In 1973 Ken Norton Norton broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw, and won a split-decision victory after 12 rounds before a crowd of 11,884 at the San Diego Sports Arena. Legendary sportswriter Jerry Magee covered ...

Ken Norton Sr., the former hard-bodied heavyweight with the distinctive cross-armed defense who once defeated a prime Muhammad Ali while breaking his jaw, died Wednesday at a hospital in Arizona.

Ken Norton Sr. fought Muhammad Ali in 1973, but he didn't want his son Ken Norton Jr. watching it. Norton Jr., who was 6 in 1973, won three Super Bowl titles -- two with the Dallas Cowboys and one ...

Tom Cushman figured he was bound to be disappointed. When he arrived in San Diego in March 1973 to cover Muhammad Ali’s fight against Ken Norton, Cushman justifiably believed that it had little chance ...

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Ken Norton Sr., the heavyweight fighter who pulled off one of the greatest upsets in boxing history when he beat Muhammad Ali in 1973, has died, the AP, The Los Angeles Times and Reuters are reporting ...

Former WBC heavyweight champion Ken Norton Sr., 70, who once broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw in their 1973 title fight, died Wednesday from congestive heart failure, his friend and manager Patrick Tenore Sr.

They were young once, and perhaps it’s best to remember them that way. Magnificent men on stages equally as magnificent, they were part of the golden age of heavyweight boxing. With Muhammad Ali as ...

Ken Norton, who in the course of 12 hard-fought rounds in 1973 was transformed from an unknown heavyweight into one of the most famous boxers in the world by virtue of a victory over Muhammad Ali, ...

They were young once, and perhaps it's best to remember them that way. Magnificent men on stages equally as magnificent, they were part of the golden age of heavyweight boxing. With Muhammad Ali as ...