Shavers punches reddened Norton's face!

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  1. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Just watched this fight for the first time in awhile earlier tonight. Not much of a fight actually, I read in Shaver's book that he told Norton at a press conference a few weeks before the fight "KENNY, I'M GONNA DESTROY YOU!" and Norton was visibly intimidated. Well Earnie was right and the only time I ever saw a Black guy's face get reddened without being cut. I can see why he's considered the hardest puncher in history.
     
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    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah it was premature, if Norton was gonna be taken to the morgue after the ring, u dumb cocksucker.
     
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  3. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Norton had that fight. He was in good shape, never in any real danger.
     
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  4. the cobra

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    Shavers punched the mustache off Norton.
     
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  5. the cobra

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    That "source" enough for you? :-(


    *sigh*...I guess now you have to post up a picture of some poor, lost, mustacheless soul grieving with his two young children in the middle of the road just to please the cold-hearted sumsabitches 'round these parts. :verysad It makes me ill. Violently ill. So violently ill that...that I...that I just want to punch someone's mustache off!
     
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  6. Theron

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    :lol:
     
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  7. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Norton went down twice, and said in his bio Going the Distance that Mills Lane rightfully stopped the fight.
    I do agree that Norton should have had a rematch with Holmes, I have a Big Book of Boxing from 79, and Ali actually picked Norton to beat Holmes in a rematch. Unfortunately Shavers prevented that, too much raw power for Norton, couldnt fight backing up. they could have fought 10 times and if Ken even made it to the 3rd round I'd be suprised. The only worse opponent than Shavers would have been Sonny Liston or David Tua, I'm not including Foreman or Cooney.
     
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  8. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    It is. It absolutely is.

    He wrote about it, you know? How it affected him and all. It's one of the various stories he covers in that book of his, "The Night Earnie Shavers Punched the Mustache Off my Face & Other Stories."

    Quality, quality writing in that one. A tear-ripper.
     
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  9. PowerPuncher

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    **** a punch in the face caused his face to be flushed?
     
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  10. blacktopbully

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    what made this fight different then many of shavers is the use of the left hand shavers didn't just go right hand happy once norton was hurt he kept throwing lefts with it and was landing the lefts too
     
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  11. salsanchezfan

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    I thought it was a credible performance from Norton, considering he had two children growing out of his legs at the time.
     
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  12. Stevie G

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    Norton was on '***** Street' The stoppage was a good call.


    The previous year,Holmes beat Shavers (easily) and Norton (closely) so we all wanted to see Norton have the rematch,but there was no conspiracy afoot in order to grant him one. Ken was starched - End of !
     
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  13. Absolutely!

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    It wasn't the moustache, that's an urban myth. Ref noticed one of Norton's sideburns had been knocked askew, freaked out, and stopped the fight. Norton's moustache was never in any danger that night.
     
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  14. Jorodz

    Jorodz watching Gatti Ward 1... Full Member

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    absolutely true...which is why he began studying the mystic powers of the orient to gain new weapons to protect his stache

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    unfortunately, it didn't work...

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  15. Saintpat

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    Little-known fact: Norton was suspended for 90 days when it was discovered he had used an illegal adhesive to attach the mustache.

    It was a fake mustache, and the adhesive was a mustache-enhancing substance.
     
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