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The Ali-Norton Rivalry: as close as you can get

James Slater - August 28, 2019 Leave a Comment

Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton, who fought three engrossing battles over a three-year spell, have both left us; Norton passing away in September of 2013, Ali passing away in June of 2016.  » Read More

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Gerry Cooney: The Night I Fought Kenny Norton – My Career Ended That Night

James Slater - July 1, 2019

Heavyweight puncher Gerry Cooney was in Ireland over the weekend, doing a meet and greet with the fans and promoting his new autobiography ‘Gentleman Gerry: A Contender in the Ring, a Champion in Recovery.’ Cooney really did shine brightly for a time in the early 1980s, blitzing veteran big names like Ken Norton, Ron Lyle and Jimmy Young.  » Read More

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George Foreman KO2 Ken Norton: A Savage Heavyweight Champion At The Peak Of His Powers

James Slater - March 25, 2019

If ever a heavyweight champion looked set for a long reign it was 25 year old George Foreman on the evening of his brutal destruction of Ken Norton.  » Read More

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40 Years On: Recalling The Great Holmes-Norton Battle

James Slater - June 8, 2018

June 9, 1978 – Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

Unbeaten and, to his own disgust, largely ignored heavyweight contender Larry Holmes was getting a shot at the WBC crown.  » Read More

More boxing news on: Ken Norton, Larry Holmes

Champions (not quite) Forever: Ali, Frazier, Norton and the sadness of their final fights

James Slater - January 26, 2018

It’s proven so, so hard for a number of great fighters to exit the sport on a win.  » Read More

More boxing news on: Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Muhammad Ali

WBC – Aug. 15, 2017 – 12th Round

WBC - August 15, 2017

By Mauricio Sulaiman

WBC President – Jose Sulaiman’s son

The passing away of Frank Quill in Australia has closed yet another chapter in the history books of boxing and the WBC history.  » Read More

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When the action was so great they did it three times: Boxing’s finest trilogies

James Slater - June 9, 2017

Sometimes a fight is so great, we simply have to see it again.  » Read More

More boxing news on: Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Muhammad Ali, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard

Video: Ken Norton vs Larry Holmes – Classic Fight Recap

Rummys Corner - March 27, 2017

Rummy’s Corner proudly presents another edition of a new ongoing series that will explore some of the greatest bouts in the rich history of professional boxing.  » Read More

More boxing news on: Ken Norton, Larry Holmes

When the ex-marine broke the draft dodger’s jaw – Norton-Ali

James Slater - April 1, 2016

It might be something of a morbid subject, but Muhammad Ali, a man who literally gave everything he had in the pursuit of the greatness he achieved in the ring, is, despite the ghastly health problems he has been suffering with for over three decades, outliving his former ring rivals by a quite substantial amount of time.  » Read More

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What If A Fight That Never Happened Actually Did Happen? Joe Frazier Vs Ken Norton

Kent Appel - June 5, 2014

There are some fights that were possible but they never happened.  » Read More

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