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Ken Norton vs Vic Brown — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ken Norton

Vic Brown

Ken Norton (42-7-1) and Vic Brown (0-7 across 7 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

Brown

Tracked record

0–7

counted from 7 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 Vic Brown have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.

Ken Norton and Vic Brown have met 1 time; Norton leads 1–0.
Met1971Jun 12Series
Ken NortonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Vic BrownFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Norton 5 · Brown 0 of 5 measurable rows
NortonBrown
Record†
42-7-1 (edge)0-7
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‡levelmax 4
4
4
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.7
3.7 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
7

† 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″
Vic Brown: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ken Norton: 80″
Vic Brown: No reach on file
Agenot held
Ken Norton: Died aged 70
Vic Brown: No date of birth
Stance
Ken Norton: Orthodox
Vic Brown: Not recorded

Ken Norton left, Vic Brown 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%

Vic Brown0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Vic Brown: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Brown yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ken Norton 50, Vic Brown 7 — 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

Vic Brown last boxed on Aug 21, 1971 — 20,148 days ago. Brown had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Anderson Mar 1967Chuvalo Sep 1968Terrell Apr 1971Norton Jun 1971Patterson Aug 19711.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ken Norton and Vic Brown ever fought each other?
Yes. Ken Norton and Vic Brown met once on June 12, 1971, and Ken Norton won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

WJun 12, 1971 · Norton · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Norton or Brown?
Ken Norton is 42-7-1 and Vic Brown is 0-7 across the 7 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%

Brown0–70%

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

Norton3378.6%

Brown0

The Numbers ↓
Do Norton and Brown have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ken Norton and Vic Brown have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Norton and Brown?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Ken Norton and 7 bouts tracked for Vic Brown. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Norton50bouts

Brown7bouts

How They Win ↓

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