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 ...

On June 25, 1967, anchorman Harold Keen and cameraman Carl Gilman were on assignment to interview Muhammad Ali. He was in San Diego as part of a nationwide tour to spread the word of Elijah Muhammad.

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 ...

Such was Muhammad Ali’s position in our culture on March 31, 1973 that when Ken Norton broke Ali’s jaw in the first round in San Diego and went on to capture a split decision, the New York Times made ...

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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.

LAS VEGAS — Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who beat Muhammad Ali and later lost a controversial decision to him in Yankee Stadium, died Wednesday at a local care facility. He was 70. Ken ...

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, ...