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Ken Norton vs Pedro Sanchez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ken Norton

Pedro Sanchez

Ken Norton (42-7-1) and Pedro Sanchez (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Norton

42

Wins33 KO · 79%

7

Losses

1

Draw50 tracked bouts

Sanchez

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Ken Norton and Pedro Sanchez have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.

Ken Norton and Pedro Sanchez have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.
Met1969Mar 31Series
Ken NortonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Pedro SanchezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Norton 5 · Sanchez 1 of 6 measurable rows
NortonSanchez
Record†
42-7-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
85% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 33
33 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
78.57%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
79%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.7
3.7 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
2

† 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
Ken Norton: 6′3″
Pedro Sanchez: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ken Norton: 80″
Pedro Sanchez: No reach on file
Agenot held
Ken Norton: Died aged 70
Pedro Sanchez: No date of birth
Stance
Ken Norton: Orthodox
Pedro Sanchez: Not recorded

Ken Norton left, Pedro Sanchez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Pedro Sanchez0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Pedro Sanchez: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sanchez yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ken Norton 50, Pedro Sanchez 2 — 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

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

Pedro Sanchez last boxed on Aug 29, 1994 — 11,739 days ago. Sanchez had lost two straight.LL

Norton Mar 1969Tszyu Aug 19940.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ken Norton and Pedro Sanchez ever fought each other?
Yes. Ken Norton and Pedro Sanchez met once on March 31, 1969, and Ken Norton won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

WMar 31, 1969 · Norton · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Norton or Sanchez?
Ken Norton is 42-7-1 and Pedro Sanchez is 0-2 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Norton42–7–185%

Sanchez0–20%

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

Norton3378.6%

Sanchez0

The Numbers ↓
Do Norton and Sanchez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ken Norton and Pedro Sanchez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Norton and Sanchez?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Ken Norton and 2 bouts tracked for Pedro Sanchez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Norton50bouts

Sanchez2bouts

How They Win ↓

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