Have Jimmy Gilmore and Ken Norton ever fought each other?

Yes. Jimmy Gilmore and Ken Norton met once on March 26, 1968, and Ken Norton won by KO in round 7.

Who has the better record, Gilmore or Norton?

Jimmy Gilmore 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.

Who has more knockouts, Gilmore or Norton?

Jimmy Gilmore has 0 knockout wins and Ken Norton has 33. Ken Norton has more.

Do Gilmore and Norton have any common opponents?

Jimmy Gilmore and Ken Norton share 1 common opponent: Jimmy Young. Ken Norton fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gilmore and Norton?

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jimmy Gilmore and 50 bouts tracked for Ken Norton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Jimmy Gilmore vs Ken Norton — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Jimmy Gilmore

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Ken Norton

Jimmy Gilmore (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.

Gilmore

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Norton

Wins33 KO · 79%

Losses

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

Jimmy Gilmore and Ken Norton have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.
Met	1968Mar 26	Series
Jimmy GilmoreFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Ken NortonFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR7Norton vs Gilmore	1Meeting

Norton vs Gilmore · Mar 26, 1968

The Numbers

Gilmore 1 · Norton 5 of 6 measurable rows

GilmoreEdge = longer wingNorton

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 4: 2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3.7: 0.6
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: Jimmy Gilmore: No height on file; Ken Norton: 6′3″
Reachnot held: Jimmy Gilmore: No reach on file; Ken Norton: 80″
Agenot held: Jimmy Gilmore: No date of birth; Ken Norton: Died aged 70
Stance: Jimmy Gilmore: Not recorded; Ken Norton: Orthodox

Jimmy Gilmore 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

Jimmy Gilmore0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Gilmore yet.

Ken Norton42 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

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 — Jimmy Gilmore 5, Ken Norton 50 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Norton better on 11 shared · Ken Norton better on 1

GilmoreJimmy Gilmore

Opponent

NortonKen Norton

Jimmy Gilmore
Loss, PTS
1970Jun 1970
YoungJimmy YoungUnited States 35–18–3 · HeavyweightNorton betterKen Norton better — 1–0 to 0–1
Ken Norton
Win, SD
1977Nov 1977

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

Jimmy Gilmore last boxed on Feb 11, 1975 — 18,884 days ago. Gilmore had lost five straight.LLLLL

Foster Nov 1966Norton Mar 1968Young Jun 1970Jones Jul 1974Jones Feb 19750.6 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 Jimmy Gilmore and Ken Norton ever fought each other?: Yes. Jimmy Gilmore and Ken Norton met once on March 26, 1968, and Ken Norton won by KO in round 7.
Who has the better record, Gilmore or Norton?: Jimmy Gilmore 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.
Who has more knockouts, Gilmore or Norton?: Jimmy Gilmore has 0 knockout wins and Ken Norton has 33. Ken Norton has more.
Do Gilmore and Norton have any common opponents?: Jimmy Gilmore and Ken Norton share 1 common opponent: Jimmy Young. Ken Norton fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gilmore and Norton?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jimmy Gilmore and 50 bouts tracked for Ken Norton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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