Muhammad Ali Ken Norton LICENSED 16x20 Photo Poster Boxing Legends Pristine LOA

Description: Welcome to our Store and Thank You for your Business. New 19" x 23" x 1/2" frame with an UnsignedLICENSED Muhammad Ali 16x20 Photo with Ken Norton.Letter Of Authenticity is in a plastic sleave and taped on the backusing painters' tape for ease of removing and relocating where you’d like.Shipping size 29" x 22" x 1" and weight is 3lbs. Own a piece of sports history with this Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton photo. Taken at the peak of his success as one of the greatest heavyweight championship boxers of all time, this photo is sure to complement any sports memorabilia collection. This is a licensed photograph on Kodak photo paper. Measures approx. 20" x 16" (no border). Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on 17 January 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, Muhammad Ali carries the legacy of one of the world’s greatest heavyweight boxers. His interest in boxing began when, at twelve years old, his bike was stolen; he wanted to beat up the thief, so he began training. A natural talent, he soon won the 1956 Golden Gloves Championship as a novice in the light heavyweight and it wasn’t long before he qualified for the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. Ali brought home the light heavyweight gold medal from the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. For the next decade, he was an unstoppable force in the ring, and in 1964 he won the World Heavyweight Championship. Since his retirement, Ali has remained involved in the sport in addition to his great philanthropic efforts. Among these is his support of the Special Olympics and the Make a Wish Foundation, as well as the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center (he announced that he had the disease in 1984) and international relief efforts. In addition to this, the accolades have continued to pour in over the years: in 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC. Ali will always be regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers in the world, the one who was known to “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali passed away on June, 3rd 2016 at the age of 74. Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981. He is often considered One of Greatest Heavyweight boxers of All Time. He was awarded the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1978, after winning a close split decision over Jimmy Young in a title eliminator bout and Leon Spinks refused to fight with him. He is best known for his fights with Muhammad Ali, in which Norton won the first by split decision, lost the second by split decision, and lost the final by a controversial unanimous decision. Norton also fought a slugfest with Larry Holmes in 1978 during the first defense of his championship, narrowly losing a split decision and his WBC title. Norton retired from boxing in 1981 and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992. In 1975, at the peak of his boxing career, Norton made his acting debut starring in Dino De Laurentiis blaxploitation film Mandingo, about a pre-Civil War slave purchased to fight other slaves for their master's entertainment. After starring in the 1976 sequel Drum Norton went on to play bit parts in a dozen other productions.[43] Norton worked as an actor and TV boxing commentator following his retirement from boxing. He also was a member of the Sports Illustrated Speakers Bureau and started the Ken Norton Management Co., which represented athletes in contract negotiations. Norton continued making TV, radio and public speaking appearances until suffering injuries in a near-fatal car accident in 1986 which left him with slow and slurred speech. He appeared along with Ali, Foreman, Frazier and Holmes in a video, Champions Forever, discussing their best times, and in 2000 he published his autobiography, Going the Distance. Norton died at a care facility in Las Vegas on September 18, 2013. He was 70 years old and had suffered a series of strokes in later years. Across the boxing world tributes were paid, with Foreman calling him "the fairest of them all" and Holmes saying that he "will be incredibly missed in the boxing world and by many". He was buried at Jackonsville East Cemetery, in Jacksonville, Illinois. Larger items like this will go to whoever has the best price (USPS or FedEx or UPS). The shipping option is set to USPS (usually the highest for larger items, sometimes not, depending on where you live), you will be refunded the excess shipping costs if FedEx or UPS is a better option. Please check out our Store and our Sunday Auctions for many more treasures. 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Location: Springfield, Oregon

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