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"Ken Norton died"
Posted by kingfish on 09-19-13 at 10:00 AM
Boxing used to be a big time sport, especially heavy weight boxing, before unbelievably venal, greedy, sociopathic promoters (Don King lead the pack) killed it. And Ken Norton was one of the best.

Ken Norton handed Muhammad Ali his second career defeat in their first meeting. Then he officially lost two subsequent but very close matches that could have gone either way. In his day, he was a match for Ali, more so (IMO) than Joe Frazier.

He was hospitalized before he died, and I can only speculate that he may have been one more victim of pugilistic brain damage.

He was one of the greats.

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"RE: Ken Norton died"
Posted by dabo on 09-19-13 at 01:00 PM
Rest in peace, Ken "the Jawbreaker" Norton.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2013/0919/475138-former-heavyweight-champion-norton-dies/

"RE: Ken Norton died"
Posted by AyaK on 09-19-13 at 04:53 PM
Actually, I thought the second Ali-Norton fight was clearly Ali's, despite the scorecards showing it close, and the third was clearly Norton's, despite the scorecards giving it to Ali.

Who ever thought that Ali would be the last boxer alive from his generation? Yet both Frazier and Norton are gone.

"RE: Ken Norton died"
Posted by kingfish on 09-19-13 at 06:17 PM
Go figure.

Well, we still have jolly old George.

"RE: Ken Norton died"
Posted by foonermints on 09-19-13 at 08:28 PM
He makes a meanie weenie, I hear.



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