holmes won the fight between norton and holmes.
holmes won the fight between norton and holmes.
who won the fight between norton and holmes?
holmes
in his first defense of the wbc title on june 9, 1978, norton and new number one contender larry holmes met in a classic fight. after 15 brutal rounds, holmes was awarded the title via an extremely close split decision. two of the three judges scored the fight 143–142 for holmes while the third scored the bout 143–142 for norton. the associated press scored it 143–142 for norton. the march 2001 edition of "the ring" magazine listed the final round of the holmes-norton bout as the 7th most exciting round in boxing history and international boxing research organization (ibro) member monte d. cox ranked the bout as the tenth greatest heavyweight fight of all time. holmes went on to become the third-longest reigning world heavyweight champion in the history of boxing, behind joe louis and wladimir klitschko. years later, holmes wrote that the bout was his toughest fight of all his seventy-five contests.
ken norton
the norton fight was quarry's 62nd pro fight. norton, who was about the same age as quarry, was 32-3. the 6' 3" norton weighed 218 for the bout, quarry 207 with little training beforehand. clancy was once again in quarry's corner. the fight took place march 24, 1975. the fight was a war of hard punches, with norton connecting well early against a jerry quarry with shot reflexes, a sitting duck for norton's vicious attacks. he was cut badly in the 3rd round, and attacked norton so that he would have a chance to win before the fight was stopped. norton survived a tough quarry attack and continued his assault. the fight was stopped in the 5th round after quarry came under a barrage of clean shots to the head. there were many calls for him to retire afterwards as it was evident in the frazier and norton fights that he was a 'shot' fighter.
jerry quarry