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Total Fights | 50 |
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Wins | 42 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 0 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 33 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and five months, Ken Norton fought 50 times with 42 wins, 7 losses, and 1 draw.
Norton retired from professional boxing with a record of 42-7-1. He was a two-time heavyweight world title challenger. He had a 66% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 33 of his total 50 fights being knockout wins. Norton suffered four knockout losses in his career, one of which was against George Foreman in a heavyweight title fight.
His last fight was a 1st round TKO defeat to Gerry Cooney on May 11, 1981.
Some of Norton's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Muhammad Ali, Duane Bobick, Boone Kirkman, Pedro Lovell, Ron Stander, Jerry Quarry, and Jimmy Young.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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50 | May 11, 1981 | 37 | Gerry Cooney | Loss | TKO1 |
49 | Nov 7, 1980 | 37 | Randall Cobb | Win | SD |
48 | Aug 19, 1979 | 36 | Scott LeDoux | Draw | SD |
47 | Mar 23, 1979 | 35 | Earnie Shavers | Loss | KO1 |
46 | Nov 10, 1978 | 35 | Randy Stephens | Win | KO3 |
45 | Jun 9, 1978 | 34 | Larry Holmes | Loss * | SD |
44 | Nov 5, 1977 | 34 | Jimmy Young | Win | SD |
43 | Sep 14, 1977 | 34 | Lorenzo Zanon | Win | KO5 |
42 | May 11, 1977 | 33 | Duane Bobick | Win | TKO1 |
41 | Sep 28, 1976 | 33 | Muhammad Ali | Loss * | UD |
40 | Jul 10, 1976 | 32 | Larry Middleton | Win | TKO10 |
39 | Apr 30, 1976 | 32 | Ron Stander | Win | TKO5 |
38 | Jan 10, 1976 | 32 | Pedro Lovell | Win | TKO5 |
37 | Aug 14, 1975 | 32 | Jose Luis Garcia | Win | KO5 |
36 | Mar 24, 1975 | 31 | Jerry Quarry | Win | TKO5 |
35 | Mar 4, 1975 | 31 | Rico Brooks | Win | KO1 |
34 | Jun 25, 1974 | 30 | Boone Kirkman | Win | RTD7 |
33 | Mar 26, 1974 | 30 | George Foreman | Loss * | TKO2 |
32 | Sep 10, 1973 | 30 | Muhammad Ali | Loss | SD |
31 | Mar 31, 1973 | 29 | Muhammad Ali | Win | SD |
30 | Dec 13, 1972 | 29 | Charlie Reno | Win | UD |
29 | Nov 21, 1972 | 29 | Henry Clark | Win | TKO9 |
28 | Jun 30, 1972 | 28 | James J. Woody | Win | RTD8 |
27 | Jun 5, 1972 | 28 | Herschel Jacobs | Win | UD |
26 | Mar 17, 1972 | 28 | Jack O'Halloran | Win | UD |
25 | Feb 17, 1972 | 28 | Charlie Harris | Win | TKO3 |
24 | Sep 29, 1971 | 28 | James J. Woody | Win | UD |
23 | Aug 7, 1971 | 27 | Chuck Haynes | Win | KO7 |
22 | Jun 12, 1971 | 27 | Vic Brown | Win | KO5 |
21 | Jun 12, 1971 | 27 | Steve Carter | Win | TKO3 |
20 | Oct 16, 1970 | 27 | Roby Harris | Win | KO2 |
19 | Sep 26, 1970 | 27 | Chuck Leslie | Win | UD |
18 | Aug 29, 1970 | 27 | Roy Wallace | Win | KO4 |
17 | Jul 2, 1970 | 26 | Jose Luis Garcia | Loss | KO8 |
16 | May 8, 1970 | 26 | Ray Junior Ellis | Win | KO2 |
15 | Apr 7, 1970 | 26 | Bob Mashburn | Win | KO4 |
14 | Mar 13, 1970 | 26 | Stamford Harris | Win | TKO3 |
13 | Feb 4, 1970 | 26 | Aaron Eastling | Win | KO2 |
12 | Oct 21, 1969 | 26 | Julius Garcia | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Jul 25, 1969 | 25 | Gary Bates | Win | TKO8 |
10 | Jul 25, 1969 | 25 | Bill McMurray | Win | TKO7 |
9 | Mar 31, 1969 | 25 | Pedro Sanchez | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Feb 20, 1969 | 25 | Wayne Kindred | Win | TKO9 |
7 | Feb 11, 1969 | 25 | Joe Hemphill | Win | TKO3 |
6 | Dec 8, 1968 | 25 | Cornell Nolan | Win | KO6 |
5 | Jul 23, 1968 | 24 | Wayne Kindred | Win | TKO6 |
4 | Mar 26, 1968 | 24 | Jimmy Gilmore | Win | KO7 |
3 | Feb 6, 1968 | 24 | Harold Dutra | Win | KO3 |
2 | Jan 16, 1968 | 24 | Sam Wyatt | Win | PTS |
1 | Nov 14, 1967 | 24 | Grady Brazell | Win | TKO5 |
* World-title fight
Ken Norton (The Black Hercules) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S. on August 9, 1943. He was a heavyweight world champion. He died on September 18, 2013 at the age of 70 years. Norton was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1992. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1967 to 1981.
Norton made his professional boxing debut against Grady Brazell at the age of 24 on November 14, 1967, defeating Brazell via 5th round TKO. He went on to win 15 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 14 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 30 on March 26, 1974 after 32 professional fights, against George Foreman for the WBA, WBC, and The Ring titles. He lost to Foreman via 2nd round TKO.
Norton had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against fellow American boxer Gerry Cooney at 37 years of age, on May 11, 1981. Norton lost the fight via 1st round TKO.
Norton had a total of three world-title fights, which includes winning zero world titles and zero successful title defenses. He won zero of these fights and lost three.
Ken Norton He was elevated as world champion once, by WBC.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Ken Norton lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 9, 1978 | Larry Holmes | Heavyweight | WBC | SD |
Norton fought a total of 50 times during his professional career, which includes 3 world-title fights at the heavyweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
March 31, 1973: Ken Norton puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Muhammad Ali via 12th round split decision.
March 26, 1974: In his first world-title fight, Ken Norton loses to George Foreman via 2nd round TKO. He was fighting for the WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles.
November 5, 1977: Ken Norton beats Jimmy Young via 15th round split decision.
Norton knocked out 33 of his 50 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 66%. Of his total 42 wins, 33 of them were via KO (78.6%).