MY favorite Heavy weight as a kid has passed.

[Zemo]

Ken Norton dead at 70. RIP.

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...-champion-dies

[Brown Bear]

Aww man.....That's too bad. I always liked the Fighting Marine both in and out of the ring. A true class act and great fighter of the 70's. One of the top 5 heavyweights of the Ali era. Very sad.

[Hector]

He stayed in the game a bit too long...that nasty first round KO loss to Gerrie Cooney was hard to watch.

RIP champ.

[Marvelmania]

Sadly that Cooney fight was the way I remember Norton. Before that you could never count him out of a fight with that big punch of his.

[MIB41]

Just heard about that. Very sad. I loved his matches with Ali. A great fighter. RIP Ken.