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| | |  Ali versus Liston: Encyclopedia II - Sonny Liston - Professional boxing careerListon made his professional debut on September 2, 1953, knocking out Don Smith in the first round in St. Louis, where he campaigned for the first five fights of his career. In his sixth bout, in Detroit, Michigan, he faced John Summerlin, who was 22-1, on national television. Liston won a narrow eight round decision. In his next bout he beat Summerlin in a rematch, and then, he suffered his first defeat, at the hands of Marty Marshall on another eight round decision, also in Detroit.
In 1955, he won six fights, five by knockout. Among the fights won, the ...
See also:Sonny Liston, Sonny Liston - Early life, Sonny Liston - Professional boxing career, Sonny Liston - The Phantom Punch, Sonny Liston - Subsequent fights, Sonny Liston - His death, Sonny Liston - Trivia, Sonny Liston - Reference Read more here: » Sonny Liston: Encyclopedia II - Sonny Liston - Professional boxing career |
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| | | | Ali versus Liston: Encyclopedia II - Sonny Liston - His death Liston seemed to be ready to mount another comeback in 1970, having beaten future Ali world title challenger Chuck Wepner (who also became Sylvester Stallone's inspiration for him to write the first Rocky movie), by a knockout in ten. However, on the evening of December 30 of that year, his wife found him dead in their apartment.
She had gone to her parents' home for Christmas. As he didn't return her calls, she returned early. The smell in the house made her think that Sonny must have cooked something bad. She found him dead i ...
See also:Sonny Liston, Sonny Liston - Early life, Sonny Liston - Professional boxing career, Sonny Liston - The Phantom Punch, Sonny Liston - Subsequent fights, Sonny Liston - His death, Sonny Liston - Trivia, Sonny Liston - Reference Read more here: » Sonny Liston: Encyclopedia II - Sonny Liston - His death |
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| | | | Ali versus Liston: Encyclopedia II - Sonny Liston - Early life There is considerable uncertainty about when Liston was actually born. Liston gave his year of birth as 1932, However, many believe that he was born in 1927, though there is no son named Charles listed with the family in the 1930 census. Liston was born the son of a sharecropper in Arkansas. He was one of seventeen children born to Tobe Liston and Helen Baskin. Liston endured frequent beatings as a child. He started to work early as his father's opinion was: ...
See also:Sonny Liston, Sonny Liston - Early life, Sonny Liston - Professional boxing career, Sonny Liston - The Phantom Punch, Sonny Liston - Subsequent fights, Sonny Liston - His death, Sonny Liston - Trivia, Sonny Liston - Reference Read more here: » Sonny Liston: Encyclopedia II - Sonny Liston - Early life |
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| | | | Ali versus Liston: Encyclopedia II - Ali versus Liston - The first fight Their first fight was held on February 25, 1964, in Miami Beach, Florida, where Clay was residing (his trainer, Angelo Dundee, operated a gym nearby). Clay dominated the first two rounds. By the third round, however, Liston seemed reinvigorated, and Clay fought most of the round complaining that he was blind. It has been argued ever since that Liston's corner, seeing their fighter being beaten by Clay, may have put vaseline or another type of ointment on Liston's gloves. Dundee instructed Clay t ...
See also:Ali versus Liston, Ali versus Liston - Pre-first fight records and chaos, Ali versus Liston - The first fight, Ali versus Liston - The second bout Read more here: » Ali versus Liston: Encyclopedia II - Ali versus Liston - The first fight |
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