{"id":818049,"date":"2026-10-29T23:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818049\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T23:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T23:10:12","slug":"ipswich-town-ex-blue-david-norris-makes-boxing-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/818049\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipswich Town &#8211; Ex-Blue David Norris makes boxing debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 45-year-old took to the ring for A Night to Remember III, a charity boxing showcase featuring ex-professionals, organised by Pro Project Promotions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"David Norris made over 100 appearances for Ipswich Town.\"\/>David Norris made over 100 appearances for Ipswich Town. (Image: Pagepix)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Norris, who captained the Blues in the 2010\/11 season, fought former West Brom, Nottingham Forest and Reading striker Simon Cox at London\u2019s Grosvenor House Hotel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He was victorious on his boxing debut as he finished Cox by third-round knockout, having dominated most of the fight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;So far out of my comfort zone,&#8221; Norris wrote on his Instagram page. &#8220;But grateful to be part of it and help raise thousands for some incredible charities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;An incredible event put together. The set up, how well the boxers were looked after throughout, the organisation, the special guests, the night and everything was spot on.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;One and done&#8230;undefeated, me and Mayweather.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingsofanglia.com\/news\/26676418.ipswich-born-striker-helps-league-two-side-stun-premier-league-champions-cup\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ipswich-born striker helps League Two side stun Premier League champions in cup<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Norris, who still laces up his football boots for the star-studded Wythenshawe Vets, is now a personal trainer and works with boxers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Fellow ex-Town star Jay Emmanuel-Thomas was set to main event the show, but his fight against Nile Ranger was called off at the last minute after Ranger failed his medical due to high blood pressure.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Stepping up to the main event was the fight between former Tottenham and Norwich City defender, Sebastien Bassong against former Arsenal and QPR defender, Armand Traore, with Bassong taking the win by TKO.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Other results on the night:\n<\/p>\n<p>    Lee Cook beat Martin Woods by unanimous decision<\/p>\n<p>    Harlee Dean beat Leroy Lita by TKO in round 3<\/p>\n<p>    Anthony Gardner beat Matthew Briggs by unanimous decision<\/p>\n<p>    Gary Madine beat Jamie Sendles-White by split decision<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 45-year-old took to the ring for A Night to Remember III, a charity boxing showcase featuring ex-professionals,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-818049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}