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
Gerry Cooney: The Night I Fought Kenny Norton – My Career Ended That Night
- Leave a CommentHeavyweight 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
George Foreman KO2 Ken Norton: A Savage Heavyweight Champion At The Peak Of His Powers
-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
40 Years On: Recalling The Great Holmes-Norton Battle
-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
Champions (not quite) Forever: Ali, Frazier, Norton and the sadness of their final fights
-It’s proven so, so hard for a number of great fighters to exit the sport on a win. » Read More
WBC – Aug. 15, 2017 – 12th Round
-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
When the action was so great they did it three times: Boxing’s finest trilogies
-Sometimes a fight is so great, we simply have to see it again. » Read More
Video: Ken Norton vs Larry Holmes – Classic Fight Recap
-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
When the ex-marine broke the draft dodger’s jaw – Norton-Ali
-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
What If A Fight That Never Happened Actually Did Happen? Joe Frazier Vs Ken Norton
-There are some fights that were possible but they never happened. » Read More