Norris Will Fight Taylor for $2 Million
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Less than two weeks after criticizing his manager for not getting him enough big-money fights, junior-middleweight champion Terry Norris signed Monday to fight welterweight champion Meldrick Taylor on May 9 for more than $2 million.
The fight, to be held at the Mirage in Las Vegas and televised by HBO, will pay Norris about 15 times more than he made for his Feb. 22 bout against Carl Daniels in San Diego on ABC.
Norris (31-3) and Taylor have (29-1-1) will fight at 150 1/2 pounds for Norris’ World Boxing Council junior-middleweight title.
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