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Duane Bobick vs Ken Norton

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Meetings on record

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Duane Bobick and Ken Norton met 0 times, on dates the sources do not establish.

SOURCE·Duane Bobick and Ken Norton — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026

How this head-to-head is established

  1. This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
  2. Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
  3. Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
  4. Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.

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Side by side

What both records stateAUG 2026
Duane BobickKen Norton
81.9″ (208 cm)Reach80″ (203.2 cm)
74.8″ (190 cm)Height75″ (190.5 cm)
+9.47%Reach advantage+6.67%
48–4Record42–7
88%Finish rate79%
—Longest unbeaten run15
—Recorded bouts49
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Both records, drawn

The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.

Duane Bobick

Ken Norton

196019701980win v Grady Brazell, 1967win v Cornell Nolan, 1968, kowin v Wayne Kindred, 1968, kowin v Jimmy Gilmore, 1968, kowin v Harold Dutra, 1968win v Sam Wyatt, 1968win v Julius Garcia, 1969, kowin v Gary Bates, 1969, kowin v Bill McMurray, 1969, kowin v Pedro Sanchez, 1969, kowin v Wayne Kindred, 1969, kowin v Joe Hemphill, 1969, kowin v Roby Harris, 1970, kowin v Chuck Leslie, 1970win v Roy Wallace, 1970, koloss v Jose Luis Garcia, 1970, kowin v Ray Junior Ellis, 1970, kowin v Bob Mashburn, 1970, kowin v Stamford Harris, 1970, kowin v Aaron Eastling, 1970, kowin v James J. Woody, 1971, decisionwin v Chuck Haynes, 1971, kowin v Vic Brown, 1971, kowin v Steve Carter, 1971, kowin v Charlie Reno, 1972, decisionwin v Henry Clark, 1972, kowin v James J. Woody, 1972win v Herschel Jacobs, 1972, decisionwin v Jack O'Halloran, 1972, decisionwin v Charlie Harris, 1972, koloss v Muhammad Ali, 1973, decisionwin v Boone Kirkman, 1974, koloss v George Foreman, 1974, kowin v Jose Luis Garcia, 1975, kowin v Jerry Quarry, 1975, kowin v Rico Brooks, 1975, koloss v Muhammad Ali, 1976, decisionwin v Larry Middleton, 1976, kowin v Ron Stander, 1976, kowin v Pedro Lovell, 1976, kowin v Jimmy Young, 1977, decisionwin v Lorenzo Zanon, 1977, kowin v Duane Bobick, 1977, kowin v Randy Stephens, 1978, koloss v Larry Holmes, 1978, decisiondraw v Scott LeDoux, 1979, drawloss v Earnie Shavers, 1979, kowin v Randall Cobb, 1980, decisionloss v Gerry Cooney, 1981, ko
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1967–1981
1970 1980 win vs Grady Brazell (1967)win vs Cornell Nolan (1968)win vs Wayne Kindred (1968)win vs Jimmy Gilmore (1968)win vs Harold Dutra (1968)win vs Sam Wyatt (1968)win vs Julius Garcia (1969)win vs Gary Bates (1969)win vs Bill McMurray (1969)win vs Pedro Sanchez (1969)win vs Wayne Kindred (1969)win vs Joe Hemphill (1969)win vs Roby Harris (1970)win vs Chuck Leslie (1970)win vs Roy Wallace (1970)loss vs Jose Luis Garcia (1970)win vs Ray Junior Ellis (1970)win vs Bob Mashburn (1970)win vs Stamford Harris (1970)win vs Aaron Eastling (1970)win vs James J. Woody (1971)win vs Chuck Haynes (1971)win vs Vic Brown (1971)win vs Steve Carter (1971)win vs Charlie Reno (1972)win vs Henry Clark (1972)win vs James J. Woody (1972)win vs Herschel Jacobs (1972)win vs Jack O'Halloran (1972)win vs Charlie Harris (1972)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1973)win vs Boone Kirkman (1974)loss vs George Foreman (1974)win vs Jose Luis Garcia (1975)win vs Jerry Quarry (1975)win vs Rico Brooks (1975)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1976)win vs Larry Middleton (1976)win vs Ron Stander (1976)win vs Pedro Lovell (1976)win vs Jimmy Young (1977)win vs Lorenzo Zanon (1977)win vs Duane Bobick (1977)win vs Randy Stephens (1978)loss vs Larry Holmes (1978)draw vs Scott LeDoux (1979)loss vs Earnie Shavers (1979)win vs Randall Cobb (1980)loss vs Gerry Cooney (1981)
winlossdraw / NC1967–1981

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