Sonny Liston: “The Strongest Heavyweight I Ever Dealt With” - George Foreman

Source? Cuz from what i know this is COMPLETELY wrong.

the tree was cut down, so we have no idea when the marking was. Also his mother told that story twice, one time she explained the blistering heat and the next she explained the crippling cold. She is totally unreliable.

 

Archie Moore was fighting old age and Holmes was too, and what about ancient Foreman?

 

He didn’t know his age either bro. All we know is from his sister and it’s that “he was born after the first world war.”

 

Take this back to the other thread, im not trying to infect the forum with our petty squabble.

 

Source is this forum when this was post with actual source.
Tre was cut but what was left were 3 numbers starting as 193... so his mom claimed he was not born before that and he did to so how he was older than 37?

 

First world war could be 1918 and could be 1939.

 

Once again, PLEASE A SOURCE DEAR GOD

 

He claimed his age and his mom too, that's what counts, he didn't change it and I don't give a damn about what your think and what's your theory.

 

He didnt claim that age haha. He told his gym mates “im far older than you think.”

 

Date of birth
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There is no official record of Liston's birth as his family's home state of Arkansas did not make birth certificates mandatory until 1965.[12] His family, but not Charles (or Sonny) Liston, can be found in the 1930 census, and in the 1940 census he was listed as 10 years old.[12][13] It has been suggested Liston himself may not have known what year he was born, as he was not precise on the matter. Liston believed his date of birth to be May 8, 1932, and used this for official purposes[13] but by the time he won the world title an aged appearance added credence to rumors that he was actually several years older.[13][14][12][15][16] One writer concluded that Liston's most plausible date of birth was July 22, 1930, citing census records and statements from his mother during her lifetime.[16]

 

Yeah because he joked about his age.

 

Did you just give me a wikipedia quote as a source? Did you even graduate high school?

 

It wasnt a joke.

 

Exceptions not the rule.
Glad you brought that up though, because Holmes and Foreman shouldn't have been competitive with much younger world class fighters.
Maybe As both Foreman and Holmes said, the fighters they competed against in their prime years where so much better than the ones they faced in their twilight yrs.

 

I have many sources and you can find them on quora where you can find yourself quotes from his close people and even his mother.