On March 26, 1974, George Foreman (39-0, 36 KOs), the undisputed heavyweight world champion, holding the WBA, WBC, and The Ring belts, defends his undisputed championship against fellow American challenger, Ken Norton (30-2, 23 KOs).
George Foreman is coming in to the fight on a 39-fight win streak with a 92% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over José Roman, 6 months and 25 days ago. Ken Norton is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 71% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision loss to Muhammad Ali, 6 months and 16 days ago.
This should be a confident win for George Foreman at 99-1 winning odds. Ken Norton really doesn't have much to present against Foreman.
George Foreman made very easy work of Ken Norton, stopping the challenger via TKO in the 2nd. Foreman improves his record to 40-0 (37 KOs), while Norton adds a loss to his record at 30-3.