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Kid Norfolk
Born
William Ward
September 20, 1895[1]
Belmont, Virginia, U.S.
Died
April 15, 1968(1968-04-15) (aged 74)
Statistics
Weight(s)
Light heavyweight
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Reach
74 in (188 cm)
Stance
Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights
151
Wins
115
Wins by KO
48
Losses
28
Draws
8
Kid Norfolk (born William Ward, 10 July 1893 – 15 April 1968) was an American professional boxer who fought as a Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight from 1910 through 1926, holding wins over many notable boxers of his day including Joe Jeanette, Billy Miske, Jack Blackburn, Harry Greb, Tiger Flowers, Battling Siki, and Gunboat Smith. Norfolk was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2007.[2][3]
^"Cyber Boxing Zone -- Kid Norfolk".
^"Kid Norfolk". BoxRec. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
^"Kid Norfolk". Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
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champion at the time. In 1921, during a fight with tough light heavyweight KidNorfolk (real name William Ward), he was thumbed in the right eye, which is believed...
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10 1917-09-07 St. Nicholas Arena, New York Newspaper decision Loss — KidNorfolk NWS 10 1917-08-20 Airdome A.C., Rochester, New York Newspaper decision...
1918 Spring A.C., West Hoboken, New Jersey, US 157 Loss 83–10–8 (56) KidNorfolk NWS 8 Oct 11, 1918 Spring A.C., West Hoboken, New Jersey, US 156 Win...
1923 Adelphia A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S 67 Loss 52–12–3 KidNorfolk PTS 15 Nov 20, 1923 Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S 66 Win 52–11–3...
Jersey, U.S. Retained world colored heavyweight title 93 Win 56–6–3 (28) KidNorfolk KO 2 (15) Mar 2, 1922 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York...
Champion KidNorfolk, originally William Ward, losing in a fourth-round knockout at Madison Athletic Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Norfolk reportedly...
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KidNorfolk in a match staged at the Yankee Stadium, New York. Moody proved a strong opponent, stopping Norfolk in the fourth round, though Norfolk was...
championships in Panama City, Panama against such exceptional black opponents as KidNorfolk, a future International Boxing Hall of Fame recipient, Roughouse Ware...
American "Colored" World Light Heavyweight Champion, William Ward, known as KidNorfolk. Few in the crowd believed that Hollandersky would last ten rounds with...
boxer KidNorfolk, originally William Ward, on June 17, 1925, in a fourth round disqualification at the Auditorium in Oakland, California. Norfolk was a...
Chip, Willie Meehan, Billy Miske, Chuck Wiggins, Jack Bloomfield, and KidNorfolk. Tommy had no decision matches with George "K.O." Brown, Billy Miske...
Carolina portions of the Tidewater Region. Comprising the Virginia Beach–Norfolk–Newport News, VA–NC, metropolitan area and an extended combined statistical...
Dan Morgan, Walter Neusel, KidNorfolk, Lou Nova, Jack O’Brien, Bob Olin, Lee Oma, Carlos Ortiz, Ken Overlin, Benny Kid Paret, Floyd Patterson, Willie...
Stanley (2010). Pronzini, Bill (ed.). The Exploits of the Patent Leather Kid. Norfolk, Virginia: Crippen & Landru Publishers. ISBN 9781932009873. Hughes, Dorothy...
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fought many of the greatest boxers of his era, including Sam Langford, KidNorfolk, and champions Joe Gans, Harry Greb, Harry Lewis, and Mike Twin Sullivan...
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