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Cornell Nolan vs Ken Norton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Cornell Nolan

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Ken Norton

Cornell Nolan (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Nolan

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Cornell Nolan and Ken Norton have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.

Cornell Nolan and Ken Norton have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.
Met1968Dec 8Series
Cornell NolanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ken NortonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Nolan 1 · Norton 4 of 5 measurable rows
NolanNorton
Record†
0-142-7-1 (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 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
1
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
Cornell Nolan: No height on file
Ken Norton: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Cornell Nolan: No reach on file
Ken Norton: 80″
Agenot held
Cornell Nolan: No date of birth
Ken Norton: Died aged 70
Stance
Cornell Nolan: Not recorded
Ken Norton: Orthodox

Cornell Nolan 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
Cornell Nolan0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Cornell Nolan: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Nolan 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 — Cornell Nolan 1, Ken Norton 50 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Cornell Nolan last boxed on Dec 8, 1968 — 21,140 days ago. Nolan had lost the most recent, to Ken Norton.L

Norton Dec 1968

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 Cornell Nolan and Ken Norton ever fought each other?
Yes. Cornell Nolan and Ken Norton met once on December 8, 1968, and Ken Norton won by KO in round 6.
The meeting

LDec 8, 1968 · Norton · KO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nolan or Norton?
Cornell Nolan is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Nolan0–10%

Norton42–7–185%

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

Nolan0

Norton3378.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Nolan and Norton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cornell Nolan and Ken Norton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nolan and Norton?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Cornell Nolan and 50 bouts tracked for Ken Norton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nolan1bout

Norton50bouts

How They Win ↓

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