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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.
Charles L. „Sonny“ Liston (n. 8 mai 1932, Little Rock, Arkansas - d. 30 decembrie 1970, Las Vegas, Nevada ), a fost un boxer american. El a fost între anii 1962 - 1964 campion mondial la categoria grea, după ce l-a învins în septembrie 1962 pe Floyd Patterson. Liston era un adversar de temut, datorită agresivității și a loviturilor ...
Today we remember one of the most formidable punchers in the history of boxing, looking at the career and somewhat difficult life of fighter Charles ‘Sonny’ ...
Sonny Liston. A MULTI-talented fighter, it could be said that Sonny Liston's best weapon was intimidation. He had one of the best jab's in boxing and knockout power in each hand, but Liston's balefull scowl often had opponets defeated before the first bell. Born one of 25 brothers and sisters, Liston led a troubled life and learned boxing while ...
Oct 11, 2023 · Sports Illustrated once wrote that his hands “looked like cannonballs when he made them into fists.”. World heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston (left) follows through after landing a left blow to the head of challenger Roger Rischer in their bout in Pittsburgh on November 12, 1968. Liston knocked out Rischer in the third round.
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...
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.
