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Sonny Liston

60 Years Ago Today: Ali Vs. Liston II And “The Phantom Punch”

05/25/202505/25/2025 James Slater
60 Years Ago Today: Ali Vs. Liston II And “The Phantom Punch”

For a fight that barely lasted a minute, the rematch between heavyweight greats Muhammad Ali and Sonny … continue

Forgotten Heavyweight Marty Marshall: The Man Who Broke Sonny Liston’s Jaw

04/20/2025 James Slater
Forgotten Heavyweight Marty Marshall: The Man Who Broke Sonny Liston's Jaw

Seventy years ago this week (April 21, 1955), future heavyweight king Sonny Liston avenged his first pro … continue

Christmas Day In 1964 – When Sonny Liston Was Arrested And Muhammad Ali Came To His Defence

12/23/2024 James Slater
Christmas Day In 1964 – When Sonny Liston Was Arrested And Muhammad Ali Came To His Defence

Fight fans who know the Sonny Liston story know the former heavyweight champion of the world had, … continue

Happy Halloween! Some Of The Scariest Fighters In History

10/31/2024 James Slater
Happy Halloween! Some Of The Scariest Fighters In History

What makes a fighter, a boxer, scary? Wicked punching power? A genuinely nasty personality and demeanor? Thoroughly … continue

Muhammad Ali – Sonny Liston II: The Most Controversial “KO” In Boxing History

05/25/2024 James Slater
Muhammad Ali - Sonny Liston II: The Most Controversial “KO” In Boxing History

Was it a legitimate knockout punch? Was the fix in? Was it a ‘Phantom Punch?’ Did Muhammad … continue

DOCUMENTARY: A Timeline of the 1960s Heavyweight Boxing Division

04/15/2024 Charles Jackson
DOCUMENTARY: A Timeline of the 1960s Heavyweight Boxing Division

Up and down, back and forth; the 1960s produced a heavyweight division that was as “counter-culture” as … continue

60 Years Ago Today: The Ali Vs. Liston Fight – Still So Much To Remember

02/25/2024 James Slater
60 Years Ago Today: The Ali Vs. Liston Fight – Still So Much To Remember

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first fight between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston. At the … continue

Sonny Liston: Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy

02/08/202402/07/2024 Stuart Cornwell
Sonny Liston: Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy

To me, he stands out as the epitome of a heavyweight boxer. Those two words – heavyweight, … continue

Christmas 1963, When Sonny Was Heavyweight King – And Liston Looked Unbeatable

12/13/202312/13/2023 James Slater
Christmas 1963, When Sonny Was Heavyweight King – And Liston Looked Unbeatable

Rewind to the Christmas holidays of 1963, and it seemed as though the man who sat on … continue

Like A Hot Knife Through Butter – Sonny’s Title-Winning KO Of Floyd

09/25/2023 James Slater
Like A Hot Knife Through Butter – Sonny's Title-Winning KO Of Floyd

How scary was Sonny Liston – the peak version? It’s a tough question, one on more than … continue

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