Former heavyweight champion Norton dead at 70

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who beat Muhammad Ali and then lost a controversial decision to him in Yankee Stadium, died Wednesday at a local care facility, his son said. He was 70.

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