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.
Joe Hemphill (0-3 across 3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Joe Hemphill vs Ken Norton — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Ken Norton leads 1–0- Ken Norton wonNorton vs HemphillFeb 11, 1969 · TKO · R3
The Numbers
- 0-3
- Record
- 42-7-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 85% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 33 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78.57%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 77%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 1 (edge)
- 0.3
- Bouts per year
- 4 (edge)
- 3
- Bouts tracked
- 54
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 80″ (203 cm)
- —
- Age
- 83
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJoe Hemphill · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Ken Norton · 44 wins
KO/TKO
34
Decision
10
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 and 54 respectively), 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
Joe Hemphill
LLL
L3 streak · last fought Feb 11, 1969
Ken Norton
LWDLW
L1 streak · last fought May 11, 1981
Common Questions
- Have Joe Hemphill and Ken Norton ever fought each other?
- Yes. Joe Hemphill and Ken Norton met once on February 11, 1969, and Ken Norton won by TKO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Joe Hemphill or Ken Norton?
- Joe Hemphill is 0-3 across the 3 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, Joe Hemphill or Ken Norton?
- Joe Hemphill has 0 knockout wins and Ken Norton has 33. Ken Norton has more.
- Do Joe Hemphill and Ken Norton have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Hemphill and Ken Norton have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Joe Hemphill and Ken Norton?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Joe Hemphill and 54 bouts tracked for Ken Norton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.