ALi and Liston by Bob Mee

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  1. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

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    What does classic think the best book on Liston is?
     
    PetethePrince, Nov 28, 2011
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  2. Stonehands89

    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't know about "the best" in terms of its accuracy and rigor of research but I thought that Nick Tosche's "Night Train/The Devil and Sonny Liston" really capture the spirit of the man. It was conservational and edgy -which I found appropriate.
     
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  3. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    I have the book. Not read it yet.
     
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  4. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    It's the most readable by far, but it must have set your bull**** detector off at times?

    Very probing on the Mafia connection though, probably definitive.

    Rob Steen did a decent "straight up" bio. Both better than Ali & Liston, I think.
     
    McGrain, Nov 29, 2011
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  5. darling dame

    darling dame Active Member Full Member

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    Ya Muhammad THE GREAT ONE, had a way of complitmenty people,Patterson,Liston,Frazier!!!:-:)-:)-(
     
    darling dame, Nov 29, 2011
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  6. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Remnick's one was a good read too. As was the film based on the book,starring Terence Howard as Ali. Howard was pretty good as the young Cassius Clay. Although not quite as good as 'Chip' McCallister who played a young version of the Greatest in the 1977 film of the same name.
     
    Stevie G, Nov 30, 2011
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  7. Stonehands89

    Stonehands89 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sure -I write in the margins of every book I read. That one has "huh?!" and "come on, man!" in quite a few places.
     
    Stonehands89, Nov 30, 2011
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  8. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    A few, to me, golden nuggets from this book ...

    Joe Louis, in Liston's camp pre Patterson one .. Said he thought Satterfield was a better one punch hitter than Liston . He also noted that Sonny was not very effective punching down ... (again, this was pre-Patterson)

    Liston on D'Amato: He drew the color line .... Only fed Floyd weak white fighters and ducked the best black ones like Machen and Foley and himself.

    Jimmy Cannon rips Cus as extremely manipulative and stacked every deck imaginable for Patterson , favoring locations and ref's with ties to him ...

    Just some interesting items ..
     
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