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

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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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