When Muhammad Ali lost to Ken Norton in March 1973, there was a growing sense that the best of the floating butterfly and stinging bee might be gone.

Ken Norton, the 70s heavyweight powerhouse best known for handing Muhammad Ali one of his few losses, died Wednesday at a veterans medical facility where he had been recovering from a stroke. He was ...

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, ...

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 ...

They were young once, and perhaps it’s best to remember them that way. Magnificent men on stages equally as magnificent, they were part of the golden age of heavyweight boxing. With Muhammad Ali as ...

Sometimes you wouldn’t know it with the criticism he gets — such as this week, after Seattle allowed 532 yards and 33 points while losing to Tennessee. But the lead coach of the Seahawks’ defense is ...

LAS VEGAS — Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who beat Muhammad Ali and lost a controversial decision to him in Yankee Stadium, died Wednesday at a Las Vegas care facility, his son said. He was ...

On Friday, April 28, a new boxing biopic arrives when Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion on the World hits the silver screen. While Foreman's life has ...

To mark the third fight in the rivalry between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday, every day this week ESPN.com will look back on another memorable boxing trilogy. There have been many ...

They were young once, and perhaps it's best to remember them that way. Magnificent men on stages equally as magnificent, they were part of the golden age of heavyweight boxing. With Muhammad Ali as ...

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.

They were young once, and perhaps it's best to remember them that way. Magnificent men on stages equally as magnificent, they were part of the golden age of heavyweight boxing. With Muhammad Ali as ...