Ali/Norton 3: Horrendous Robbery ?

I guess I'm in the minority on this, because I thought the fight could have gone either way.

Norton didn't exactly set the world on fire that night, and allowed Ali to steal a number of rounds that he could have banked simply by being more active. Also, while his punches were heavier, they didn't really affect Ali all that much, so I'm not inclined to give them greater worth than any of the punches that the champion.

So, while the result is open to debate, it's hardly comparable to highway robberies like Whitaker-Ramirez 1, or Escarlera-Everett, in my opinion.

 

What was a bigger injustice in a major heavyweight title fight, was it Ali's narrow points win over Norton at Yankee Stadium in 1976 or when Lewis and Holyfield fought to a 12 round draw in Vegas later on in 1999???
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Ken got shafted, i hate corrupt judging.

 

Yes it was a robbery and the police are still after the judges.

 

yeah it was the end of the era with the big matches coming to an end.

beating shavers probably did leapfrog him, well it di do but probably deservedly so.

 

Norton clearly won... I'm not sure how anybody can disagree with that. Was it the worst decision I've ever seen... no.. was it obvious to Ali and most everybody Norton won.. yes

 

the worst decision I've ever seen personally is lara v williams. at one point I was fearing for williams health taking blow after blow cleanly, astounded at the decision, even the draw card, couldn't believe it.

heard some people say oquendo v byrd is a robbery but I actually disagree with that one, I scored it for Byrd.

 

I scored it for Byrd too. :good

 

:happy I thought i was going mad because I'd heard people say fres should have won a shut out and it's the worst decision they'd seen but when scoring it I felt Byrd won more rounds.

 

It's because the general forum is full of Byrd-haters, so they always want to discredit him.

 

This was not a robbery. A few of the top officials that scored this bout, had it for Ali. I talked to both Mercante and Lederman after this bout and they had no trouble with there decision.

referee: Arthur Mercante 8-6-1 Ali
judge: Harold Lederman 8-7 Ali
judge: Barney Smith 8-7 Ali

Unofficial AP scorecard - 9-6 Ali
Unofficial UPI scorecard - 8-7 Norton

I have talked to many people that saw the bout live and several say they had Norton winning and several had it for Ali, But almost everyone had it close, so it was no robbery.

 

it's weird, but I find him the best stylistic HW I've watched. Evading punches at close range like that is amazing.

I think in the pocket defence is my favourite style.

 

I recently gave it to Ken by a point...I can't call that a robbery.