Inducted in 2001, Ken Norton began boxing in the Marine Corps while stationed at Camp Pendleton. He won three Marine heavyweight titles and turned professional in 1967. Norton went 27-1 before getting the opportunity to fight Muhammad Ali at the San Diego Sports Arena on March 31, 1973. Norton stunned […]
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Archie Moore
Inducted in 1965, Archie Moore, “The Old Mongoose”, was an ageless, durable master boxer who held the world light-heavyweight title for ten years (1952-1962). He was listed as 39, but may have been older, when he beat Joey Maxim for the first of three times to take the title. Moore […]