{"id":22757,"date":"2013-09-21T02:59:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T00:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/farewell-to-the-man-who-broke-alis-jaw\/"},"modified":"2013-09-21T02:59:47","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T00:59:47","slug":"farewell-to-the-man-who-broke-alis-jaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/farewell-to-the-man-who-broke-alis-jaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell to the man who broke Ali\u2019s jaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/?attachment_id=17444\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17444\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17444  \" alt=\"Muhammad Ali, right, takes a hard left from Ken Norton during their 1973 re-match - Norton won their first fight, and famously broke Ali's jaw. Photo: AP\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b111f_article-0-1BE78032000005DC-232_634x490-600x463.jpg\" width=\"378\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muhammad Ali, right, takes a hard left from Ken Norton during their 1973 re-match \u2013 Norton won their first fight, and famously broke Ali\u2019s jaw. Photo: AP<\/p>\n<p>Former world heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who broke Muhammad Ali\u2019s jaw when they fought in 1973, has died at the age of 70.<\/p>\n<p>Norton, who passed away from heart failure at a Las Vegas nursing home, had been in poor health after a series of strokes.<\/p>\n<p>The former US marine, who was only the second man to ever beat Ali, had an unconventional boxing style that saw him rise through the ranks to battle some of the era\u2019s greatest fighters, including George Foreman, Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>His famous victory over Ali, which came at the height of the champion\u2019s dominance of the sport, was followed by two further bouts, becoming one of the great rivalries in boxing history.<\/p>\n<p>Norton lost both rematches, but only by the slimmest of margins each time.<\/p>\n<p>Norton\u2019s unorthodox style \u2013 coming in close and jabbing from below rather than above, and using a cross-armed defence \u2013 took many of his opponents by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>He was eventually crowned the World Boxing Council\u2019s champion in 1977, but only because the holder, Leon Spinks, decided to fight Ali instead of facing Norton, who was the mandatory challenger. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mail Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more Muhammad Ali\u00a0news,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/tag\/muhammad-ali\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more breaking sporting news and views, visit MySport24 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySport24\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mysport24?ref=hl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/b111f_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muhammad Ali, right, takes a hard left from Ken Norton during their 1973 re-match \u2013 Norton won their first fight, and famously broke Ali\u2019s jaw. Photo: AP Former world heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who broke Muhammad Ali\u2019s jaw when they fought in 1973, has died at the age of 70. 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