Ken Norton is an American professional boxer, who had a net worth of $5 million when he died in 2013.
Norton began his professional career after leaving the military in 1967. He went on to fight 50 matches in his professional career, winning 42 and 33 via knockout.
Who is Ken Norton married to?
Ken Norton got married three times and has four children. Keith, his son, was born before his first marriage. He married Jeannette Henderson in 1966, while still serving in the Marines. Ken Norton Jr., a football player and coach, was born out of the marriage, which lasted until 1968.
In 1977, he married Jacqueline ‘Jackie’ Halton, who had a son, Brandon, from her previous marriage. Jackie gave birth to two children: daughter Kenisha (1976) and son Kene Jon (1981). They were married for more than 24 years until getting divorced about 2000. Around 2012, he married Rose Marie Conant.
In 1977, the Los Angeles Sentinel and the Los Angeles Times voted Norton “Father of the Year” twice. In his biography Believe: Journey From Jacksonville, Norton says, “Of all the titles that I’ve been privileged to have, the title of ‘dad’ has always been the best.”
His first son, Ken Norton Jr., played football at UCLA and went on to have a long and successful NFL career. To honor his father’s boxing career, Ken Jr. would take a boxing stance in the end zone after scoring a defensive touchdown and launch a punching combination at the goalpost pad.
Ken Norton’s son, Keith Norton, was a weekend sports anchor for KPRC in Houston, Texas. He followed his father’s example.
Ken Norton’s son, Keith Norton, was a weekend sports anchor for KPRC in Houston, Texas.[51] He joined the Marine Corps, much like his father did.[52] Keith graduated from the US Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego in October 1987, with the 2nd Battalion, Hotel Company, Platoon 2080.
Meanwhile, Ken Norton was born on August 9, 1943, in Jacksonville, Illinois. As an adolescent, he attended Jacksonville High School and excelled in football and track. He was an All-State football player who also competed in eight separate track and field events during his senior year, winning seven of them. After winning seven of the eight events, the “Ken Norton Rule” was adopted for all Illinois track and field teams. A student-athlete could only participate in four track and field events.
Norton is well known for being one of just two boxers who defeated Muhammad Ali in his heyday. He shattered Ali’s jaw in the 12th round of their fight in March 1973. They battled twice more. He lost both fights, though the third is still being contested. Norton was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992.
He died on September 18, 2013. Ken’s son, Ken Norton Jr. went on to become a professional football player and coach.
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