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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: liberty on September 18, 2013, 05:23:37 PM
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http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-sp-sn-boxer-ken-norton-sr-dies-at-70-20130918,0,465488.story (http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-sp-sn-boxer-ken-norton-sr-dies-at-70-20130918,0,465488.story)
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RIP, Was one of my favorite heavyweights of the era! He had an awkward style and was a lefty! One of the best physique's in boxing! He was also in the movie Mandingo!
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That sucks B.I.P :(
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I remember all of those '70's fights. My Da was a scientist-type, but we always seemed to end up in basements with like-tenured folks, who made faux-sparring swings at the tv. Must be 35-40 years ago. :-X
/young getbiggers? don't get older. you do get smarter, but the body does not totally farkin' rock. ;)
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One of the greats
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(http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQeB9T-umNBu9NMzTj_PsWTASz8rBvlC8TvaEmuid8LqI72zYyHXw)
Semper Fidelis
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Son of a....
He was a great fighter in an era of great fighters, may he RIP.
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That one was a real slobber knocker.
He was as also quite the fun boxing announcer, as you can see in this one -
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Man, he couldn't have been that old. How'd he die?
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Broke Ali's jaw once.
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Man, he couldn't have been that old. How'd he die?
Congestive Heart Failure. He had had a couple of strokes in the last few years too. He was 70.
Norton felt he broke Ali's jaw in the 12 with a left hook, he mentioned that that was the point were Ali lost his pep and became a lot more respectful and defensive against him.
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Congestive Heart Failure. He had had a couple of strokes in the last few years too. He was 70.
Norton felt he broke Ali's jaw in the 12 with a left hook, he mentioned that that was the point were Ali lost his pep and became a lot more respectful and defensive against him.
Thanks. I guess 70 is not out of the question. RIP.
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This one is the one where Ali gets his jaw broken.
Xray of the broken jaw, yikes -
http://www.gottahaveit.com/Muhammad-Ali-and-Ken-Norton-Signed-X-Ray-of-Alis-Broken-Jaw--ITEM14825.aspx .
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Suffered one of the most brutal kayos ever at the hands of Gerry Cooney.
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Suffered one of the most brutal kayos ever at the hands of Gerry Cooney.
Somewhat like when Mercer had Morrison on the ropes -
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There was also Norton / Duane Bobick . Bobick was from a family of fighters, and was under Frazier/Futch's guidance. Norton, who was also trained by Futch for the Ali fights made short work of him -
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R.I.P Ken.
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RIP
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RIP Mr. Norton
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RIP
norton v holmes was IMO one of the best heavyweight fights EVER and the 15ht round one of the greatest rounds EVER in all of boxing history
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70's Heavyweight Boxing was the greatest. Ali, Shavers, Norton, Frazier, Foreman, etc...
They all took each other on, without question... RIP Ken..
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:( :( :(...RIP Ken Norton, His fights against Ali and Norton showed that real old school Heart and Pride was a Quiet Humble sort of Guy with a Massive Heart alot like Joe Frazier didnt really say much....just got in there and Fought.
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70's Heavyweight Boxing was the greatest. Ali, Shavers, Norton, Frazier, Foreman, etc...
They all took each other on, without question... RIP Ken..
This!
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Hed have smashed all your skulls in with ease!
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:( :( :(...RIP Ken Norton, His fights against Ali and Norton showed that real old school Heart and Pride was a Quiet Humble sort of Guy with a Massive Heart alot like Joe Frazier didnt really say much....just got in there and Fought.
Took all of Ali's racist nonsense with a grain of salt. Even financed him, and said little. Classy guy. Rest easy, Champ.
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Congestive Heart Failure. He had had a couple of strokes in the last few years too. He was 70.
Norton felt he broke Ali's jaw in the 12 with a left hook, he mentioned that that was the point were Ali lost his pep and became a lot more respectful and defensive against him.
damn heme iron, probably ate steak till the end
eventaully you gotta give up the meat
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Boxing back in the day ....
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very sad to hear. I always rooted against him because I was an Ali fan and Ken just had that awkward style. You could make an argument that he won all three of his fights versus Ali. Fight with Holmes was a classic, definatley one of the top 5 or 10 greatest HWT championship fights of all time.
Norton was the first man to hold the tittle without ever having won a tittle fight.
R.I.P.
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RIP. I'm a huge boxing fan. Loved watching his fights.
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RIP. I'm a huge boxing fan. Loved watching his fights.
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Had to have scar tissue in the brain from the Clooney beating. He suffered from strokes later in life. No wonder. Brutal sport. If Clooney had leg stamina he would have been the Great White Hope as promoted.
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1779469-one-punch-how-ken-norton-became-a-boxing-legend-in-a-single-night?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=boxing
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Norton's trainer, Eddie Futch, a man who previously led Frazier to a win over the seemingly unbeatable Ali, thought he had the legend's number.
"He has serious deficiencies which his speed enables him to overcome, like a pretty girl being able to overcome the fact she's not smart," Futch told Los Angeles Times columnist Jim Murray. "He never learned to respect his trade because he never had to. When he loses his speed even journeyman fighters will beat him."
Those words would prove prescient at the end of Ali's career, but not soon enough to help Norton—or Frazier. Ali would go on to win two fights from each man, ending his career as the greatest of all time.
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same with Roy, Anderson, etc
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"He has serious deficiencies, which his speed enables him to overcome, like a pretty girl being able to overcome the fact she's not smart,"
Futch told Los Angeles Times columnist Jim Murray.
"He never learned to respect his trade, because he never had to. When he loses his speed, even journeyman fighters will beat him."