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Originally Posted by mikehoudini

I'll be following Chaplin, as he fought Greg Page to a standstill twice! Is my sentimental favoorite, Mel Turnbow, still active? If not, what was his record?

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1976-01-01 - NEWS

Awards for 1975

Fight of the year: Muhammad Ali TKO 11 George Foreman

Ten brutal rounds was ended when Foremans corner threw in the towel after him taking massive amounts of punishment. This was one of those career defining wins for Muhammad Ali who proved just how great he is.

Fighter of the year: Muhammad Ali

Ali had another fantastic year as he stopped Boone Kirkman in 9th, George Foreman in 11th and outpointed Joe Bugner in 15, all in title defenses.

Runner up: Jimmy Young

Jimmy Young got his big breakthrough with two winning efforts in 1975. He outpointed Jose Roman to gain a shot at the vacant IBO belt. He fought a fantastic fight against Earnie Shavers as he outboxed him in every way possible to become the first ever IBO champion.

Prospect of the year: Larry Holmes

Holmes had another great year on his way to world glory as he stopped all five opponents inside 3 rounds. He KOed Granville Lloyd, Larry Duncan, Artur Njos, Rudi Lubbers and Ferenc Kristofcsak and is looking for a step up in 1976.

Upset of the year: Jeff Merritt TKO 8 Al Lewis

Jeff Merritt seemed to make the former IBF heavyweight champion look like an old man as he outslugged him before a hand injury crowned Merritt as the winner.

Dave Zyglewicz announces his retirement

The former NABF heavyweight champion has announced that he will be hanging up the gloves after a 10 year long career. He started out his career in humble fashion by going 19-1 with the sole loss coming against Buster Mathis and without a single notable win. When he stepped it up against Henry Clark he was lucky to escape with a MD. He got his one and only title shot in 1969 as he gave the IBF champion Jerry Quarry a tough fight before losing an unanimous decision. He won the NABF belt in 1972 by knocking out Leotis Martin in a big upset. He fought and lost against world class fighters such as George Foreman (TKO 8) and Muhammad Ali (KO 10) but was never a fighter to back down without a fight. He decided to quit boxing after being dominated by Boone Kirkman in October, 1975.

Whats next for Muhammad Ali?

The saga of Muhammad Ali (50-3, 40 KOs) continued when he outpointed Joe Bugner in 15 rounds on 27th of December in 1975, only a few days ago. His career has been truly magnificent and trying to describe it here would take 15 pages so instead this will be about what is next for him. A bunch of fighters is being mentioned already:

What most boxing fans want to see is a 6th fight against the former two-time heavyweight champion of the world, Joe Frazier (35-5, 34 KOs). This rivalry is perhaps the biggest and most famous in the history of boxing if not all of sports. It is striking that Muhammad Alis three losses all has come against Joe Frazier and he is a man who has fought the best out there at all times.

Another bout being mentioned is a rematch with the former WBC and IBF heavyweight champion, Ken Norton (31-3, 27 KOs) who has been clamoring to get another shot after only losing by a split decision last time around. The fight was a true classic as a knockdown in favour of Ali in the 15th and final round was the decider on two of the judges cards.

The very same Ken Norton is set to challenge Jimmy Young (29-2, 10 KOs) for his IBO belt soon. If Jimmy Young wins that bout, it could be a possibility for Ali to meet the philly kid.

A few more names has been mentioned in Earnie Shavers (28-2, 24 KOs), Gene Innocent (30-6, 20 KOs), Jeff Merritt (30-6, 20 KOs), Mike Weaver (23-1, 20 KOs) and Ron Lyle (23-1, 20 KOs).

Retirements

Dave Zyglewicz (1965-1975) 36-9, 25 KOs.

Notable wins: James J. Beattie (31-9-2), Henry Clark (23-4-1), Chuck Wepner (23-7-1 & 25-9-1), Carl Gizzi (28-3-1), Jurgen Blin (23-5), Gregorio Peralta (32-9-1), Boone Kirkman (18-2), Leotis Martin (32-9-2), Oscar Bonavena (35-10), Jeff Merritt (28-7).

Losses: Buster Mathis (16-0), Jerry Quarry (24-0), Jurgen Blin (22-5), Larry Middleton (24-1), Ken Norton (24-1), George Foreman (23-0), Muhammad Ali (43-3), Joe Bugner (25-6), Boone Kirkman (25-7)

[Ric915]

Nice year end wrap up

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1976-01-02

Escobar Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico

"Friday night fights"

Julian Garcia 2-5 MD 6 Alfredo Evangelista 5-2 (4)
The crowd is put in shock.

Johnny Boudreaux 12-1-1 (1) UD 8 Bikenibeu Puapua 12-19-2 (3)

Dante Cane 37-11 (30) KO 5 Mani Vaka 27-15-3 (18)
Mani Vaka announced his retirement immediately after the fight.

Main Event

Jose Roman 30-10 (8) vs Piermario Baruzzi 22-5 (16), 10 rounds

Baruzzi came out with guns firing as it only took him 1:41 to drop Roman with a beautiful cross to the chin. Roman desperately tried to stand but was done.

Piermario Baruzzi improves to 23-5 (17) with a 1st round knockout that will boost his rankings wildly as Roman was ranked in the best 15 by all alphabet organizations.

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1975-01-10

Braehead Arena, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, UK

Undercard:

Kallie Knoetze 1-0 UD 6 Reinhart Scherer
Pro debut for the 1972 olympian Knoetze.

Danny Ashton 6-0 (4) UD 8 Gary Wiler 16-19-2 (6)

Tony Coyne 12-9-2 D 8 Fransisco Sanchez 5-1-5 (3)
Sanchez might be making some kind of drawing record here.

Fonomanu Sekona 19-5 (13) KO 2 Nathan Butler 7-5 (5)

Giuseppe Ros 30-9-1 (13) SD 10 Peter Boddington 26-7-1 (20)
Ros won a one-sided fight, although one of the judges scored it 95-94 for Boddington, while the two others scored it 97-94 and 97-92 for Ros.

Main Event

Gene Innocent 30-6 (20) vs Dennis Avoth 25-7-4 (0)

12 rounds for Innocents Commonwealth strap.

Innocent had trouble really getting in on Avoth who kept his distance nicely although without doing much. Score was dead even after 4, but in the 5th, Avoth landed a thudding body shot that put Innocent to his knees. Avoth seemed to gain the advantage from that knockdown for a few rounds. Innocent started dominating from 9th but then went back to his lazy style in the last two rounds.

Scorecards read 114-113 Innocent, 115-112 Avoth and 114-113 for the winner by split decision and NEW Commonwealth champion, Dennis Avoth.

Dennis Avoth, who is yet to win a fight by knockout, improves to 26-7-4 as he wins the Commonwealth championship with a split decision.

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1976-01-16

Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY, USA

"Friday night fights"

Pro debutants

Michael Dokes 0-0-1 D 6 Ben McCarty 5-0-4

Trevor Berbick 1-0 UD 6 Alistair Cartier 0-1

Prospects

Leroy Jones 14-1-1 (2) UD 8 Garth Grubb 23-22-3 (13)

Kevin Isaac 16-1 (4) UD 8 Yoshio Takamura 8-8-1 (4)

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1976-01-24

Convention Hall, Atlantic City, NJ, USA

George Foreman vs Terry Daniels for the USBA belt

Stan Ward vs Ted Gullick

Fred Houpe vs Larry Branson

Larry Duncan vs Marty Monroe

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Undercard

Larry Duncan 19-9 (13) vs Marty Monroe 8-2 (2), 8 rounder

Neither fighter established control and both hesitated to go for the opportunities that came along during the fight. Scorecards read 76-76 even, 77-75 Duncan and 76-76 even.

Larry Duncan goes to 19-9-1 (13), Marty Monroe to 8-2-1 (2).

Fred Houpe 9-0 (8) vs Larry Branson 12-11-1 (6), 8 rounder

Houpe landed his first punch after one minute and 9 seconds.. and what a punch! He caught Branson clean with a wicked hook that dropped him for the first time. Houpe jumped all over Branson and smothered him with punches, dropping him for the ten count.

Fred Houpe improves to 10-0 (9) with a 1st round knockout.

Stan Ward 7-0 (3) vs Ted Gullick 21-9-2 (16), 10 rounds

The 34 year old, 1972 olympic silvermedalist is looking to move his career fast with an enormous test.

Ward tried to keep the slugging Gullick off distance but he failed to in the 1st. He then found his range and outboxed Gullick in the 2nd. Ward seemed to take it a bit too easy in the 3rd as he was being outslugged. Then in the 4th Ward regained control, only to give away the 4th and 5th. Gullick kept up the pressure, but couldn't get in on Ward in 6th. Gullick had the edge in the 7th thru 9th before landing a solid cross to hurt Ward in the 10th. Ted Gullick followed up and landed a combination to the jaw that dropped Ward. Scorecards read 95-94, 97-92 and 96-94 all for Ted Gullick.

Stan Ward drops to 7-1 (3). Ted Gullick improves to 22-9-2 (16) with a unanimous decision.

MAIN EVENT

George Foreman 28-2 (28) vs Terry 'TX' Daniels 27-5 (8)

12 rounds for George Foremans USBA belt.

Round 1
Foreman fires a jab to the body followed by a devastating cross! Foreman misses twice, then lands a crushing uppercut! Foreman drives home a hook. Foreman lands a quick hook and a strong uppercut! Foreman scores with a winging right! Foreman lands a vicious hook! The referee stops the fight!!

George Foreman TKO 1 Terry Daniels

George Foreman improves to 29-2 (29) with a 1st round TKO in the first defence of his USBA belt. His power is truly frightening. Terry Daniels did good to remain upright, but drops to 27-6 (8)

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1976-02-01 - NEWS

Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier set for one final fight!

The bout fight fans has been clamoring for is now officially set. Muhammad Ali (50-3, 40 KOs) and Joe Frazier (35-5, 34 KOs) for one last time, as a historical ending to both fighters outstanding careers. The rivalry between the two has been amazing and this sixth bout promises to be more of the same. The first and second bouts were shortlived as Ali won due to cuts in 5th first time round and Joe Frazier stopped Ali in 3rd second time. The third bout was an undeniable classic as Ali were down once and Joe Frazier three times. Ali won an 8th round knockout. The 4th bout ended brutally as Frazier knocked out Ali in round 3, sending him into temporary retirement. Ali returned 17 months later for a 5th fight. Joe Frazier stopped Ali in the 10th round of a true classic. Alot has happened since that bout, Ali is the heavyweight champion of the world, Frazier is taking some time off after being demolished by George Foreman for the second time.. No matter what, this has the makings of a classic.

Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier VI is set for May 15th. Venue is yet to be announced.

Jeff Merritt and Dennis Avoth set to meet in IBO eliminator

The newly founded IBO has taken on the tradition of fighting eliminators as they have pitted their own #7 Jeff Merritt (30-8, 24 KOs) with their #10, who is also Commonwealth champ, Dennis Avoth (26-7-4, 0 KOs) against eachother. Both have accepted and the bout is set for April 24th.

Long time rumoured bout set; Mike Weaver vs Ron Lyle

After many months of rumours and trash talking, both Mike Weaver (23-1, 20 KOs) and Ron Lyle (23-1, 21 KOs) has signed the contracts and will meet on March 19th as the headliner of another semgment of Friday Night Fights. Weavers sole loss came brutally against Earnie Shavers in the IBO tourney as he was knocked out in the 3rd, while Lyles loss came while he was still green, against Larry Frazier (19-4-1, 10 KOs) by unanimous decision.

Major fights anno February 1976

6th: Friday night fights including Ibar Arrington, Leroy Diggs, Eddie Neilson, pro debutant George Chaplin, Alfredo Evangelista and Jose Valenzuela.

14th: IBO title bout, Jimmy Young defends against Ken Norton + Boone Kirkman defends NABF belt against Mike Boswell. Also Leroy Jones vs Viktor Kirilenko and John Dino Denis vs Jose Luis Garcia.

21th: Card in Australia including an OPBF title bout between Ted Gray and Fonomanu Sekona. Also: Gerrie Coetzee, Danny Ashton and Kallie Knoetze.

28th: Armando Zanini and Dante Cane face off for the Italian heavyweight championship of the world in Germany. Also, Kurt Luedecke vs Pedro Lovell, Lorenzo Zanon and pro debutant George Butzbach.


Retirements

Mani Vaka (1968-1979) 27-15-3, 18 KOs.

Notable wins: UD 10 Chuck Wepner (25-15-1), UD 10 Billy Walker (36-10-2), TKO 7 Jerry Quarry (28-4), KO 5 Peter Weiland (26-15-1), KO 1 Charlie Green (17-11-1), UD 10 Raimo Nisula (19-9-2), TKO 1 Gerrie Coetzee (9-1).

Notable draws: D 10 Bjarne Lingaas (22-8-1), D 10 Jose Luis Garcia (12-5-1)

Notable losses: UD 8 Jeff Merritt (12-2), UD 10 Jimmy Young (19-0), UD 10 Oscar Bonavena (32-8), SD 10 Henry Clark (35-10-1), KO 5 Boone Kirkman (22-6), UD 10 Larry Middleton (32-5-2), UD 8 Leroy Jones (10-1-1), MD 8 Scott LeDoux (4-1), UD 8 Ibar Arrington (9-0-1), KO 5 Dante Cane (36-11)

RING RANKINGS

CH: Muhammad Ali 50-3 (40)
1. Joe Frazier 35-5 (34)
2. George Foreman 29-2 (29)
3. Ken Norton 31-3 (27)
4. Jimmy Young 29-2 (10)
5. Earnie Shavers 28-2 (24)
6. Boone Kirkman 26-7 (18)
7. Joe Bugner 29-9 (19)
8. Jeff Merritt 30-8 (24)
9. Al Lewis 31-6-2 (17)
10. Mike Weaver 23-1 (20)

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1976-02-06

Friday Night Fights

Trump Taj Mahal Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, NJ, USA

Jose Valenzuela 4-0-1 (2) D 6 Rowan Fuller 9-16-4 (3)

Alfredo Evangelista 6-2 (5) TKO 3 Rudolf Stich 10-33-3 (3)

George Chaplin 1-0 UD 6 Dimitar Lukanov 14-23-3 (1)
Pro debut for the 1972 olympian Chaplin.

Eddie Neilson 18-1-1 (16) KO 6 Wayne Taylor 7-5 (6)

Leroy Diggs 10-2 (1) UD 8 Jesper Witzke 14-14-3 (2)

Ibar Arrington 12-0-2 (2) MD 8 Timo Ahola 10-6 (4)

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1976-02-14

The Silver Star Hotel & Casino, Philadelphia, MS, USA

Jimmy Young vs Ken Norton for the IBO championship
Boone Kirkman vs Mike Boswell for the NABF belt
Leroy Jones vs Viktor Kirilenko
John Dino Denis vs Jose Luis Garcia

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Undercard

John Dino Denis 15-1-4 (2) vs Jose Luis Garcia 15-9-3 (9), 10 rounds

After one slow minute, Garcia landed a wicked cross that dropped Denis instantly, unable to rise.

Jose Luis Garcia improves to 16-9-3 (10) as he once again proved that he is better than his record. Denis has now lost 2 of is last 3 as he drops to 15-2-4 (2).

Leroy Jones 14-1-1 (2) vs Viktor Kirilenko 16-18-7 (3), 8 rounds

Jones outboxed Kirilenko beautifully all the way through. He cut Kirilenko in the 2nd, and that stopped the fight in 7th.

Leroy Jones improves to 15-1-1 (3) with a 7th round TKO.

Title fight

Boone Kirkman 26-7 (18) vs Mike Boswell 22-4 (16)

12 rounds for the NABF belt as Kirkman makes the first defence of his title.

1st
Boswell lands a solid cross and then hammers Kirkman in a wild round. 10-9 Boswell.

2nd
Kirkman avenges last round as he pounds Boswell with a hard uppercut and two solid right hands before a body shot drops him to the canvas.
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Boone Kirkman succesfully defends his NABF belt, as he improves to 27-7 (19) with a 2nd round TKO in a bout that has the fans fired up before the main event. Mike Boswell drops to 22-5 (16)

Main Event

Jimmy Young 29-2 (10) vs Ken Norton 31-3 (27)

15 rounds for the IBO heavyweight championship of the world.

We are here will the highly regarded boxing expert known as aaaaaaaaa..

This should prove to be a great fight between two world class boxers who do what they do at the highest level.. Jimmy Youngs technical skills and tremendous speed is fantastic and as he defend against the very versatile Ken Norton who can box, slug, brawl, defend it has all the makings of a superfight. Jimmy Young will most likely try to outbox Ken Norton, who is not someone easy to outbox, as seen against Muhammad Ali. Ken Norton will try to use his fantastic body attack to tire Young out, and possibly take him out in the later rounds.. It is very possible that it will end up as a tactical battle with two such equal elite fighters.

Jimmy Youngs notable results: UD 10 Buster Mathis, UD 10 Boone Kirkman, UD 10 Jerry Quarry, UD 15 Earnie Shavers, TKO 13 & TKO 10 by Joe Frazier.

Ken Nortons notable results: UD 12 Gregorio Peralta, UD 15, TKO 13 & TKO 6 Al Lewis, TKO 6 Leotis Martin, KO 9 Joe Bugner. KO 5 by Joe Frazier, SD 15 by Muhammad Ali.

Round 1
Norton cant find the range as Young is dancing. Young rips a hook to the head. Norton has Young trapped in the corner.. misses with a flurry. Young lands the uppercut. Norton misses the jab, Young rips off a quick left-right. The fighters are tied up.. Norton misses wildly. Young starts an exchange, but comes out on the losing end of it. Young lands a flurry to Nortons ribs. Young misses huge. 10-9 Jimmy Young

Round 2
Young flicks a lead right to Nortons head. Norton lands a strong cross! Young goes downstairs with the right hand. Young ties up Norton. Young misses and Norton lands a stiff left hook to the body. Norton lands a crisp, hard jab. Norton connects with the uppercut. Young lands the jab.. and ties up Norton. Young goes to the body with his jab. Norton cant get his right hand through. 10-9 Ken Norton

Round 3
Young lands the jab to the body. Young is using some nice lateral movement. Young scores downstairs. Young shoots the jab into Nortons chest. Young lands two quick blows, Norton lands one. Norton lands a quick left hook to the body. Norton lands a crippling right hand to Youngs head! Young misses with the left.. and the right. Young fires and misses. Young lands a devastating cross! Young bangs home the uppercut. 10-9 Jimmy Young

Round 4
Young scores with a rapid combination. Young holds Norton. Norton lands a big left, and a right! Young hooks off the jab. Norton scores with a winging right! .. Norton has Young in the corner and lands the uppercut. Norton lands three punches in a row! Norton lets his hands go and pounds Youngs body. Young fails to connect. Could he be tiring out already? Norton misses with the left and the right. 10-9 Ken Norton

Round 5
Nortons right hand glances off Youngs shoulder. Norton lands a stinging jab. The fighters trade blows. Nortons jab scores. Norton cant score inside, as Young instead lands a nice uppercut. Young lands the left hook. Young grabs and holds Norton. Norton lands a quick hook to the head! Norton is moving surprisingly well. Norton misses that combination. 10-9 Ken Norton

Round 6
Norton is hitting Young while they are locked up and he is warned. Young pops home the jab. Young lands two quick blows and moves away. Young fires a weak hook. Norton cant get inside. Young rips off two quick jabs. Norton lets his hands go but cant get through Youngs blocks. Norton lands a short hook. Young lands two quick left hooks. 10-9 Jimmy Young

Round 7
Norton misses the hook and Young counters with a left. The fighters clinch. Norton misses that looping shot. Not much happening.. Norton lands a solid jab to the body. Young lets his hands go, scoring well. Young lands a flurry to the body. Young gets in the uppercut. Norton lands a hard hook to Youngs body. Norton lands a huge body blow! Norton has Young trapped in the corner and scores solidly. 10-9 Ken Norton

Round 8
Young scores with a tremendous right to the body! Norton moves onto the ropes. Norton lands the jab as he tries to pressure Young. Young lands to the head and body. Norton misses the hook, Young counters with a quick flurry downstairs. Norton wins a wicked exchange. Norton lands a short cross. Young pops home a jab. Young lands downstairs, but the punch is ruled low and so he is warned. Young lands a violent cross! 10-9 Jimmy Young

Round 9
Norton paws with the jab, then lands a wicked cross! Norton lands a hook. Norton unleashes a volley of shots, at least one landed clean. Young lands a sneaky right hand. Norton puts a headlock on Young.. Norton lands the uppercut. Young misses. Young lands a quick jab downstairs. Norton misses a flurry and is countered with a cross. Young lets his hands go, but cant land. Norton cant get inside. Young lands an uppercut. Norton answers with a big hook as Young seems tired. 10-9 Ken Norton

Round 10
Young misses, Norton catches Young clean with a right hand! Norton misses a lead right. Norton cant land at the moment as he misses three in a row. Norton lands a short hook to the body and then another! Norton lands a wicked uppercut and Young is hurt! Norton lands another uppercut.. Young lands a sneaky right. Norton just barely misses. Norton tries to move inside but fails. Norton snaps Youngs head back with a jolting uppercut. Big round for the challenger. 10-9 Ken Norton

Round 11
Norton catches Young in the corner and lands a sweet hook! Young stumbles back in to the ropes and he goes down!
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Round 12
Young lands a hard hook!
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Norton cuts loose, but misses. Young lands a snapping jab. Norton lands a devastating three punch combination! Young misses two in a row. Young lands a good combination. Young traps Norton and lands a ripping uppercut. 10-9 Jimmy Young

I now have it 115-112 for Ken Norton with three rounds to go.

Round 13
Norton lands a brutal hook and Young goes down!!
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125-120 Ken Norton, Young needs a knockout, which is not what he does best.

Round 14
Young lands a big hook! Young loads up and connects with a big left hand! Young is being warned for headbutting. Young lands a wicked hook to Nortons body. Both are carrying their arms low, fighting on instinct. Norton lands a small uppercut. Norton lands a solid cross. Young double up to the body. 10-9 Jimmy Young

134-130 Ken Norton - if the judges have seen the same fight, Jimmy Young needs that knockout.

Round 15
Young cant land the uppercut as Norton is covering up. Young lands a flurry downstairs. Norton ties up Young. Norton is on his bicycle. Norton lands a cross. Both fighters want to clinch, obviously tired. Norton grabs Young. Now Young holds.. And there is the bell! 10-10

I have it scored 144-140 for Ken Norton, now lets go to the official scorecards..

Roger Tilleman from Belgium scores the bout 147-136
Fritz Werner from USA scores the bout 143-140
Adelade Byrd from USA scores the bout143-140

All to the winner by unanimous decision.. and NEW IBO heavyweight champion of the wooorld, The Black Hercules, Keeen Nortooon!!

Punchstats
Landed punches: Jimmy Young 317, Ken Norton 324
Thrown punches: Jimmy Young 731, Ken Norton 1034
Accuracy: Jimmy Young 43,4, Ken Norton 31,3

A great bout that exceeeded everyones expectations, Ken Norton fought the bout textbook. He wore down Young with ripping body shots and slowly took over and knocked Young down in 11th and 13th as it was clear that he was dominating late in the fight. Young did what he could, gave Norton the hardest win of his career, but didnt have the stamina to keep up with the high tempo and workrate combined with good skill of Norton..

Ken Norton improves to 32-3 (27) as his stamine once against proved to be extremely important. Jimmy Young did the best he could, but drops to 29-3 (10) and loses his IBO belt.

[Ric915]

Great bout and win for Norton

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Seems like Young did a pretty good job but those two knockdowns doomed him.

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Originally Posted by Jeff1787

Seems like Young did a pretty good job but those two knockdowns doomed him.

Yep, and also Nortons stamina seems to win him very many fights. He always wins the later rounds despite being the more active in the early ones. When Ali and Frazier retire he could become #2 in the division with only Foreman before him. This win was big for him.

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1976-02-21

Challenge Stadium, Perth, WA, Australia

Undercard

Rocky Salonoa 1-0 UD 6 Talent Ganeev 6-15-2 (1)
Pro debut for Salonoa.

Kallie Knoetzee 2-0 (1) TKO 4 Jope Koroi 14-28-1 (5)

Paddy Carmichael 13-10-1 UD 8 Tony Coyne 12-10-2 (4)

Danny Ashton 7-0 (5) TKO 5 Andy Jackson 2-4-1

Gerrie Coetzee 11-2 (10) KO 3 Reno Zurik 15-13-1 (3)

Main Event

Fonomanu Sekona 20-5 (14) KO 6 Ted Gray 15-4-3 (7)

Sekona wins vacant OPBF title.

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1976-02-28

Hanns-Martin Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart, Germany

Undercard

George Butzbach 1-0 UD 6 Eddie Lopez 0-1
Pro debut for both.

Lorenzo Zanon 10-2-1 (1) UD 8 Nicolas Buillon 5-3-4

Pedro Lovell 22-7 (19) KO 2 Kurt Luedecke 27-13-1 (15)

Main Event

Dante Cane 37-11 (30) vs Armando Zanini 24-5-1 (3)

12 rounds for the Italian heavyweight championship.

The fighters split the first two rounds before Zanini started winning the rounds. 2nd thru 5th were Zaninis. Canes harder punching won him rounds 6th and 8th, while Zanini grabbed 7th. 9th thru 11th were won by Canes harder punching and agressiveness. Both went at it in a close 12th. Scorecards read 114-114 even, 115-113 Zanini and 114-114 even.

The bout has been declared a draw.

Dante Cane goes to 37-11-1, Zanini to 24-5-2.

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1976-03-01 - NEWS

Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier VI will be held at Yankee Stadium

The ultimate tribute to the amazing careers of Muhammad Ali (50-3, 40 KOs) and Joe Frazier (35-5, 34 KOs) will be fought out in front of 72000 people at the legendary Yankee Stadium in New York. This seems like the perfect conclusion to a rivalry of the ages, and May 14th is already being anticipated with excitement.

Boone Kirkman to defend NABF title versus Kevin Isaac

Boone Kirkman (27-7, 19 KOs) will defend his NABF title on the undercard of Ali vs Frazier VI against young Kevin Isaac (16-1, 4 KOs) and will be the huge betting favourite against such an in experienced opponent.

Ken Norton agrees to face winner of Merritt-Avoth

Many had rumoured that the new IBO heavyweight champion of the world, Ken Norton (32-3, 27 KOs) would give the man he took the title from, Jimmy Young (29-3, 10 KOs) a rematch. That wont happen, at least not right now, as he has agreed to face the winner of the upcoming eliminator between Jeff Merritt (30-8, 24 KOs) and Commonwealth champ Dennis Avoth (26-7-4), a bout that will be fought on April 24th.

Major fights anno March 1976

6th - Earnie Shavers (28-2, 24 KOs) faces journeyman Ron Stander (22-6-2, 8 KOs) in the main event. Leroy Jones, Duane Bobick and Richard Dunn in action on the undercard.

13th - Gene Innocent (30-7, 20 KOs) and Joe Alexander (25-11-1, 14 KOs) clash in the main event. Mike Boswell will face Jose Luis Garcia in the Co-Feature. Lou Esa, Young Joe Louis, Tyrone Harlee and Michael Dokes is fighting on the undercard.

19th - Friday Night Fights, headlined by the much anticipated Mike Weaver (23-1, 20 KOs) vs Ron Lyle (23-1, 21 KOs) bout. Fred Houpe, Johnny Boudreaux and Trevor Berbick is facing opponents on the undercard.

27 - Card in Spain, headlined by a fight between Jose Urtain (22-8, 11 KOs) and Piermario Baruzzi (23-5, 17 KOs). ABU champ Mike Schutte (20-4-1, 15 KOs) take on Rudi Lubbers (22-6, 3 KOs) in the Co-Feature. Bernard Thebault and Marty Monroe is fighting on the undercard.

Retirements

Pedro Agosto (1966-1976) 28-12 with 19 KOs.

Agosto debuted in the pro ranks by being knocked out in the 1st round by Franco DePiccoli (33-9). Then he hit a streak of 15 wins including a decision versus Charlie Green (8-0) and a knockout against Hans Jørgen Jacobsen (9-0), before losing five of his next six Manfred Markgraf (15-1-1), Joe Bugner (6-0), Henry Clark (27-5-1), Ken Norton (8-0), Jack O'Halloran (18-2), Jan Lubbers (24-7), Buster Mathis (28-4) and Jerry Quarry (27-3) in one of the most amazing streaks in boxing history for a such obscure fighter. He got his chance to face Gregorio Peralta (35-11) for the LABA championship and lost a much disputed split decision. In his next bout he got a shot at IBF champ Al Lewis (27-1-2), but was brutally knocked out in the 1st. He got his big world title shot two years later against Muhammad Ali (45-3) but was stopped in the 1st again. He lost the last bout of his career against Jose Roman (27-9), whom he had beaten before, by decision.

Francios Dernier (1966-1976) 22-27-4 with 9 KOs.

Rudolf Stich (1967-1976) 10-33-3 with 3 KOs.

RING RANKINGS

CH - Muhammad Ali 50-3 (40)
1. Ken Norton 32-3 (27)
2. Joe Frazier 35-5 (34)
3. George Foreman 29-2 (29)
4. Earnie Shavers 28-2 (24)
5. Jimmy Young 29-3 (10)
6. Boone Kirkman 27-7 (19)
7. Joe Bugner 29-9 (19)
8. Jeff Merritt 30-8 (24)
9. Al Lewis 31-6-2 (17)
10. Mike Weaver 23-1 (20)

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1976-03-06

The Arena, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Undercard

Richard Dunn 28-13-3 (8) MD 8 Olo Potaka 20-17-3 (4)

Duane Bobick 13-1 (10) UD 8 Eric Saint-Louis 23-28-2 (6)

Leroy Jones 16-1-1 (3) UD 8 Viatcheslav Tupolev 18-18-1 (10)

Main Event

Earnie Shavers 28-2 (24) vs Ron Stander 22-6-2 (8)

10 rounds of boxing.

Both Earnie Shavers losses has come in title bouts. One against George Foreman (WBA) and one against Jimmy Young (IBO).

Round 1
Stander momentarily stuns Shavers with a left hook. He makes the mistake of headhunting as he is countered by two big hooks! Shavers wins an exchange at the end and then lands a violent combination. 10-9 Shavers

Round 2
Shavers hurts Stander with a wicked uppercut. Stander smothers Shavers again and again. 20-18 Shavers

Round 3
Standers agressiveness and workrate wins him the round. 29-28 Shavers

Round 4
Stander stuns Shavers with a big right. Shavers answers with a big cross. Shavers lands crushing blows but Stander remains upright somehow and has his moments aswell. Close round for Shavers. 39-37 Shavers

Round 5
Shavers lands a big cross to the chin and knocks Stander down!
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Stander manages to rise. 50 seconds left in the round. Shavers lands two hard uppercuts, but Stander remains upright and lands a right hand himself. 49-44 Shavers

Round 6
Shavers lands a big cross, but Stander answers with a right cross followed by an uppercut. Stander loads up on the hook and lands flush! Shavers answers by pounding Stander with a heavy hook to the body followed by three big shots up top! Stander gets inside and lands the hook. Stander lands a strong uppercut! 58-54 Shavers

Round 7
Shavers scores with a tremendous right to the body! Both are fighting on instinct as they look exhausted. Stander wins an exchange. Shavers lands a hard hook and then drives home a ripping body shot! Shavers comes in with the jab and follows it with a wicked cross and a big left hook that sends Stander down!
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Stander gets up but falls right back down! The referee has stopped the fight!!

Earnie Shavers TKO 7 Ron Stander

What a slugfest! Earnie Shavers improves to 29-2 (25) after having some surprising trouble against the tough Ron Stander who drops to 22-7-2 (8) after a fantastic effort.

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1976-03-13

Harrahs Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Michael Dokes 1-0-1 (1) TKO 5 Corazon Brigola 3-2

Kenny Ulrich 2-3-2 SD 6 Tyrone Harlee 1-1 (1)
Upset.

Wayne Taylor 8-5 (6) SD 8 Young Joe Louis 5-2-2 (3)
Another upset.

Dietmar Fassbinder 15-13-4 (4) UD 8 Lou Esa 4-2
And yet another upset.

Mike Boswell 23-5 (17) KO 1 Jose Luis Garcia 16-10-3 (10)

Gene Innocent 31-7 (21) TKO 9 Joe Alexander 25-12-1 (14)