The reality is most professional boxing matches are "set ups". You could say boxing is as close to being rigged game without being a rigged game. This content is protected "It's still real to me, dammit! "
There are a lot of fixed fights. We see them every month, or every week. There's no 'criminal conspiracy' or 'cover up' or 'potential scandal'. We just shrug our shoulders and move on.
About Ali/Liston 2, I've watched in slow mo and Ali definitely hits him like full stop and its pretty counter punch too. Now would it KO Liston? Probably not but who knows but Ali for sure good him with a good one.
Guy wanted me to throw a fight when I was 12 in front of the girls so he could impress them. I refused.