@moemann37 really? you are obviously clueless about boxing. Shavers was destroyed by little Jerry Quarry in one round. Lyle get destroyed by Cooney and Frazier is simply to small to compete was big skilled fighters like the Klitschkos. Learn something about boxing.
@whitetornado52 lol u mad? atleast my mom cares about me. No one ever cared about you. So you go on the internet trying to troll. But hey, you fail at trolling.
@DogSoldier999isback 5 losses in over 100 fights most of them flukes. Nobody wins all the time in that many fights. Shut up wigger jerk. The Klitschkos are the very best and neither has lost a fight in 8 years.
I remember watching this fight, they interviewed Bobick after and he was crying in his dressing room saying he was a "slow starter". Man he got fucked up.
Strange what you remember from watching fights like this live. Bobick came into the ring wearing some strange ivy or holly wreath around his neck, over his robe. Don't know the significance but it sure wasn't lucky.
Bobick was unfairly judged by this one fight. Norton and Frazier both got taken out in two by Foreman, and Norton would know what it was to go out in one when he fought Shavers and Cooney.
Hey, this video has 38 likes and 0 dislikes. 38-0 was Bobick's record before this nightmare, wasn't it?
Never seen an overhand punch work so well as when Norton used it here. Guess you have to be fighting a taller opponent for it to be effective, especially when you nail someone on the windpipe, as Duane admitted after the fight. He never got his wind back after being slugged in the throat. Begged my mom to stay up late on a school night to watch this, went to bed early anyway, darnit!
@sportshistorybuff I've been hearing this "punched in the throat" stuff for YEARS! In the slo-mo replay, it doesn't even look like het got in the throat until about the 5:29 mark or maybe the uppercut at 6:20. Either way his ass was grass LONG before that because just about everything Norton hit him with up to then was on the jaw, on the chin, or on the side of the head.
@Odawg96 Just read the BS in Wikipedia; probably written by Bobick. It was a punch to the damn HEAD! Nice to see him with his father. BTW, did you hear that Ron Lyle died today?
He was actually a good fighter. He beat Larry Holmes and Mike Weaver as an amateur and KO'd Weaver as a pro. He should have been a little more careful with Norton, though.
From the time Norton landed his 1st overhand right at 5:00, I counted at leat 5 additional, unobstructed haymaker rights to put Bobick out. And that's not counting the uppercuts and left hooks that also hit the mark in between.
I never though of Norton as a KO artist, but a man like that size hitting you with all he has so many times..... has to say something about Bobicks chin, no?
In his prime, Norton was awsome, especially against slow starters - you give him half a chance he'd take your head off. He damaged Ali in the fights they shared.
Bundini Brown told Ali that the "Man" wanted to give the Title to a 'White Boy" so Ali backed out of Bobick and took on Ernie Shavers instead. Nice move Bundini
Bobick tells the ref that he is alright but there was no way he could have continued, good stoppage as he could have been seriously injured if it continued. Besides, it didn't look like he beat the count anyway.
I remember watching this fight on NBC's pri me time in 1977, when great fights could be seen on over the air broadcasts. Was looking forward to a long evening of boxing. BTW, whatever happened to Bobick, he was considered a top contender before this fight, then just disappeared afterwards?
@kirkindog He was 38-0 coming in but built that record against a bunch of nobodies. After this fight, he knocked out a few guys but got knocked out himself by every good fighter he met. Guess he finally figured out he couldn't take a punch. Too bad, he had pretty decent power but was a slow starter.
I still remember being disappointed by this fight. We all should have known from his Olympic fight against Stevenson.
Bobick was caught early, just like Norton was against Shavers, Foreman, Cooney and an unknown, earlier in his career. My memory of this fight was that Bobick had a glass chin. Rewatching it, I'm surprised at how many clean, very devastating punches Bobick took before going down. In contrast, Shavers hit Norton with fewer punches (so did Cooney) and Norton folded.
Haven't seen this fight since it aired, I remember those overhand rights by Norton vividly. I know today we have the big megafights with Pacman and Floyd but boxing just seems more glamorous then. I mean, a fight lke this today would be so under the radar for most people. But this was prime time (on a weeknight if I recall) and remember my dad inviting several friends to watch this
Bobick was a good fighter, if you look at his record he fought a lot of the same guys as Norton, Lyle ect, & kayoed them sooner. He would have done very well against a 1978 Ali, I rest my case with Leon Spinks.
I remember watching this fight and the following week SNL did a skit on this fight. They showed the fight with a guys voiceover saying something to the effect of "I'm Duane Bobick, please help white guys from getting beat up by black guys". It was a funny skit, although I don't think Bobick enjoyed it at the time.
@MAGIUN1 - Norton took a better shot than people give him credit for. Remember, he lost to Foreman, Shavers and Cooney, three of the hardest hitters ever. And two of those were at the end of his career. But Kenny wasn't that great at backing up, and I think prime vs. prime Liston would have beaten him. But if Kenny survived early and hurt Liston, there's a chance Sonny's confidence would have cracked, and with it, Ken may have beat him.
@zenmachinefilms I love Kenny Norton, but he wouldn't have stood a chance with Liston. Don't let Sonny's fights with Ali fool you. Sonny was old and he was indeed facing the greatest fighter of all time at his very best. Now, in my opinion, a prime Jerry Quarry and Ron Lyle would have beaten Ken. As for Gerry Cooney, to me he was an overrated slob with a punch that was shit against living breathing fighters. A prime Norton would have left Cooney shit-stained.
@MAGIUN1 prime Liston would MURDER prime Norton! Prime Cleveland Williams got smashed by Liston in 2 rounds, so NO HOPE for Norton! It would be a massacre!
GREAT job by the ref, not only seeing Bobick barely beat the count, but better yet rushing in at the last second to keep Bobick from taking another haymaker.
Man, how times have changed, back then it was almost a given a white fighter would have his ass handed to him such as Bobick. Now fast forward 2010, it White European men dominating boxing from 154 lbs to heavyweight. Not bragging look at who the champs are. Times change.
Bobick had almost everything a heavyweight could want: power (his KO to wins ratio was similar to Marciano's), height, reach and bulk. The one thing he lacked was a chin. This fight couldn't really have gone any other way but a first round KO by either man in retrospect. Notice the swipe at Eddie Futch. Futch was Norton's trainer up to the first Ali fight. As he himself said, "After he broke Ali's jaw, I became expendable." A mistake imo.
Awesome win for Norton, especially as he was considered a slow starter, and was coming off the loss to Ali that a lot of people thought he won.
At the time a lot of guys didn't want to fight Bobick. He had been a great amateur with wins over Larry Holmes and Teofilio Stevenson, and was unbeaten as a pro. But people who say Ali was afraid of him are absurd. Ali wasn't afraid of anyone.
God, he sucked, why the hell didnt he try to clinch ? or at least covering up or something, just standing there, hands down, taking the punches flush.
@BringerOfTheTruth Not really, the guy was really hurt by that first overhand right and he was pretty much out of it then. It is amazing he didn't go down sooner than he did. But, I think I posted on this fight before about Bobick, he was a good fighter who was strong and he had some power but he didn't have good defensive skills and he couldn't take a punch well and his shortcomings were exposed at the very upper level of the sport.
Everyone behold this little Klit fanboy who has about 6 accounts and talks to them as though they were different people. He claims to be as big as Vitali and have a bacground in MMA but when offered a plane ticket and a boxing match for money he fags out and blocks me. What a chump.
It is a fact that Ali backed out of a contracted fight with Bobick. He was past it and picking hias fights carefully at that point and didn't want to fight Duane.
@ebeneezzer true ali handpicked his fights but he still fought all the top contenders and can't be accused of ducking anyone. he fought ernie shavers in 1977
@hamke37 Ali fought Foreman under questionable circumstances in the Congo - myself I thought George was set up and he wasn't too smart about how he fought - allowed himself to be played out and exhausted. Ali managed to outfox him, not outbox him. And then of course there was absolutely no talk whatsoever of a Ali-Foreman rematch - I honestly think George would have killed Ali had there been a rematch. Ali never really ducked anyone but he did pick the time and location of his fights carefully
@theskeptic2010 Foreman wasn't the same after Manila. I really doubt that the pre-Manila Foreman would have gone life and death with Ron Lyle like George did in 75. And obviously the loss to Jimmy Young makes it all moot.
Bobick was a good strong fighter who just couldn't take a punch and his defense was lacking and his limitations, which didn't show up verses lessor compeition coming up, were exposed at the very highest level of the heavyweight division.
Anyone can get caught and knocked out early and people put Bobick down for this, his biggest fight, but forget that the same thing happened to Norton against Earnie Shavers and Gerry Cooney and Shavers was knocked out by Jerry Quarry in one round .
Bobbick was an excellent amatuer but mediocre as a pro. The future of american heavyweight boxing is a 16-year old high school sophomore named Bobby McCarthy. A hulking 6-2 and 250lbs. of solid muscle. Norton was a very articulate and classy fellow.
Norton was the best heavyweight in the world at this time and this was an "elimination" match for a WBA and/or WBC title shot. For the first 26 fights in his pro career, Bobick had the same manager as Ron Lyle and then signed with Joe Frazier.
Joe obviously wanted to groom a fighter to defeat Ali...but this dream was over in less than a minute. Bobick was a class act and a true role model for youngsters...it's a shame that his pro career did not come close to his brilliant time as an amateur.
You got it, bro. In fact, Ali would have dug the 6-foot hole with his left jab; buried Bobick with a straight right; and then covered him with about thirty to forty unanswered punches while Bobick fell into his new bed of dirt. White pussies (and I'm white) like Gerry Cooney and Duane Bobick gave true tested warriors like Jerry Quarry a bad name. And Quarry was VERY much respected by all black fighters because he knew how to fight and he feared no man.
Hey homie and I am Black. You got it wrong about Gerry Cooney and Duane Bobick. They were both good fighters buth they just came around at a time when the heavy weight division was tough. And Jerry Quarry was a tough man. Later homie.
@tracydukeplump you're right, bro. Cooney especially really could fight. Coming up a little short vs Holmes is understandable. Holmes was great, and I'd like to watch a fight with you
@TheChuckstervinniegu Cooney was OVERRATED............All he did was beat up 70's HW (Young, Lyle, Norton). That was the ONLY names on his record.....And then Holmes beat his ass, and he stunk after that.....Geez, MICHAEL SPINKS knocked him out!!!!
Somebody said Ali was afraid of Bobick? Hahahahah!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!! Ali fought everybody and ducked no one! Liston, Foreman, Frazier, Ron Lyle, Norton, Earnie Shavers, Quarry, etc. How many of the guys I just listed would Bobick have beaten??? Still LMAO!!!!! Too funny!!
I think Bobick could have beaten Lyle and Quarry. After all, Lyle did lose to Gerry Cooney and only gained a split decision against Scott LeDoux The rest...doubtful.
Bobick did beat a young Mike Weaver & LeDoux. Those were the only pro fighters of note he ever beat.
OK "Broadjumper," listen to me. Put the water bong down for a minute and listen. Ron Lyle was this side of the graveyard when Cooney fought him. Lyle would have slammed Bobick into a bed of daisies. And Jerry Quarry was the best heavyweight who never won a title. He gave Joe Frazier hell in their first fight, held his own to Ali in their first fight, and beat everyone else that no one wanted to fight. Jerry would have chopped him down like a tree.
Tell me, do you ALWAYS lead with your ass? Guess you never learned the fine art of discussion and debate, only how to argue, only to prove you're a flaming asshole...
Look, I don't know if you're Lyle or Quarrie's, relative, ex-lover or former accountant, but if they mean that much to ya, by all means think what you want. However, if you actually want to convince someone of the opinion you hold, try being at least rational instead of a loudmouthed moron, I'm just sayin'
If ali was thee ass kicker he portrayed himself to be, WHY DID HE DUCK VIET NAM. ALSO IF HE WAS THE ALL TIME GREATEST HE WANTED EVERY KNOW NOTHING ON THE PLANET TO BELIEVE HE WAS, WHY WAS HE A WALKING VEGETABLE BEFORE HIS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY,AFTERALL THE REFEREE WARNS EVERY BOXER AT LEAST ONE TIME IN EVERY FIGHT TO ''PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES'' ALI'S DEFENSE OR LACK THEREOF COST HIM HIS LIFE.
one of my favorite heavyweights ever.....love nortons style, slickness and the way he put punches together.....seem like he had a good attitued. very underratted heavyweight in my opinion
Not only is Norton underrated as a boxer but also as an all around athlete. Unlike other boxers he probably could have been a great professional at multiple of other sports. And he seems like a good all around guy out of the ring. Its too bad that he wasn't more well known then he was.
Supposedly the knockout blow struck the carotid sinus on the side of the neck, not the jaw. Good that the ref stopped it when he did; we don't need another Paret.
bobick obviously has never been taught how to defend against a right hand, he was hit by 3 clean rights right from the off, then the 4th right stunned him then it was over and he was hit by even more clean rights
Ok there's the unbeaten record and obviously the fact that he was white but why was there so much hype surrounding Bobick? The guy looks like a last minute substitute that the promoter has had and drag out from the crowd in desperation to save the show.
Aside from being a "great white hope", Bobick was the '71 Pan-American Games Heavyweight champion (beating Stevenson), the '71 National AAU Heavyweight Champion and the '72 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion as a amateur. In reality, he never got a title shot. Had he beaten Norton, he probably would have.
The first fight was a clear Norton win -- that it was a split decision was weird, especially as the fight occurred in Norton's hometown. The third fight, Norton possibly did win, but could've put more into the last two or three rounds to make it a truly decisive decision in his favor. Had he done that, he would've gotten the decision. His corner told him before the last round to coast, erroneously believing him way ahead. I've always thought the second fight, however, was a clear Ali win.
Great win for Norton. Awesome KO when some said his career was over.
Some people didn't want to fight Bobick. He was a great amateur who had knocked down and beaten Cuban great Teófilo Stevenson, and started his pro career in impressive fashion. But one of his managers said he often wouldn't train, and mentally he kept himself from being a champion.
No, Ali wasn't afraid of him. Ali wasn't afraid of anyone. But give Norton credit for this great win, either way.
I remember watching the Tonight show with Johnny Carson the day after this fight and Johnnys opening line was that Duane Bobick was closing his self defense schools.
Ali fights Liston twice, Friazier three times, George Foreman, Earnie Shavers, and many more in that league, but was afraid of BOBICK!? Now that's funny!
@munchkiecocoa That may not be totally true. I read somewhere that Ali was actually a little afraid of Liston going in. He overcame that with taunts and by that Liston was intimidated. Not totally sure that is true and I don't guess we will ever know everything.
I am pretty certain Ali was not afraid of Bobick, though.
"Bobick was highly rated enough for Ali to back out of a signed contract to fight him. According to MSG matchmaker Teddy Brenner, Ali bought into the hype surrounding Bobick and suddenly thought better of facing him."
You're a fool if you think Ali was afraid of Bobick. That's just plain ignorance.
@jjosephdubya No, it makes perfect sense. I mean he wasnt afraid of fighting George Foreman who had destroyed a generation of boxers, but he sure was afraid to fight Bobick, who everyone knows was much better than big george (sarcasm)
@jjosephdubya No shit! Whoever said Ali was afraid of Bobick should be put in a hospital for indelible cerebral damage. Ali feared no man. NO man. And Bobick wasn't even a man. He was worse than even Gerry Cooney, and that's bad!!! Two major league disgraces to the world of boxing. Kenny should have made the fight last longer just to punish the impotent fuck!
@jjosephdubya Actually, he WANTED to fight Bobick......He didn't want to fight NORTON again.....Supposedly the winner of this match was supposed to fight Ali.....Ali was rooting FOR Bobick.......
Bobick was highly rated enough for Ali to back out of a signed contract to fight him. According to MSG matchmaker Teddy Brenner, Ali bought into the hype surrounding Bobick and suddenly thought better of facing him.
Gotta feel sorry for Kenny, though. This was one of many eliminators he fought for a 4th shot at Ali, but never did get him in the ring again. Interesting he's introduced here as the uncrowned heavyweight champ, in light of the scandalous decision at Yankee stadium.
He murdered Bobbick. Strange the Bobbick was able to beat Holmes in the Olympics. By the way, what comes around goes around. Norton ended up looking like Bobbick against Shavers later.
bobick was pan am champion, and in his amateur career beat larry holmes and teofilo stevenson, so anyone who says he sucks can just suck themselves. he was a good fighter.
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Bobick blew whale dick as a fighter. Amateur fighting is just that--amateur fighting. Professional prizefighting poses a gaping difference between Olympic fighting as does playing doctor as a kid and gaining certification.
Norton in his prime! Shame he wasn't that animated when he faced Foreman! Ref stopped just in time, Duane was totally out on his feet, would have been smashed.
Bobick could have been a great contender,he looked like he went in there to take nortons best shots and very nearly did the ref should have let him carry on.
Actually, no. Norton had trouble with super-punchers like Shavers, Foreman, Cooney (newsflash: that's why they were called KO artists) but against moderate punchers he did well enough. Not worse than most other top-ranked HW of the 60s-70s. Quarry, who had a win over tough Ron Lyle, hit Norton with a lot of hard shots for instance, and he took him and stopped Jerry. He also went the distance 3 times with The Great One, the man who knocked out Liston and Foreman.
Jerry Quarry was a truly shot fighter when Kenny Nioton got to him. Why do you think the Norton people not only wanted to fight Jerry in the twilight of his career, and even then called him for the fight with only 18 days notice? And still Jerry hurt Norton several times. The Quarry of 1973 would have KO'd Norton.
Kenny Norton exposed Duane Bobick for what he was--a slob. A slob of shit who fought handicapped fighters like Gerry Cooney did years later. And, Kenny threw that overhand right from across the street and blindfolded at that. The Norton camp was much too kind in their assessment of Bobick. Duane Bobick should have been working the concession stand that night instead of pretending to be a boxer at any level.
Wow...let me guess. You've spent NO time in the ring, have you? Armchair warriors like you are always the harshest critics. Glove up and earn some trade in the ring for a few years, Sweetheart, then we'll see how quick you are with titles like "slob of shit."
My answer to that, umm, feeble attempt at a retort of yours is, keep asking yourself as your YouTube name suggests: "Where is my mind?" "Where is my mind?" "Where is my mind?" When you find it, you'll realize that you too are a slob of shit like your apparent girlfriend Duane Bobick.
i take the Cooney was a bum comment back. It occurred to me that a lot of these guys are alive. Who know whose reading what? Cooney's son or sister, whatever, and I guess that extends to a lot of former good boxers out there.
I think it four years later to the day that Norton, who was past his prime, was then put away in similar fashion by the then reigning "white hope" Gerry Cooney.
Maybe I could teach U something, I give it to u i did teach me about Quarry knocking Shavers out!
moemann37 1 week ago
White Tornado I'm calling u Bert Have u ever competed in a match ? Train 8to 10 hours a day? run 6 to 8 miles a day?
moemann37 1 week ago
Bert Sugar! U gave some true facts, as far as me being clueless about boxing not true @ all. Boxing is my pure passion.
moemann37 1 week ago
I doubt it!
Ali would dance circles around em.Shavers would rock their world Ron Lyle would too and Smokin Joe What???!
moemann37 2 weeks ago
@moemann37 really? you are obviously clueless about boxing. Shavers was destroyed by little Jerry Quarry in one round. Lyle get destroyed by Cooney and Frazier is simply to small to compete was big skilled fighters like the Klitschkos. Learn something about boxing.
whitetornado52 1 week ago
@whitetornado52 get back @ me Bert !
moemann37 1 week ago
I never commented on this fight mrroyal
drmbowen 2 months ago
The Klitschkos would destroy Norton
whitetornado52 2 months ago
@whitetornado52 the suck
DogSoldier999isback 1 month ago
@DogSoldier999isback they*
DogSoldier999isback 1 month ago
@DogSoldier999isback you suck wigger
whitetornado52 1 month ago
@whitetornado52 the klitschko brothers are the two biggest pussies I have ever seen
DogSoldier999isback 1 month ago
@DogSoldier999isback the klitschko brothers would chew you up and spit you out including your mothers nigger ass. Wigger jackass.
whitetornado52 1 month ago
@whitetornado52 lol u mad? atleast my mom cares about me. No one ever cared about you. So you go on the internet trying to troll. But hey, you fail at trolling.
DogSoldier999isback 1 month ago
@DogSoldier999isback Klitschkos rule. End of story jerk
whitetornado52 1 month ago
@whitetornado52 Look at their losses lmao
DogSoldier999isback 1 month ago
@DogSoldier999isback 5 losses in over 100 fights most of them flukes. Nobody wins all the time in that many fights. Shut up wigger jerk. The Klitschkos are the very best and neither has lost a fight in 8 years.
whitetornado52 1 month ago
@whitetornado52 Just look at some '70 bosers record. Spot the difference.
DogSoldier999isback 1 month ago
@DogSoldier999isback the Klitschkos would have destroyed the smaller fighters of the seventies
whitetornado52 4 weeks ago
You look like Duane Bobick...after one round with Norton.....fuck happened to you?...
crusader037972 4 months ago
I remember watching this fight, they interviewed Bobick after and he was crying in his dressing room saying he was a "slow starter". Man he got fucked up.
nagone11 5 months ago
Strange what you remember from watching fights like this live. Bobick came into the ring wearing some strange ivy or holly wreath around his neck, over his robe. Don't know the significance but it sure wasn't lucky.
Bobick was unfairly judged by this one fight. Norton and Frazier both got taken out in two by Foreman, and Norton would know what it was to go out in one when he fought Shavers and Cooney.
sportshistorybuff 5 months ago
Hey, this video has 38 likes and 0 dislikes. 38-0 was Bobick's record before this nightmare, wasn't it?
Never seen an overhand punch work so well as when Norton used it here. Guess you have to be fighting a taller opponent for it to be effective, especially when you nail someone on the windpipe, as Duane admitted after the fight. He never got his wind back after being slugged in the throat. Begged my mom to stay up late on a school night to watch this, went to bed early anyway, darnit!
sportshistorybuff 5 months ago
@sportshistorybuff I've been hearing this "punched in the throat" stuff for YEARS! In the slo-mo replay, it doesn't even look like het got in the throat until about the 5:29 mark or maybe the uppercut at 6:20. Either way his ass was grass LONG before that because just about everything Norton hit him with up to then was on the jaw, on the chin, or on the side of the head.
Odawg96 3 months ago
@Odawg96 Just read the BS in Wikipedia; probably written by Bobick. It was a punch to the damn HEAD! Nice to see him with his father. BTW, did you hear that Ron Lyle died today?
Soulblackman 3 months ago
he was 48 and 4 man !! that's pretty fuckin good
ericssson 6 months ago
Poor Duane.
He was actually a good fighter. He beat Larry Holmes and Mike Weaver as an amateur and KO'd Weaver as a pro. He should have been a little more careful with Norton, though.
46spoony 6 months ago
@gandil408 BOBICK WAS NO BERBICK!
tony12551 7 months ago
I can't believe Mike Weaver lost to that bum Bobick.
M14Mann 7 months ago
George Foreman made short work of Ken Norton. He probably would have killed Bobick
theskeptic2010 7 months ago
From the time Norton landed his 1st overhand right at 5:00, I counted at leat 5 additional, unobstructed haymaker rights to put Bobick out. And that's not counting the uppercuts and left hooks that also hit the mark in between.
I never though of Norton as a KO artist, but a man like that size hitting you with all he has so many times..... has to say something about Bobicks chin, no?
6400az 8 months ago
In his prime, Norton was awsome, especially against slow starters - you give him half a chance he'd take your head off. He damaged Ali in the fights they shared.
RPM11111 8 months ago
Bundini Brown told Ali that the "Man" wanted to give the Title to a 'White Boy" so Ali backed out of Bobick and took on Ernie Shavers instead. Nice move Bundini
jd0109 9 months ago
Bobick tells the ref that he is alright but there was no way he could have continued, good stoppage as he could have been seriously injured if it continued. Besides, it didn't look like he beat the count anyway.
kentaappel 10 months ago
I remember watching this fight on NBC's pri me time in 1977, when great fights could be seen on over the air broadcasts. Was looking forward to a long evening of boxing. BTW, whatever happened to Bobick, he was considered a top contender before this fight, then just disappeared afterwards?
kirkindog 11 months ago
@kirkindog He was 38-0 coming in but built that record against a bunch of nobodies. After this fight, he knocked out a few guys but got knocked out himself by every good fighter he met. Guess he finally figured out he couldn't take a punch. Too bad, he had pretty decent power but was a slow starter.
I still remember being disappointed by this fight. We all should have known from his Olympic fight against Stevenson.
bptaylor11 10 months ago
My mom's cousin was the ref for this fight. It was the biggest fight of his career
amcalabrese1 11 months ago
My mom's cousin was the ref for this fight.
amcalabrese1 11 months ago
Rocky Marciano would have beat ANYONE with his right hand tied behind his back. 50-0 baby...............
spactick 11 months ago
Bobick was caught early, just like Norton was against Shavers, Foreman, Cooney and an unknown, earlier in his career. My memory of this fight was that Bobick had a glass chin. Rewatching it, I'm surprised at how many clean, very devastating punches Bobick took before going down. In contrast, Shavers hit Norton with fewer punches (so did Cooney) and Norton folded.
funktron4 11 months ago
@funktron4 Well, to Norton's defense, Cooney and ESPECIALLY Shavers hit a LOT harder than Norton......
dreman1970 9 months ago
Hey, Bobick, what's for dinner tonight?
OVERHAND RIGHTS!
Odawg96 1 year ago
I read in the paper that Norton hit Bobick in the throat. If that's true, not every blow was "on the chin," as the commentator said.
cmerc25 1 year ago
Haven't seen this fight since it aired, I remember those overhand rights by Norton vividly. I know today we have the big megafights with Pacman and Floyd but boxing just seems more glamorous then. I mean, a fight lke this today would be so under the radar for most people. But this was prime time (on a weeknight if I recall) and remember my dad inviting several friends to watch this
loewsmoore 1 year ago
Bobick was a good fighter, if you look at his record he fought a lot of the same guys as Norton, Lyle ect, & kayoed them sooner. He would have done very well against a 1978 Ali, I rest my case with Leon Spinks.
pug1365 1 year ago
I remember watching this fight and the following week SNL did a skit on this fight. They showed the fight with a guys voiceover saying something to the effect of "I'm Duane Bobick, please help white guys from getting beat up by black guys". It was a funny skit, although I don't think Bobick enjoyed it at the time.
jperez9805 1 year ago
@jperez9805 I think it went more like, "Hi. I'm Duane Bobick. Did you know that every 57 seconds a white man gets brutally beaten by a black man?"
Even Johnny Carson wouldn't ease up on Bockick, who proved to be just as easy a target for the media than to guys like Kenny Norton.
munchkiecocoa 1 year ago
Holy shit! LOL!
dattandai 1 year ago
Does anyone think Norton might've been able to beat Sonny Liston?
MAGIUN1 1 year ago
@MAGIUN1
in the late 60s? or prime vs prime?
TommyGun7111 1 year ago
@MAGIUN1Sure Liston would beat Norton!Norton has big difficulty facing heavy punchers!See the likes of Foreman,Shavers & not to count Cooney.
MPaltaojr 1 year ago
@MAGIUN1 - Norton took a better shot than people give him credit for. Remember, he lost to Foreman, Shavers and Cooney, three of the hardest hitters ever. And two of those were at the end of his career. But Kenny wasn't that great at backing up, and I think prime vs. prime Liston would have beaten him. But if Kenny survived early and hurt Liston, there's a chance Sonny's confidence would have cracked, and with it, Ken may have beat him.
zenmachinefilms 1 year ago
@zenmachinefilms I love Kenny Norton, but he wouldn't have stood a chance with Liston. Don't let Sonny's fights with Ali fool you. Sonny was old and he was indeed facing the greatest fighter of all time at his very best. Now, in my opinion, a prime Jerry Quarry and Ron Lyle would have beaten Ken. As for Gerry Cooney, to me he was an overrated slob with a punch that was shit against living breathing fighters. A prime Norton would have left Cooney shit-stained.
munchkiecocoa 1 year ago
@MAGIUN1 prime Liston would MURDER prime Norton! Prime Cleveland Williams got smashed by Liston in 2 rounds, so NO HOPE for Norton! It would be a massacre!
Galactus247 1 year ago
GREAT job by the ref, not only seeing Bobick barely beat the count, but better yet rushing in at the last second to keep Bobick from taking another haymaker.
drmbowen 1 year ago
@drmbowen
It's not a haymaker. It's an overhand right.
MrRoyalFatness 2 months ago
It appeared as though almost every punch that Norton threw landed. Bobbick had no defence.
gifted1969 1 year ago
Man, how times have changed, back then it was almost a given a white fighter would have his ass handed to him such as Bobick. Now fast forward 2010, it White European men dominating boxing from 154 lbs to heavyweight. Not bragging look at who the champs are. Times change.
lp32862 1 year ago
@lp32862 yes, the Klitschkos rule!
ironhammer94 1 year ago
Bobick had almost everything a heavyweight could want: power (his KO to wins ratio was similar to Marciano's), height, reach and bulk. The one thing he lacked was a chin. This fight couldn't really have gone any other way but a first round KO by either man in retrospect. Notice the swipe at Eddie Futch. Futch was Norton's trainer up to the first Ali fight. As he himself said, "After he broke Ali's jaw, I became expendable." A mistake imo.
madmax8903 1 year ago
Awesome win for Norton, especially as he was considered a slow starter, and was coming off the loss to Ali that a lot of people thought he won.
At the time a lot of guys didn't want to fight Bobick. He had been a great amateur with wins over Larry Holmes and Teofilio Stevenson, and was unbeaten as a pro. But people who say Ali was afraid of him are absurd. Ali wasn't afraid of anyone.
zenmachinefilms 1 year ago
God, he sucked, why the hell didnt he try to clinch ? or at least covering up or something, just standing there, hands down, taking the punches flush.
BringerOfTheTruth 1 year ago
@BringerOfTheTruth
For nearly an instant replay, watch the Bobick-Tate fight. It's even worse than this, IMO.
pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
@BringerOfTheTruth Not really, the guy was really hurt by that first overhand right and he was pretty much out of it then. It is amazing he didn't go down sooner than he did. But, I think I posted on this fight before about Bobick, he was a good fighter who was strong and he had some power but he didn't have good defensive skills and he couldn't take a punch well and his shortcomings were exposed at the very upper level of the sport.
kentaappel 10 months ago
Ali would have killed Bobick! Ali fought and beat frazier, Foremean, Liston and all those fighters would have destroyed the great white dope!
zgomer1 1 year ago
@zgomer1 and the Klitschkos destroy all great black dopes
ironhammer94 1 year ago
@ironhammer94
Everyone behold this little Klit fanboy who has about 6 accounts and talks to them as though they were different people. He claims to be as big as Vitali and have a bacground in MMA but when offered a plane ticket and a boxing match for money he fags out and blocks me. What a chump.
GilbertSyndrome 1 year ago
@ironhammer94 agreed
brucedavis76 1 year ago
It is a fact that Ali backed out of a contracted fight with Bobick. He was past it and picking hias fights carefully at that point and didn't want to fight Duane.
ebeneezzer 1 year ago
@ebeneezzer true ali handpicked his fights but he still fought all the top contenders and can't be accused of ducking anyone. he fought ernie shavers in 1977
hamke37 1 year ago
@hamke37 Ali fought Foreman under questionable circumstances in the Congo - myself I thought George was set up and he wasn't too smart about how he fought - allowed himself to be played out and exhausted. Ali managed to outfox him, not outbox him. And then of course there was absolutely no talk whatsoever of a Ali-Foreman rematch - I honestly think George would have killed Ali had there been a rematch. Ali never really ducked anyone but he did pick the time and location of his fights carefully
theskeptic2010 6 months ago
@theskeptic2010 Foreman wasn't the same after Manila. I really doubt that the pre-Manila Foreman would have gone life and death with Ron Lyle like George did in 75. And obviously the loss to Jimmy Young makes it all moot.
gensu3k1 6 months ago
This is how Mandingo should have ended.
M14Mann 1 year ago
Bobick was a good strong fighter who just couldn't take a punch and his defense was lacking and his limitations, which didn't show up verses lessor compeition coming up, were exposed at the very highest level of the heavyweight division.
Anyone can get caught and knocked out early and people put Bobick down for this, his biggest fight, but forget that the same thing happened to Norton against Earnie Shavers and Gerry Cooney and Shavers was knocked out by Jerry Quarry in one round .
kentaappel 1 year ago
ya fucka what a dig on that jig
turksmikey 1 year ago
If Norton wasn't scared of the fighter he was facing ala Cooney, Shavers. He was a brilliant fighter !
Wutangspam 1 year ago
If I remember correctly, Bobick got hit on the throat, and nver recovered, thats got to hurt
chucknchar 1 year ago
Bobick was just another great white dope. No chance
blite13 1 year ago
LOL I remember SNL showing this when they were talking about black on white violence. LMAO
dsfddsgh 1 year ago
@dsfddsgh i remember it to it was hilaroius
brucedavis76 1 year ago
I love Ken Norton. THe 70's were the best boxing years ever.
lessons1930 1 year ago
Hard to believe that had Bobick won this fight he would have been in line to face Ali.
CassiusMClay 1 year ago
"You look like Bobick after round with Norton" - Rounders
vibovit1 1 year ago
This was an era when USA was still looking for a great white hope. Bobick was way outclassed. Nowadays the monster size Russians own the HW division.
staff50ord 2 years ago
Bobbick was an excellent amatuer but mediocre as a pro. The future of american heavyweight boxing is a 16-year old high school sophomore named Bobby McCarthy. A hulking 6-2 and 250lbs. of solid muscle. Norton was a very articulate and classy fellow.
aviabolt40 2 years ago
ken norton use to be a real good fighter; good technical skill, power, and very good conditioning.
TommyGun7111 2 years ago
Norton physique always be impressive. Even more Foreman, Tyson or Holyfield I think. Norton's is impressive. Look at those muscles !
regismo 2 years ago
lol I'm not sure about Holyfield but he definatly ha better conditioning then foreman or Tyson
TommyGun7111 2 years ago
man i know i wish i had muscles like ken norton.
tracydukeplump 2 years ago
Norton was the best heavyweight in the world at this time and this was an "elimination" match for a WBA and/or WBC title shot. For the first 26 fights in his pro career, Bobick had the same manager as Ron Lyle and then signed with Joe Frazier.
Joe obviously wanted to groom a fighter to defeat Ali...but this dream was over in less than a minute. Bobick was a class act and a true role model for youngsters...it's a shame that his pro career did not come close to his brilliant time as an amateur.
richardcoreno 2 years ago
Ali would have killed that bum!
romienomie 2 years ago
You got it, bro. In fact, Ali would have dug the 6-foot hole with his left jab; buried Bobick with a straight right; and then covered him with about thirty to forty unanswered punches while Bobick fell into his new bed of dirt. White pussies (and I'm white) like Gerry Cooney and Duane Bobick gave true tested warriors like Jerry Quarry a bad name. And Quarry was VERY much respected by all black fighters because he knew how to fight and he feared no man.
munchkiecocoa 2 years ago
Hey homie and I am Black. You got it wrong about Gerry Cooney and Duane Bobick. They were both good fighters buth they just came around at a time when the heavy weight division was tough. And Jerry Quarry was a tough man. Later homie.
tracydukeplump 2 years ago
@tracydukeplump you're right, bro. Cooney especially really could fight. Coming up a little short vs Holmes is understandable. Holmes was great, and I'd like to watch a fight with you
TheChuckstervinniegu 1 year ago
@TheChuckstervinniegu Cooney was OVERRATED............All he did was beat up 70's HW (Young, Lyle, Norton). That was the ONLY names on his record.....And then Holmes beat his ass, and he stunk after that.....Geez, MICHAEL SPINKS knocked him out!!!!
dreman1970 9 months ago
@dreman1970 all those clowns where bums compare to Wladimir Klitschko for fuck sake wlad shit's bigger than those guys
ericssson 6 months ago
Somebody said Ali was afraid of Bobick? Hahahahah!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!! Ali fought everybody and ducked no one! Liston, Foreman, Frazier, Ron Lyle, Norton, Earnie Shavers, Quarry, etc. How many of the guys I just listed would Bobick have beaten??? Still LMAO!!!!! Too funny!!
comedicstuff 2 years ago 2
I think Bobick could have beaten Lyle and Quarry. After all, Lyle did lose to Gerry Cooney and only gained a split decision against Scott LeDoux The rest...doubtful.
Bobick did beat a young Mike Weaver & LeDoux. Those were the only pro fighters of note he ever beat.
broadjumper1 2 years ago
OK "Broadjumper," listen to me. Put the water bong down for a minute and listen. Ron Lyle was this side of the graveyard when Cooney fought him. Lyle would have slammed Bobick into a bed of daisies. And Jerry Quarry was the best heavyweight who never won a title. He gave Joe Frazier hell in their first fight, held his own to Ali in their first fight, and beat everyone else that no one wanted to fight. Jerry would have chopped him down like a tree.
munchkiecocoa 2 years ago
@ munchkiecocoa
Tell me, do you ALWAYS lead with your ass? Guess you never learned the fine art of discussion and debate, only how to argue, only to prove you're a flaming asshole...
Look, I don't know if you're Lyle or Quarrie's, relative, ex-lover or former accountant, but if they mean that much to ya, by all means think what you want. However, if you actually want to convince someone of the opinion you hold, try being at least rational instead of a loudmouthed moron, I'm just sayin'
broadjumper1 2 years ago
I agree with you Jerry Quarry was a tough man.
tracydukeplump 2 years ago 2
quarry was a great fighter,so was lyle,dont think a fighter so unable to avoid the right ,could've beat those two
DrShittyBottomHammer 1 year ago
If ali was thee ass kicker he portrayed himself to be, WHY DID HE DUCK VIET NAM. ALSO IF HE WAS THE ALL TIME GREATEST HE WANTED EVERY KNOW NOTHING ON THE PLANET TO BELIEVE HE WAS, WHY WAS HE A WALKING VEGETABLE BEFORE HIS FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY,AFTERALL THE REFEREE WARNS EVERY BOXER AT LEAST ONE TIME IN EVERY FIGHT TO ''PROTECT YOURSELF AT ALL TIMES'' ALI'S DEFENSE OR LACK THEREOF COST HIM HIS LIFE.
seattleslewski1 2 years ago
one of my favorite heavyweights ever.....love nortons style, slickness and the way he put punches together.....seem like he had a good attitued. very underratted heavyweight in my opinion
sn113083 2 years ago 2
Not only is Norton underrated as a boxer but also as an all around athlete. Unlike other boxers he probably could have been a great professional at multiple of other sports. And he seems like a good all around guy out of the ring. Its too bad that he wasn't more well known then he was.
RonnieLeeDuck 2 years ago
Yep Norton definitely was a good athlete that could've been good at football. Norton's son played pro football with the Dallas Cowboys.
comedicstuff 2 years ago
jerry quarry was a great white irish warrior who was not afraid to mix it up with the blacks.
scorzeny45 2 years ago
Supposedly the knockout blow struck the carotid sinus on the side of the neck, not the jaw. Good that the ref stopped it when he did; we don't need another Paret.
Strongboy1770 2 years ago
bobick obviously has never been taught how to defend against a right hand, he was hit by 3 clean rights right from the off, then the 4th right stunned him then it was over and he was hit by even more clean rights
kareemabdullah 2 years ago
@kareemabdullah
Check his record and you will see that you are clearly mistaken. It's easy to pass judgement when you don't have a clue.
timefliesatnight 2 years ago
Ok there's the unbeaten record and obviously the fact that he was white but why was there so much hype surrounding Bobick? The guy looks like a last minute substitute that the promoter has had and drag out from the crowd in desperation to save the show.
Panthera0nca 2 years ago
Aside from being a "great white hope", Bobick was the '71 Pan-American Games Heavyweight champion (beating Stevenson), the '71 National AAU Heavyweight Champion and the '72 National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion as a amateur. In reality, he never got a title shot. Had he beaten Norton, he probably would have.
broadjumper1 2 years ago
Bobick also beat Larry Holmes as an amateur. I think it was in the Olympic trials.
comedicstuff 2 years ago
He sure did...
watch?v=nQ02-9XUs5w&
broadjumper1 2 years ago
Yes Ali beat Norton 2 out of 3
dyrnic 2 years ago
In 3 fights' Ali never really beat Ken Norton.
msawbe 2 years ago
The first fight was a clear Norton win -- that it was a split decision was weird, especially as the fight occurred in Norton's hometown. The third fight, Norton possibly did win, but could've put more into the last two or three rounds to make it a truly decisive decision in his favor. Had he done that, he would've gotten the decision. His corner told him before the last round to coast, erroneously believing him way ahead. I've always thought the second fight, however, was a clear Ali win.
schmoop14 2 years ago
Great win for Norton. Awesome KO when some said his career was over.
Some people didn't want to fight Bobick. He was a great amateur who had knocked down and beaten Cuban great Teófilo Stevenson, and started his pro career in impressive fashion. But one of his managers said he often wouldn't train, and mentally he kept himself from being a champion.
No, Ali wasn't afraid of him. Ali wasn't afraid of anyone. But give Norton credit for this great win, either way.
zenmachinefilms 2 years ago
can norton be considered a heavy weight great?
goldyn12345 2 years ago
I think some people do label him as such.
I don't mind, to be honest.
ihatelifejosemartine 2 years ago
I remember watching the Tonight show with Johnny Carson the day after this fight and Johnnys opening line was that Duane Bobick was closing his self defense schools.
rickman125 2 years ago
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newmagnum49r1 2 years ago
Ali would have sliced and diced this bum the same way he did so many others..
romienomie 2 years ago
ALI AFRAID OF BOBICK?
Are you a comedian? Because that's HILARIOUS!
ihatelifejosemartine 2 years ago
Ali fights Liston twice, Friazier three times, George Foreman, Earnie Shavers, and many more in that league, but was afraid of BOBICK!? Now that's funny!
1Tomrider 2 years ago 2
No shit. Ali feared no man. If anything, he feared he would have sent a blubbery slob like Bobick to meet his maker earlier than normal.
munchkiecocoa 2 years ago 7
@munchkiecocoa ali's footwork was amazing
Mannypacquia0 1 year ago
@munchkiecocoa
With due respect to Ali, I personally believe he wanted no part of a rematch with Foreman. Others who know more than I have said the same.
pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
@munchkiecocoa Ali "fought" Bobick in an exhibition. Ali made him look like a rank amateur; and HE was playing around, having fun.
Soulblackman 1 year ago
@munchkiecocoa That may not be totally true. I read somewhere that Ali was actually a little afraid of Liston going in. He overcame that with taunts and by that Liston was intimidated. Not totally sure that is true and I don't guess we will ever know everything.
I am pretty certain Ali was not afraid of Bobick, though.
bptaylor11 10 months ago
"Bobick was highly rated enough for Ali to back out of a signed contract to fight him. According to MSG matchmaker Teddy Brenner, Ali bought into the hype surrounding Bobick and suddenly thought better of facing him."
You're a fool if you think Ali was afraid of Bobick. That's just plain ignorance.
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jjosephdubya 2 years ago 8
@jjosephdubya Yes none was afraid of him
BringerOfTheTruth 1 year ago
@jjosephdubya No, it makes perfect sense. I mean he wasnt afraid of fighting George Foreman who had destroyed a generation of boxers, but he sure was afraid to fight Bobick, who everyone knows was much better than big george (sarcasm)
BringerOfTheTruth 1 year ago
@jjosephdubya No shit! Whoever said Ali was afraid of Bobick should be put in a hospital for indelible cerebral damage. Ali feared no man. NO man. And Bobick wasn't even a man. He was worse than even Gerry Cooney, and that's bad!!! Two major league disgraces to the world of boxing. Kenny should have made the fight last longer just to punish the impotent fuck!
munchkiecocoa 1 year ago
@jjosephdubya Actually, he WANTED to fight Bobick......He didn't want to fight NORTON again.....Supposedly the winner of this match was supposed to fight Ali.....Ali was rooting FOR Bobick.......
dreman1970 9 months ago
bobick didn't have a strong chin like george chuvalo or jerry quarry.
owg59 2 years ago
did u see how many power shots he hit bobick with??nobody couldve taken that many shots in a row..
flapperhead 2 years ago
Bobick was highly rated enough for Ali to back out of a signed contract to fight him. According to MSG matchmaker Teddy Brenner, Ali bought into the hype surrounding Bobick and suddenly thought better of facing him.
Gotta feel sorry for Kenny, though. This was one of many eliminators he fought for a 4th shot at Ali, but never did get him in the ring again. Interesting he's introduced here as the uncrowned heavyweight champ, in light of the scandalous decision at Yankee stadium.
FlaviusConstantius 2 years ago
He murdered Bobbick. Strange the Bobbick was able to beat Holmes in the Olympics. By the way, what comes around goes around. Norton ended up looking like Bobbick against Shavers later.
ItsAmadWorld2 2 years ago
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msawbe 2 years ago
Norton was a gentleman in the post fight interview.
70Mack 2 years ago
bobick was pan am champion, and in his amateur career beat larry holmes and teofilo stevenson, so anyone who says he sucks can just suck themselves. he was a good fighter.
graceroste 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Bobick blew whale dick as a fighter. Amateur fighting is just that--amateur fighting. Professional prizefighting poses a gaping difference between Olympic fighting as does playing doctor as a kid and gaining certification.
munchkiecocoa 2 years ago
Norton in his prime! Shame he wasn't that animated when he faced Foreman! Ref stopped just in time, Duane was totally out on his feet, would have been smashed.
Galactus247 2 years ago
I love the post-fight interviews. Norton doesn't even sound winded! They don't show it here, but Bobbick sounded like Donald Duck.
JohnKoroly 2 years ago 2
Bobick could have been a great contender,he looked like he went in there to take nortons best shots and very nearly did the ref should have let him carry on.
fitzieo1 2 years ago
Bobbick got hit early, and like many other fighters who got hit early, he went down. That is a shame, this could have been a good fight.
fasanotampa 2 years ago
True,he took alot of big shots there and early.
70Mack 2 years ago
it sad to see a boxer hurt so bad in the ring!
jeryd2003 2 years ago
Actually, no. Norton had trouble with super-punchers like Shavers, Foreman, Cooney (newsflash: that's why they were called KO artists) but against moderate punchers he did well enough. Not worse than most other top-ranked HW of the 60s-70s. Quarry, who had a win over tough Ron Lyle, hit Norton with a lot of hard shots for instance, and he took him and stopped Jerry. He also went the distance 3 times with The Great One, the man who knocked out Liston and Foreman.
tintinesk2 2 years ago 4
Jerry Quarry was a truly shot fighter when Kenny Nioton got to him. Why do you think the Norton people not only wanted to fight Jerry in the twilight of his career, and even then called him for the fight with only 18 days notice? And still Jerry hurt Norton several times. The Quarry of 1973 would have KO'd Norton.
munchkiecocoa 2 years ago
It took FIVE over hand rights, coming from right field, to put Bobick out.
It safe to say Nortons punch was as strong as his chin.....
6400az 2 years ago
norton right hand was strong enough to break ali's jaw. so it must have had some sting. although agreed norton had no punch resistance himself
perfecto100 2 years ago
larry holmes said that shavers AND norton hit harder than tyson
Boxinglad123 2 years ago
Yeah but it is very hard for Larry to be humble. Tyson is the only one to stop him and it hurts his pride.
I know the circumstances behind the match. Two year lay off and only 6 weeks of training, but he still was only stopped by one guy.
slippyal2 2 years ago
"You look like Dee-wayne Bobbick, after one round with Norton." - John Turturro as "Knish" in ROUNDERS
Halgrim 2 years ago
Kenny Norton exposed Duane Bobick for what he was--a slob. A slob of shit who fought handicapped fighters like Gerry Cooney did years later. And, Kenny threw that overhand right from across the street and blindfolded at that. The Norton camp was much too kind in their assessment of Bobick. Duane Bobick should have been working the concession stand that night instead of pretending to be a boxer at any level.
munchkiecocoa 2 years ago
Wow...let me guess. You've spent NO time in the ring, have you? Armchair warriors like you are always the harshest critics. Glove up and earn some trade in the ring for a few years, Sweetheart, then we'll see how quick you are with titles like "slob of shit."
WhereIsMyMind9077 2 years ago 2
My answer to that, umm, feeble attempt at a retort of yours is, keep asking yourself as your YouTube name suggests: "Where is my mind?" "Where is my mind?" "Where is my mind?" When you find it, you'll realize that you too are a slob of shit like your apparent girlfriend Duane Bobick.
munchkiecocoa 2 years ago
Meeow, hiss, scratch...feeling catty, are we, Sweetheart?
WhereIsMyMind9077 2 years ago
Agreed...Bobick was fine until he faced quality opposition. Cooney was also awesome against stiffs or over the hill opposition.
sashe44 2 years ago
Jeez! What did Bobick every do to you? Run over your dog???
prc85040 2 years ago
RE;cocoa
Yor right , Norton did expose Bobick. He had something like a 32-0 record. He was clearly exposed in this fight though, the 32-0 mark meant little.
Mind you, although a better fighter, Norton himself was a bit of an imposter.Next to Howard Davis, he may have had the glassisest of glass chins.
Should have been named Ken Candle..... as in one blow your out.
6400az 2 years ago
Did Eddie Futch say Bobick would win?
MustafaHamsho 3 years ago
bobick is dogs name
sarunas183 3 years ago
That's an insult to all of the dogs in the world.
munchkiecocoa 2 years ago
i take the Cooney was a bum comment back. It occurred to me that a lot of these guys are alive. Who know whose reading what? Cooney's son or sister, whatever, and I guess that extends to a lot of former good boxers out there.
ssaltspring 3 years ago
Damn, that looping overhand right of Norton's that landed on the left side of Bobick's head was like a sling shot at 3:06.
NkrumahTure 3 years ago
I think it four years later to the day that Norton, who was past his prime, was then put away in similar fashion by the then reigning "white hope" Gerry Cooney.
KTKTRock 3 years ago
well Duane was an excellent amateur!
ssaltspring 3 years ago