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Sunday September 26, 1976 Ali, Norton meet Tuesday in title fight locations in the United States, with a knockouts in a pro career dating back to 1967. He took up boxing while in the Marine Corps. Two of Norton's losses were by knockout to Foreman and to Jose Luis Garcia in the eighth round July 2, 1970. He knocked out Garcia in the fifth round Aug. 14, 1975, and has won all seven fights since the Foreman loss by knockout.

In his last bout, July 10, he stopped Larry Middleton in the 10th round. Ali-IVorton tale of Ijim priced at $200, $150, $100, $75, $50 and $25. Someone asked Ali how he felt to be fighting in the "House that Ruth built." "They'll be calling it the 'House that Ali iuilt," replied the champion. But it doesn't appear that Ali will fill he home of the New York Yankees. One spokesman for the fight, promoted by Madison Square Garden and Top Rank estimated a crowd of 40, 000 and live gate of between $3 million and $4 million.

The fight will be seen at 43 closed-circuit television locations in the Metropolitan New York area. Tickets are $20 and the telecast will begin at 9:30 p.m., EDT, with the main event set for 10:30 p.m. A 10-round heavyweight fight between Henry Clark and Earnie Shavers will preceed the title bout. The spokesman said the fight will be shown on closed-circuit televison at 300 expenses and 50 per cent of all revenue over $9 million. In others words, if the fight grosses $10 million, Ali will make a total of $6.5 million.

The fight appears certain to attract the biggest live gate in boxing history. The record gate is $2,658,660 paid by 104,943 in Chicago's Soldier Field for the second Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey fight "The Battle of the Long Coun-t" Sept. 22, 1927. The record indoor gate is $1,352,951 vaid by 20,455 at Madison Square Garden March 8, 1971. The biggest gate at Yankee Stadium is $1,925,564 contributed by a crowd of 45,266 for the second Joe Louis-Billy Conn fight June 19, 1946.

The biggest crowd is 88,105, which paid $948,352, for the Joe Louis-MaxBaer bout Sept. 24, 1935. The Louis-Conn match was the first "$100 tops" fight in boxing history. Tickets for the Ali-Norton bout are total of 1.75 million seats. It also will be shown in 57 other countries on a live or delayed basis.

Ali goes into the fight with a 52-2 record, with 37 knockouts, in a pro career which began it 1960, the year he won an Olympic gold medal as a light heavyweight and which was interrupted by his draft troubles after he knocked out Zora Folley in the Garden March 22, 1967. That was his ninth defense of the title he won, as Cassius Clay, by stopping Sonny Liston in the seventh round Feb. 25, 1964 at Miami Beach, Fla. Both of Ali's losses have come since he returned to the ring by stopping Jerry Quarry in the third round Oct. 26, 1970, at Atlanta.

He currently is riding an 11-fight winningstreak, with six of those fights failing to go the distance. Norton has 37-3 record, with 30 Aqe Weight Height Reach Chest Chest (normal) (expanded) All 34 221 6 3 B0 44 46 15 34 26 17 13 9' i 3) 215 63 70 45 46 16 13 33 35 15'1 6 13 10 Biceps Forearm Waist Thigh Call Neck Wrist Fist Ankle KEN NORTON Can he whip Ali? mm Sears mm mir Sears Steel Belted Silent Guard Tires 35,000 i i By ED SCHUYLER JR. AP Sports Writer NEW YORK Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton bring the big outdoor fight back to the United States Tuesday night when they meet for the third time. The last fight In Yankee Stadium was June 26, 1959, when Ingemar Johansson won the championship by stopping Floyd Patterson in three rounds. The last outdoor heavyweight title fight in this country was Sept.

25, 1962, when Sonny Liston won the crown by knocking out Patterson in the first round in Chicago's Comiskey Park. Norton broke Ali's jaw and won a 12-round split decision in their first meeting March 31, 1973, and then almost ended Ali's career on Sept. 10 of that year. Ali gained a 12-round split decision in the second fight by winning the final round. "I'm the champion," said Ali.

"You must remember that those two fights weren't for the title. "Don't be suprised if it only goes one round, and I promise you it won't go more than four," said Ali, who is the 8-5 favorite to win his 20th appearance in a championship fight. His only title loss was on a unanimous decision to Joe Frazier on March 8, 1971, It was Ali's first bid to regain the title that was stripped from him because he refused to accept military draft. Ali got the title back by knocking out George Foreman in the eighth round at Kinshasa, Zaire, in the early morning of Oct. 30, 1974, and this will be his eighth defense since then.

"I'm just gonna fight him like George Foreman did," said Ali. "He'll know what that means." Norton's first two showings against Ali earned him a shot at the title, but he blew it. On the night of March 26, 1974, Norton was knocked down and stopped In the second round at Caracas, Venezuela. "That's in the past," said Norton. "I think positive." The challenger reads books on positive thinking and above the doorway to his bedroom and on his mirror at his training quarters, Norton has pasted handmade signs: "I will beat Ali." "He's a positive thinker!" shouted Ali.

"Hell, you can't think when you get hit 'long side the head real hard." "I'm gonna make him quit," said Norton. "I have no pressure on me. He's the one who's making the big statements. I haven't said I'm going to score a knockout in five rounds. "I see a possible Norton win," said Eddie Futch, who trained Norton in his winning effort against Ali and who was in Frazier's corner for Frazier's victory and two losses against Ali.

"I know he knows how to do it. I taught him how." "It depends on tactics," said Futch who wondered how Norton would be affected by his life as movie actor. Norton has made two movies "Mandingo" and "Drum." Both have done well financially. "The movie life is diametrically opposed to that of a fighter," said Futch. Norton's second shot at the title will be by far the biggest boxing payday for the 31-yearold Californian.

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