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Bob Mashburn vs Ken Norton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bob Mashburn

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Ken Norton

Bob Mashburn (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Ken Norton (42-7-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Mashburn

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Norton

42

Wins33 KO · 79%

7

Losses

1

Draw50 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Norton leads 1–0

Bob Mashburn and Ken Norton have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.

Bob Mashburn and Ken Norton have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.
Met1970Apr 7Series
Bob MashburnFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ken NortonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Mashburn 0 · Norton 6 of 6 measurable rows
MashburnNorton
Record†
0-542-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78.57%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—79%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.7
1.1
3.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
5
50

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Bob Mashburn: No height on file
Ken Norton: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Bob Mashburn: No reach on file
Ken Norton: 80″
Agenot held
Bob Mashburn: No date of birth
Ken Norton: Died aged 70
Stance
Bob Mashburn: Not recorded
Ken Norton: Orthodox

Bob Mashburn left, Ken Norton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bob Mashburn0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Bob Mashburn: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Mashburn yet.

Ken Norton42 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

Ken Norton: 42 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (79%) and 9 on the cards (21%). Counted from 50 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 79%9 on the cards 21%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Mashburn 5, Ken Norton 50 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Mashburn

Opponent

Norton

  • Bob Mashburn

    Loss, TKO 7

    1974

    HolmesEven

    Ken Norton

    Loss, SD

    1978

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bob Mashburn last boxed on Sep 21, 1974 — 19,025 days ago. Mashburn had lost five straight.LLLLL

Norton Apr 1970Lewis May 1971Williams Jul 1972Holmes May 1974Bonavena Sep 19741.1 tracked bouts per year

Ken Norton had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Gerry Cooney. Norton last boxed on May 11, 1981.WLDWL

Stephens Nov 1978Shavers Mar 1979LeDoux Aug 1979Cobb Nov 1980Cooney May 19813.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Mashburn and Ken Norton ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Mashburn and Ken Norton met once on April 7, 1970, and Ken Norton won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LApr 7, 1970 · Norton · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mashburn or Norton?
Bob Mashburn is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ken Norton is 42-7-1. Ken Norton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Mashburn0–50%

Norton42–7–185%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mashburn or Norton?
Bob Mashburn has 0 knockout wins and Ken Norton has 33. Ken Norton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mashburn0

Norton3378.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mashburn and Norton have any common opponents?
Bob Mashburn and Ken Norton share 1 common opponent: Larry Holmes. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Larry HolmesLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mashburn and Norton?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Bob Mashburn and 50 bouts tracked for Ken Norton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mashburn5bouts

Norton50bouts

How They Win ↓

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