Sonny Liston vs Ingemar Johannson 1959

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  1. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...Vaw38gN5XFi-TzL0hgPSYANMg&cshid=1589479666438 here is an obit. It says he crawled 7 feet before his demise. I can't shake the nagging feeling that he was pushed.
     
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    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Sonny Liston, Zora Foley and Eddie Machen all died around the same sort of time.

    Coincidentally each of them were run during the heyday of the “managers Guild”.
     
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  4. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    ya, Liston in '70, and the others in '72, all very mysterious. Oscar Bonavena was shot in '76. All very shady guys.
     
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    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Hàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.

    Liston ko
     
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    I went down the Oscar Bonevena rabbit hole recently not only worthy of a thread or 8 but also a book and a movie! Talk about chaos!

    I’m wondering how much of his success was based on natural attributes as opposed to dedication?
     
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  7. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think this thread stopped being about Liston vs. Johansson two days ago
     
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  8. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    I just realized how far it has strayed!
     
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  9. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Yup it turned into a "Cleveland Williams was a bum and a featherfist and anyone who says otherwise need to find another sport.", now it's an investigation into boxing deaths. :lol: Gotta love ESB
     
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  10. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    it's a strayed thread about an absurd and overstated argument. The 60s division is pretty interesting if you want to entertain conspiracy theories.
     
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  11. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    I hope they were not fighting on The Grassy Knoll again. Ha Ha
     
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  12. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Grassy Knoll?
     
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    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    The Grassy Knoll had to do with The JFK Assassination in 1963, conspiracy theory.
     
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  14. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    oops! This is the classic boxing forum. You can't talk about that. lol
     
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  15. Richard M Murrieta

    Richard M Murrieta Now Deceased 2/4/25 Full Member

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    I was just messing with you, sorry.
     
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