Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II
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Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II was the 1973 heavyweight boxing rematch in which Muhammad Ali narrowly avenged his earlier loss to Ken Norton in a closely contested bout.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8852172 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II Context triple: [Ken Norton, notableFight, Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II]
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A.
Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali I
Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali I was a 1973 heavyweight boxing match in which underdog Ken Norton famously broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw and won by split decision, marking one of Ali’s most notable career upsets.
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B.
Ken Norton vs. George Foreman
Ken Norton vs. George Foreman was a 1974 heavyweight boxing match in Caracas, Venezuela, remembered for Foreman’s dominant second-round knockout victory over the highly regarded contender Norton.
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C.
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali
"Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali" was a 1980 heavyweight boxing title bout in which a prime Holmes dominated an aging Ali in one of the sport’s most historically significant and poignant fights.
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D.
Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman
Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman, known as "The Rumble in the Jungle," was the legendary 1974 heavyweight boxing match in Zaire where Ali regained the world title with his famous "rope-a-dope" strategy.
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E.
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier trilogy
The Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier trilogy is the legendary three-fight boxing rivalry between heavyweight champions Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, widely regarded as one of the greatest series in sports history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II Target entity description: Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II was the 1973 heavyweight boxing rematch in which Muhammad Ali narrowly avenged his earlier loss to Ken Norton in a closely contested bout.
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A.
Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali I
Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali I was a 1973 heavyweight boxing match in which underdog Ken Norton famously broke Muhammad Ali’s jaw and won by split decision, marking one of Ali’s most notable career upsets.
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B.
Ken Norton vs. George Foreman
Ken Norton vs. George Foreman was a 1974 heavyweight boxing match in Caracas, Venezuela, remembered for Foreman’s dominant second-round knockout victory over the highly regarded contender Norton.
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C.
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali
"Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali" was a 1980 heavyweight boxing title bout in which a prime Holmes dominated an aging Ali in one of the sport’s most historically significant and poignant fights.
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D.
Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman
Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman, known as "The Rumble in the Jungle," was the legendary 1974 heavyweight boxing match in Zaire where Ali regained the world title with his famous "rope-a-dope" strategy.
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E.
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier trilogy
The Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier trilogy is the legendary three-fight boxing rivalry between heavyweight champions Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, widely regarded as one of the greatest series in sports history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
professional boxing match
ⓘ
sports event ⓘ |
| attendance | over 12000 ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Inglewood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| date | 1973-09-10 ⓘ |
| fighter1Name | Muhammad Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fighter1Nationality | American ⓘ |
| fighter1Nickname | The Greatest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fighter1Stance | orthodox ⓘ |
| fighter2Name | Ken Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fighter2Nationality | American ⓘ |
| fighter2Nickname | The Black Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fighter2Stance | orthodox ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali III ⓘ |
| follows | Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFighter |
Ken Norton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Muhammad Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSport | boxing ⓘ |
| hasWeightClass | heavyweight ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith | 1970s heavyweight era ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRematchOf | Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| judgeDecision | split decision ⓘ |
| judgingControversy | many observers felt Norton deserved the decision ⓘ |
| location | Inglewood, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| loser | Ken Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Ali avenging his earlier loss to Norton
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controversial scoring ⓘ |
| numberOfRounds | 12 ⓘ |
| promoter |
Bob Arum
NERFINISHED
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Top Rank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purseKenNorton | approximately $200000 ⓘ |
| purseMuhammadAli | approximately $300000 ⓘ |
| resultType | split decision ⓘ |
| roundFormat | 3-minute rounds ⓘ |
| sanctioningBody | non-title bout ⓘ |
| scorecardJudge1 | 7–5 Ali ⓘ |
| scorecardJudge2 | 7–5 Ali ⓘ |
| scorecardJudge3 | 7–5 Norton ⓘ |
| sequenceInRivalry | second fight ⓘ |
| state |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| titlesOnTheLine | none ⓘ |
| venue | The Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wentTheDistance | true ⓘ |
| winner | Muhammad Ali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1973 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II Description of subject: Ken Norton vs. Muhammad Ali II was the 1973 heavyweight boxing rematch in which Muhammad Ali narrowly avenged his earlier loss to Ken Norton in a closely contested bout.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.