2005 and one fight in 2006 saw two further victories against journeyman opponents before in March 2007 Norton challenged Tommy Eastwood for the vacant English cruiserweight crown at the Mercia Park Leisure Centre in Coventry. The fight was won when the referee stopped the contest in the 8th round handing victory and a third career title to Norton British and Commonwealth champion Norton's next fight after being declared English champion was in December 2007 when he travelled to Switzerland to fight Serbian Enad Licina. The fight resulted in a fourth career defeat for the Englishman as he lost a unanimous decision over eight rounds. It wasn't until October 2008 that Norton fought again, this time in a challenge for the vacant British cruiserweight title previously held by recently retired Mark Hobson. The fight took place in the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton-on-Trent and saw Norton claim the title at the second attempt against London's Micky Steeds. In February 2009, Norton defended the belt for the first time against David Dolan. The fight at the Aston Leisure Centre in Birmingham was also for the now vacant commonwealth title belt. In an exciting fight which saw a total of five knockdowns, Norton became a two belt champion as he earned the judges votes via a unanimous decision. On 13 November 2009 Norton defeated former European title challenger Ismail Abdoul in a non-title fight before meeting Dolan again on 15 January 2010 at the leisure centre in Altrincham. In another close fight, Norton once again managed to hold on to the title when the judges scored the contest a draw. Norton chose to give up his Commonwealth title when it was felt he would not be able to meet his mandatory challenge against Australian Dominic Vea. The fight, due to take place on Vea's home turf in Australia, did not appeal to Norton who said “Does anybody want to go 12,000 miles to fight? Especially when I was the man with the title and they should have come here to face me." Norton chose instead to concentrate on his British title saying that the most important thing for him was to "win the lonsdale belt outright". After 21 months of inactivity, Norton defended his British title against Leon Williams in October 2011. Williams took a highly controversial split decision. This was Norton's final fight. References External links Living people 1972 births English male