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.
Ken Norton (42-7-1) and Larry Middleton (2-5-1 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Ken Norton vs Larry Middleton — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Ken Norton leads 1–0- Ken Norton wonNorton vs MiddletonJul 10, 1976 · TKO
The Numbers
- 42-7-1 (edge)
- Record
- 2-5-1
- 85% (edge)
- Win %
- 31.3%
- 33 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 78.57%
- KO rate
- —
- 77% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 50%
- 4
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.7
- 54
- Bouts tracked
- 8
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
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- Height
- —
- 80″ (203 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 83
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyKen Norton · 44 wins
KO/TKO
34
Decision
10
Other
0
Larry Middleton · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (54 and 8 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Ken Norton
LWDLW
L1 streak · last fought May 11, 1981
Larry Middleton
LLDWL
L2 streak · last fought Jul 10, 1976
Common Questions
- Have Ken Norton and Larry Middleton ever fought each other?
- Yes. Ken Norton and Larry Middleton met once on July 10, 1976, and Ken Norton won by TKO.
- Who has the better record, Ken Norton or Larry Middleton?
- Ken Norton is 42-7-1 and Larry Middleton is 2-5-1 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. 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, Ken Norton or Larry Middleton?
- Ken Norton has 33 knockout wins and Larry Middleton has 1. Ken Norton has more.
- Do Ken Norton and Larry Middleton have any common opponents?
- Ken Norton and Larry Middleton share 2 common opponents: Jerry Quarry and Jack O'Halloran. Ken Norton fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ken Norton and Larry Middleton?
- This comparison is drawn from 54 bouts tracked for Ken Norton and 8 bouts tracked for Larry Middleton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.