I was watching that fight when Norton broke Ail’s jaw.
Cosell couldn’t understand why Ali wasn’t dancing around...
Those were the days..
He’s probably the only boxer to ever shut Cassius Clay up.
Dang, R.I.P. Kenny Norton.
his son was an outstanding college linebacker...
R.I.P., sir. Condolences to Ken Norton’s family and friends.
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Dang, time flies.
Cause of death? Yes, I know his heart stopped.
I saw the fight on TV. Howard Cosell did the blow by blow. I’ll never forget Howard’s “Down goes Frazier, Down goes Frazier.” Howard did good fight calls.
In their 2nd fight in Yankee Stadium,
Mea culpa.
It was their 3rd fight in Yankee Stadium, 1978.
They re-matched after the 1st fight, and Ali won by split-decision. Ali-2, Norton 1.
Many years later, Norton was seriously injured in a car accident. Ali visited him in the hospital.
If y’all get the chance, get a hold of the movie, “Facing Ali”
It’s a movie about all the fighters who became SOMEBODY because they fought Muhammad Ali.
Ken Norton was a class act...
Takes me back to when boxing was real. Ali fights were treated like Super Bowls back in the ‘70s.
TV parties were organized. Unfortunately, it was those fights that gave birth to “pay per view”.
RIP.
Saw him fight and defeat Ali live in San Diego as well as watched him in several fights in San Diego earlier in his career. Almost bumped into him at the Summer Olympics in LA in 1984.
Hard not to attribute, at least in part, Norton’s relatively early demise to the poundings he took as a fighter. Ditto Ali, who, of course, is still with us but in a greatly impaired state.
I remember as a kid visiting my sister and brother in law and watching that first Norton-Ali fight. We all found out later that he broke his jaw early in the fight. Don’t remember much else about his career but his son was a pretty good football player.
Rest in peace.
RIP Kenny.