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Ken Norton Boxing Trunks
Autograph
A pair of custom made Boxing Trunks signed
in contrasting Silver sharpie by former Heavyweight Champion
of the World, Ken Norton. Ken was known as the jawbreaker
for the way he famously broke Muhammad Ali's jaw in their
first fight.
Ken Norton
£75.00
Ken "The Black Hercules" Norton
was a well regarded heavyweight contender for the title
in the 1970s. He was an ex marine and is well known for
his win over Muhammad Ali although many felt Norton was
hard done by in their two other bouts. In the first bout
Norton broke Ali's jaw in the early rounds and went on to
win a Unanimous Decision. The other two bouts, Norton lost
on points. Norton also fought George Foreman and was stopped
in two rounds. Then he was stopped by hard hitting Earnie
Shavers in one round.
Ken Norton nonetheless kept as a top contender.
Following Leon Spinks victory over Muhammad Ali for the
world championship in February, 1978, Spinks elected to
fight a return bout against Ali rather than face Norton.
The World Boxing Council, which had mandated a Spinks-Norton
bout for their championship, withdrew its recognition of
Spinks as champion.
On March 18, 1978, the WBC made history by
naming Norton its champion without benefit of a title match.
The WBC stated that they considered Norton's victory over
Jimmy Young a 'retroactive championship match'). Norton
wouldn't hold onto the title for very long.
In his first 'defense' of the WBC title, Norton
and new #1 contender Larry Holmes met in what many consider
a classic fight. After 15 of what many consider brutal rounds,
Holmes was awarded the title via an extremely close split
decision.
Ken Norton will be forever remebered for his
trilogy of fights with the great Muhammad Ali.
