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Charles L. " Sonny " Liston ( c.1930 – December 30, 1970), nicknamed " The Big Bear ", [4] was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970. A dominant contender of his era, he became the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round, repeating the knockout the following ...
Jul 15, 2019 · Sonny Liston was found dead at his Las Vegas home in 1971. A coroner concluded he died of natural causes - but some say the truth is darker.
Apr 2, 2014 · Boxer Charles L. "Sonny" Liston was born in St. Francis County, Arkansas on May 8, 1932. (There is some speculation about his year of birth, but most sources state sometime from 1929 to 1932.) The ...
Liston had Marshall on the verge of a knockout on several occasions, but the safety-minded Detroit fighter found a way to survive. Marshall was down 4 times; for a 9-count at the end of round 5, and three times in round six. Marshall down once in the 1st round. Liston suffered a possible broken jaw early in the bout.
Liston vs. Clay I, February 1964. The two fights between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston for boxing's World Heavyweight Championship were among the most controversial fights in the sport's history. Sports Illustrated magazine named their first meeting, the Liston–Clay fight (Ali had not yet changed his name from Cassius Clay), as the fourth greatest sports moment of the twentieth century.
Sonny Liston, American boxer who was world heavyweight boxing champion from September 25, 1962, when he knocked out Floyd Patterson, until February 25, 1964, when he stopped a fight with Cassius Clay (afterward Muhammad Ali). Learn more about Liston’s life and career in this article.
A devastating first-round TKO over Wayne Bethea made Sonny a contender in his next fight. Floyd Patterson can’t handle Sonny Liston’s ferocious punch-power and succumbs to a first-round knockout. Photo from The Ring archive. The Liston of 1958-1963 was a truly devastating fighter, one of the five greatest heavyweights of all-time.
Upstart Cassius Clay (later to become Muhammad Ali) was just 22 when he challenged Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship of the world.Liston, a brood...
Sep 18, 2020 · Muhammad Ali stands over Sonny Liston after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw on May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine. The fight and 'phantom punch' shook the world.
"In the ring, Sonny was a killing machine," said Johnny Tocco, one of Liston's trainers. The 6-foot-1½, 215-pounder used his 14-inch fists to make his mark, sometimes at inappropriate times.
