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Corner #18

Ken Norton

Heav Champ
48-7 KO)

International Boxing Hall of Fame

21 :30
On this episode Co Smitty down w K N Norton started Boxing in The Marines and he
carried that warrior spirit all the way to the Heavyweight Championship of the World. He is one of the very few to
defeat Muhammad Ali and was part of the greatest Heavyweight era ever. His larger than life personality served him
well after boxing as and actor and broadcaster. He also survived a near fatal car accident and his son, Ken Jr., went
on to stardom in the NFL

Norton showed Smitty his unorthodox boxing style featuring the cross-handed defense that he
would use to beat the legendary Muhammad Ali

In This Corner premiered on April 1 2004 on the Empire Sports Network broadcasting in Upstate New
York and Nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network. Since that first airing, In This Corner has been on the
air every week and is in its 15th year of featuring one on one interviews and in ring demonstrations with
the biggest names in the sport of Boxing.

There has never been another show that has chronicled the stories of this many World Champions.