Biography of Kenneth Howard Norton

Kenneth Howard Norton

Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (Aug 9, 1943 - Sep 18, 2013) was an American previous heavyweight boxer and previous WBC planet Heavyweight Champion. He was best known for his 12-round triumph over Muhammad Ali, when he broadly broke Ali's jaw, on March 31, 1973, coming to be just the second man to thrashing a crest Ali as an expert (after Joe Frazier, who won a 15-round unanimous ruling against Ali on Mar 8, 1971).

He and Ali might battle twice progressively in their trilogy, with Ali authoritatively winning barely both return sessions, in spite of the fact that numerous felt Norton without a doubt merited their third battle. Norton was honored the WBC title (by temperance of his win over Jimmy Young in a 1977 title end session) when Leon Spinks declined an ordered title safeguard against Norton, the most obvious contender. On the other hand, Norton lost it in his first guard on a part choice by 1 focus to Larry Holmes in an incredible challenge (Holmes-Norton is stacked up as the tenth most excellent heavyweight battle ever by Monte D. Cox, a part of the International Boxing Research Organization).