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Gary Bates vs Ken Norton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Gary Bates

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Ken Norton

Gary Bates (0-4 across 4 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.

Bates

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Gary Bates and Ken Norton have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.

Gary Bates and Ken Norton have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.
Met1969Jul 25Series
Gary BatesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Ken NortonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Bates 1 · Norton 5 of 6 measurable rows
BatesNorton
Record†
0-442-7-1 (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
3 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.7
0.4
3.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
4
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
Gary Bates: No height on file
Ken Norton: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Gary Bates: No reach on file
Ken Norton: 80″
Agenot held
Gary Bates: No date of birth
Ken Norton: Died aged 70
Stance
Gary Bates: Not recorded
Ken Norton: Orthodox

Gary Bates 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
Gary Bates0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Gary Bates: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Bates 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 — Gary Bates 4, Ken Norton 50 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Bates

Opponent

Norton

  • Gary Bates

    Loss, KO 4

    1978

    CooneyEven

    Ken Norton

    Loss, TKO 1

    1981

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

Gary Bates last boxed on Feb 11, 1978 — 17,781 days ago. Bates had lost four straight.LLLL

White Jul 1968Norton Jul 1969Lyle Jun 1971Cooney Feb 19780.4 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 Gary Bates and Ken Norton ever fought each other?
Yes. Gary Bates and Ken Norton met once on July 25, 1969, and Ken Norton won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LJul 25, 1969 · Norton · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bates or Norton?
Gary Bates is 0-4 across the 4 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 %

Bates0–40%

Norton42–7–185%

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

Bates0

Norton3378.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bates and Norton have any common opponents?
Gary Bates and Ken Norton share 1 common opponent: Gerry Cooney. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Gerry CooneyLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bates and Norton?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Gary Bates and 50 bouts tracked for Ken Norton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bates4bouts

Norton50bouts

How They Win ↓

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