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Norfolk took the crown title for the second time one day short of a year later, on 8 Mary 1923, when he K.O.-ed Tiger Flowers at 2:50 in the first round of a scheduled 12-rounder in
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29:Kid Norfolk
350:References
401:. BoxRec.
365:. BoxRec.
270:Defeated
174:Defeated
126:Defenses
123:Location
22:color bar
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379:. BoxRec
328:See also
302:Unknown
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79:K.O.-ed
31:fought
383:26 May
129:Notes
112:Reign
120:held
115:Date
109:Name
385:2012
118:Days
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