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Boxer Ken Norton Sr, 70
« on: September 18, 2013, 07:43:59 PM »
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Re: Boxer Ken Norton Sr, 70
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2013, 09:59:57 PM »
I remember his fight with Ali where he broke Ali's jaw

I consider the 1950s, 60s and early 70s as the Golden Age of heavyweights in boxing.
There were so many great ones

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Re: Boxer Ken Norton Sr, 70
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2013, 10:49:49 PM »
And the norton fight with Holmes is a classic.
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Re: Boxer Ken Norton Sr, 70
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2013, 07:07:07 AM »
Yeah, once we got past this era seems like a lot of punks rolled into boxing and I really didn't follow it much then, it was all mouth and showboating and overrated boxers...and even though I would always root for Anybody vs Clay (I never liked that draft-dodging Islamo-convert and don't like using the Islamo-name!)...the quality of opponents he faced like Norton et al shows how hard he was to beat in the ring.  For a boxer I guess getting to 70 isn't half bad, pretty young otherwise though.  My uncles were golden glove boxers, my father was a scrapper, I've had my share of impromptu matches...but seeing guys in their 50's & 60's in the old folks home when visiting relatives...finding out they were boxers...NFL guys really have no idea what a lot of concussions are, they really don't.

Ken Sr was a Marine, no dodger there.   ::USA::
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Re: Boxer Ken Norton Sr, 70
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2013, 07:33:54 AM »
Regardless of one's feelings about Ali/Clay, he sacrificed a lot by not going to the army.
Not a lot would make that sacrifice on our convictions.

(BTW, back then I was a draft dodger too
Not something I'm proud of today)
Without the ban, there may not have been a Joe Frazier, for example.

Ali was a marketing expert outside the ring and injected life into boxing, in general, and the heavyweight division. After him, boxing fluorished in the lighter divisions. Leonard, Hagler and Hearns and even some of the really skinny guys.

Holmes was hardly qualified to carry Ali's jockstrap.  Great jab no power.

For two decades Ali was boxing and boxing was Ali

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Re: Boxer Ken Norton Sr, 70
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2013, 10:46:45 AM »
I remember his fight with Ali where he broke Ali's jaw

I consider the 1950s, 60s and early 70s as the Golden Age of heavyweights in boxing.
There were so many great ones

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