

USA

stance

orthodox

height

6′ 3″ / 191cm

reach

80″ / 203cm

residence

San Diego, California, USA

birth place

Jacksonville, Illinois, USA

followers

Box-pro 50 bouts

	date		w-l-d		result
	1981-05-11	Gerry Cooney	24 0 0	Madison Square Garden, New York	L-TKO	event bout wiki
0:54 ref: Tony Perez Tony Castellano Harold Lederman
	1980-11-07	Randall Cobb	17 0 0	HemisFair Arena, San Antonio	W-SD	event bout wiki
ref: Tony Perez 97-94 Arlen Bynum 95-97 Chuck Hassett 96-95
	1979-08-19	Scott LeDoux	25 7 3	Metropolitan Sports Center, Bloomington	D-SD	event bout wiki
ref: Wally Holm 94-95 LeRoy Benson 95-95 Dennis Nelson 95-94 Norton was knocked down twice in the 10th
	1979-03-23	Earnie Shavers	57 7 1	Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas Hilton Pavilion, Las Vegas	L-KO	event bout wiki
1:58 ref: Mills Lane Harold Buck Duane Ford Art Lurie Norton down twice in rd 1
	1978-11-10	Randy Stephens	11 4 0	Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas	W-KO	event bout wiki
2:42 ref: Harold Krause
	1978-06-09	Larry Holmes	27 0 0	Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas	L-SD	event bout wiki
ref: Mills Lane Harold Buck 142-143 Joe Swessel 142-143 Lou Tabat 143-142 WBC World Heavy
	1977-11-05	Jimmy Young	22 5 2	Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas	W-SD	event bout wiki
ref: Carlos Padilla Raymond Baldeyrou 147-143 Art Lurie 142-144 Jimmy Rondeau 147-143 Eliminator for WBC Heavyweight Title Shortly after this fight, Norton was awarded the WBC title as Leon Spinks chose to defend against Muhammad Ali instead of Norton, who was their #1 contender
	1977-09-14	Lorenzo Zanon	20 2 1	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas	W-KO	event bout wiki
3:08 ref: Joey Giambra
	1977-05-11	Duane Bobick	38 0 0	Madison Square Garden, New York	W-TKO	event bout wiki
0:58 ref: Petey Della Artie Aidala Tony Castellano Bobick down in rd 1
	1976-09-28	Muhammad Ali	52 2 0	Yankee Stadium, The Bronx	L-UD	event bout wiki
ref: Arthur Mercante 6-8 Harold Lederman 7-8 Barney Smith 7-8 WBA World Heavy WBC World Heavy
	1976-07-10	Larry Middleton	22 8 2	Sports Arena, San Diego	W-TKO	event bout wiki
2:17 ref: Rudy Jordan 89-83 Hal Rickards 88-85 Frank Rustich 89-82
	1976-04-30	Ron Stander	28 8 2	Capitol Center, Landover	W-TKO	event bout wiki
1:19 ref: Harry Cecchini Larry Barrett Terry Moore
	1976-01-10	Pedro Lovell	16 1 1	Convention Center, Las Vegas	W-TKO	event bout wiki
1:40 ref: Ferd Hernandez
	1975-08-14	Jose Luis Garcia	30 7 1	Civic Center, Saint Paul	W-KO	event bout wiki
1:50 ref: Dennis Nelson 12 round elimination bout. Garcia was knocked down once in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th rounds.
	1975-03-24	Jerry Quarry	50 7 4	Madison Square Garden, New York	W-TKO	event bout wiki
2:29 ref: Johnny LoBianco Jack Gordon Billy Wright North American Boxing Federation Heavy (vacant) Title had been vacated by Muhammad Ali
	1975-03-04	Rico Brooks	12 22 2	Red Carpet Inn, Oklahoma City	W-KO	event bout wiki
	1974-06-25	Boone Kirkman	32 3 0	Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle	W-RTD	event bout wiki
ref: Pat McMurtry
	1974-03-26	George Foreman	39 0 0	El Poliedro, Caracas	L-TKO	event bout wiki
2:00 ref: Jimmy Rondeau Jose Juan Guerra Angel C Tovar WBA World Heavy (supervisor: Elias Cordova) WBC World Heavy (supervisor: Ramon Velasquez) Norton down three times. Foreman's weight is deceptive, he weighed in wearing pants and boots.
	1973-09-10	Muhammad Ali	41 2 0	Forum, Inglewood	L-SD	event bout wiki
ref: Dick Young 5-7 George Latka 6-5 John Thomas 5-6 North American Boxing Federation Heavy
	1973-03-31	Muhammad Ali	41 1 0	Sports Arena, San Diego	W-SD	event bout wiki
ref: Frank Rustich 7-4 Fred Hayes 5-6 Hal Rickards 5-4 North American Boxing Federation Heavy Ali suffered a broken jaw during this bout.
	1972-12-13	Charlie Reno	7 6 1	Coliseum, San Diego	W-UD	event bout wiki
ref: Frank Rustich Rudy Jordan Hal Rickards
	1972-11-21	Henry Clark	24 7 3	Sahara Tahoe Hotel, Stateline	W-TKO	event bout wiki
ref: John McSweeny
	1972-06-30	James J Woody	16 10 1	Coliseum, San Diego	W-RTD	event bout wiki
Woody failed to answer the bell for the 8th round due to blurred vision.
	1972-06-05	Herschel Jacobs	27 18 2	Coliseum, San Diego	W-UD	event bout wiki

	1972-03-16	Jack O'Halloran	22 13 2	Coliseum, San Diego	W-UD	event bout wiki
ref: Frank Rustich 8-2 Fred Hayes 7-3 Hal Rickards 6-4
	1972-02-17	Charlie Harris	7 15 1	Coliseum, San Diego	W-TKO	event bout wiki
2:18 ref: Hal Rickards
	1971-09-29	James J Woody	16 8 1	Coliseum, San Diego	W-UD	event bout wiki
ref: Frank Rustich 7-2 Fred Hayes 5-2 Hal Rickards 4-3
	1971-08-07	Chuck Haynes	12 3 3	Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica	W-KO	event bout wiki
1:08 ref: Lee Grossman
	1971-06-12	Vic Brown	23 17 0	Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica	W-KO	event bout wiki
	1971-04-24	Steve Carter	14 3 0	Valley Music Theatre, Woodland Hills	W-TKO	event bout wiki
ref: Dick Young
	1970-10-16	Robie Harris	3 5 1	Coliseum, San Diego	W-KO	event bout wiki
	1970-09-26	Chuck Leslie	22 20 5	Valley Music Theatre, Woodland Hills	W-UD	event bout wiki
	1970-08-28	Roy Wallace	10 14 2	Coliseum, San Diego	W-KO	event bout wiki
ref: Abe Cohen
	1970-07-02	Jose Luis Garcia	12 2 1	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles	L-KO	event bout wiki
ref: Dick Young Norton down three times.
	1970-05-08	Ray Junior Ellis	6 9 0	Coliseum, San Diego	W-KO	event bout wiki
	1970-04-07	Bob Mashburn	4 2 2	Arena, Cleveland	W-KO	event bout wiki
	1970-03-13	Stamford Harris	4 9 2	Coliseum, San Diego	W-TKO	event bout wiki
1:59 ref: Frank Rustich
	1970-02-04	Aaron Eastling	18 6 2	Silver Slipper, Las Vegas	W-KO	event bout wiki
3:06 Norton was down in this fight. Boxing Life, March 1975, page 52.
	1969-10-21	Julius Garcia	1 0 0	Coliseum, San Diego	W-TKO	event bout wiki
ref: Hal Rickards
	1969-07-25	Gary Bates	17 9 4	Coliseum, San Diego	W-TKO	event bout wiki
ref: Hal Rickards
	1969-05-29	Bill McMurray	27 20 2	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles	W-TKO	event bout wiki
ref: John Thomas A cut over McMurray's left eye, ended the bout.
	1969-03-31	Pedro Sanchez	5 10 2	Sports Arena, San Diego	W-TKO	event bout wiki
	1969-02-20	Wayne Kindred	5 3 0	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles	W-TKO	event bout wiki
ref: Joey Olmos The referee stopped the bout due to a bad cut on Kindred's lip.
	1969-02-11	Joe Hemphill	17 4 1	Valley Music Theatre, Woodland Hills	W-TKO	event bout wiki
	1968-12-05	Cornell Nolen	3 1 0	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles	W-KO	event bout wiki
	1968-07-23	Wayne Kindred	5 2 0	Circle Arts Theater, San Diego	W-TKO	event bout wiki
ref: Hal Rickards
	1968-03-26	Jimmy Gilmore	5 5 0	Community Concourse, San Diego	W-KO	event bout wiki
1:20 Norton down in 2nd round.
	1968-02-06	Harold Dutra	7 0 0	Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento	W-TKO	event bout wiki
1:35 ref: Luis Gonzales Dutra down in the first round and second round. Norton knocked down in the 2nd round.
	1968-01-16	Sam Wyatt	5 6 2	Community Concourse, San Diego	W-PTS	event bout wiki
	1967-11-14	Grady Brazell	1 1 0	Community Concourse, San Diego	W-TKO	event bout wiki
Pro debut for Norton.