No. The Mob ordered the hit on Liston because he was selling dope they had given him to give to Joe Louis. So the story goes.
Some say Randolph Turpin was murdered, owing to a substantial debt to Solomons, a staged hit and suicide... hard to say, I knew Pete Price who was a life long friend, fighter and sparring partner, he said Randy had had enough. debt, hardship and obscurity, he done himself. I don't know, but Turpin was beat up twice and threatened over the debt, so you never know(???).
Reckon they'd have bigger fish to fry than ordering hits on a famous sports star for selling a little bit of dope....
His daughter, Carmen, still maintains her dad didn't commit suicide.I could well believe Solomons was behind it