ABOUT KEN NORTON SR.
Former heavyweight boxing champion who compiled a career record of 42-7-1, competing against such boxing legends as George Foreman , Larry Holmes and Muhammad Ali.
He started to box after enlisting in the US Marine Corp.
In March, 1973, he became the second man to beat Muhammad Ali , breaking his jaw in the process.
His son, Ken Norton Jr., would go onto become an NFL linebacker.
He lost in his only fight with Larry Holmes in June, 1978.
