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Terry Norris auctioning off memorabilia

Former junior middleweight champion and International Boxing Hall of Famer Terry Norris is looking to raise money for his foundation, the “Final Fight Foundation,” and has consigned a number of pieces of memorabilia for auction from his 1986 to 1998 career.

SCP Auctions has 14 Norris pieces in its current auction, which began Nov. 19 and concludes Dec. 6. All of the Norris items can be seen at scpauctions.com

Among the items on the auction block are his fight-worn, custom-made shoes from his Feb. 9, 1991, victory over Sugar Ray Leonard; his 10K gold 2005 Hall of Fame induction ring; autographed WBC and IBF j.unior middleweight world title belts; an autographed WBC lifetime achievement award belt; the gloves he wore in his 1990 knockout of the year win against John “The Beast” Mugabi to win claim the WBC junior middleweight title; fight-worn gloves from his 1988 win against Steve Little as well as gloves from various title defenses.

Norris (47-9, 31 KOs), 47, and his wife, Tanya, started a foundation whose “mission is to serve as a catalyst for the under-served athletes in health and retirement assistance, during and after their careers.” Norris suffers from the chronic brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, caused by the blows he took during his career. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of his memorabilia will go toward the foundation.