Ken Norton
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Oct 18, 2026
Scott JohnstonHOST
John Feeney of Scottsdale, Arizona, this is quick, says, I saw the fight, and there's no doubt about it.
Scott JohnstonHOST
Ken Norton was robbed.
Scott JohnstonHOST
And that seemed to be the overriding sentiment about the Ali-Norton fight, was that Norton... got jobbed in that one.
Scott JohnstonHOST
But this one I like even more.
LBPANELIST
Unless you gonna pick a certain fight outside of fucking...
LBPANELIST
Look, if you wanna do, do a documentary on the Ken Norton trilogy, nigga.
Pat ScorpioHOST
Yeah.
Pat ScorpioHOST
[laughs] Exactly.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People always say, "The hardest I was ever hit was by Ernie Shavers." So I have to ask, what is the best punch do you think you ever threw?
Muhammad AliSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, probably with, uh, let's see, uh, Ken Norton or either, uh, okay, think it, either Jimmy Ellis.
speaker_7SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs]
Muhammad AliSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, th- those two g- great at Kim, great, those great punchers took me out in the first round.
Alex ShawHOST
So eventually they got some, some little kids and told them to run not quite as fast as him.
Alex ShawHOST
"Give me the slowest kids you have."
Muhammad AliSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Uh, Ken Norton or either, uh, okay, think it, either Jimmy Ellis.
Muhammad AliSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs]
Vinnie TortorichHOST
Yeah, it's gotta be around there.
Chris ShafferHOST
Joe Bugner, Ken Norton, Rudy Lubbers, Joe Frazier-
Vinnie TortorichHOST
Bugner
Chris ShafferHOST
...
Gringo FantasticoHOST
No joke.
Kenny RomeroHOST
I just, I feel bad 'cause my, my poor Tiff, my poor Tiffy Ty is gonna be like Ken Norton in like two years.
Jason HiltonHOST
[laughs]
Kenny RomeroHOST
Sorry, had to do it.
Kenny RomeroHOST
My apologies to Ken Norton and his family.
Kenny RomeroHOST
I do sympathize with you.
Kenny RomeroHOST
Thank you.
Sylvester StalloneGUEST
There's just something.
Sylvester StalloneGUEST
And we were gonna cast a guy named Ken Norton, who eventually ended up breaking Muhammad Ali's jaw.
Sylvester StalloneGUEST
He was too big.
Andy CohenHOST
Wow.
Mike TysonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He said, man, you're fighting good, but I wish you were bigger.
Mike TysonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I wish you were like Kenny Norton or Mike Weaver because they had big bodies and they could intimidate somebody.
Mike TysonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And that hurt my feelings.
Mike TysonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I said, I'll make sure the whole world will be afraid of me.
SeanHOST
And these are two absolutely fantastic fights, two legendary nights.
SeanHOST
And I'm talking about Anthony Joshua versus Vladimir Klitschko and Larry Holmes versus Ken Norton.
SeanHOST
So at Wembley Stadium on April 29th, 2017, IBF champion Joshua defended against Vladimir Klitschko with the vacant WBA super and IBO heavyweight titles also on the line.
SeanHOST
It was a spectacular fight.
SeanHOST
locations through November 3rd.
SeanHOST
Klitschko in the most aggressive performance, that's for sure.
SeanHOST
And then you've got Larry Holmes' Ken Norton at the Caesars Palace Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas, June the 9th, 1978.
SeanHOST
Larry Holmes won a 15-round split decision in a heavyweight barn burner.
Ken ColemanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We go to the last half of the 10th inning in a two-two tie.
Ken ColemanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Ken Norton is ending his three-month retirement.
Ken ColemanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The 33-year-old boxer is signed to fight Scott LeDoux next month in San Diego In a bout that, uh, earn him as much as a quarter of a million dollars.
Ken ColemanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Norton's career hit rock bottom last March when he was knocked out in the first round by Ernie Shavers, and following the fight, he announced his retirement.
Ernie HarwellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Got a curveball over.
Ernie HarwellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Also, Hassler has, uh, been consulting with a hypnotist, a gentleman named Dr. Ethan Allen, A-L-L-Y-N, in Los Angeles, who helped out Maury Wills, Roberto Clemente, and Ken Norton, among others.
Ernie HarwellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Here's a three-two serve now to Rivers.
Ernie HarwellSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He swings a Bonnie ball hit wide of third.
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