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Boxer Ken Norton, Heavyweight Who Broke Ali’s Jaw,passes on at 70 in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS

Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who shocked the boxing world in 1973 when he became the second man to beat Muhammad Ali in a fight, died Wednesday at a local care facility. He was 70.

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