The death of the boxing legend, Ken Norton, (Kenneth Howard Norton Sr.) is a great loss to the world of sports particularly boxing. Norton was a magnificent competitor. As a matter of fact, boxing critics rate him one of the best heavyweight boxers in the history of this sport. He gained immense fame after his twelve rounds bout with Mohammed Ali in 1973, in which he broke his jaw and due to which Ali lost the title to him. 
He and Ali would fight twice more; with Ali officially winning narrowly both return bouts, although many felt Norton truly deserved their third fight. Norton was awarded the WBC title (by virtue of his win over Jimmy Young in a 1977 title elimination bout) when Leon Spinks declined a mandated title defense against Norton, the number one contender.
Norton had an unorthodox boxing style due to which many of his competitors found it extremely difficult to read him properly for his next move. Norton, the magnificent boxer was born in Aug. 9, 1943 in Jacksonville, Illinois, US. He weighed in 100 kilograms and his height was 1.91 meters. Due to his perfect body constitution, he offered tough fights to his opponents. Larry Holmes, another great boxer, defeated Norton in 1978. Norton’s last fight was in 1981 in which Gerry Cooney knocked him out. Norton’s boxing record was 42-7-1 in which 33 were knockouts. 
Ken Norton is a 1989 inductee of the World Boxing Hall of Fame, a 1992 inductee of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, a 2004 inductee into the United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame, and a 2008 inductee into the WBC Hall of Fame.
The 1998 holiday issue of The Ring ranked Norton #22 among “The 50 Greatest Heavyweights of All Time.” Norton received the Boxing Writers Association of America J. Niel trophy for “Fighter of the Year” in 1977.
Norton, a proponent of motivational author Napoleon Hill’s writings (e.g. Think and Grow Rich as noted above and Success Through A Positive Mental Attitude by Hill and W. Clement Stone) also received the “Napoleon Hill Award” for positive thinking in 1973. In 2001, Norton was inducted by the San Diego Hall of Champions into the Breitbard Halld of Fame honoring San Diego’s finest athletes both on and off the playing surface. Norton was also inducted into the California Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. - Anees Lokhande , Alkhobar