Patterson ducked Folley and Machen while he was champ. He ducked Liston until it became a standing joke and he was forced to fight him.
I'm not gunning for Liston. I like Liston. Young had a way of beating people he wasn't supposed to beat. I wonder if people here think he had a...
Could Young have outpointed prime Liston?
Those two fights are the strangest and most important fights in modern boxing history. There is a stench coming out of both of them I doubt we...
I've heard the same things you point out about Liston's condition. Here's what I've never understood: Walcott totally blew his call in giving...
Sonny Liston The Real Story Behind the Ali-Liston Fights by Paul Gallender Gallender claims Liston's wife and son were held hostage by Black...
Your avatar looks like Lyndon Johnson wearing a hood.
Floyd (Canvas Back) Patterson is the most overrated, at least on ESB. I've actually seen him referred to as a Great. He was a joke as champion....
Liston wasn't floored by Marshall when Marshall broke Liston's jaw. Did Marchall knock him down in the next fight? Just askin'. I don't know.
Marciano- Liston would be my number 1.
Patterson. He was knocked down 20 times as champion.
Ali-Liston II, to show them the dark side of the sport.
Dempsey-Willard
Liston had a needle phobia and it's highly unlikely he took heroin. Joe Louis did. Joe was too paranoid to go out and get the stuff himself and...
Joe Louis did the two Ali-Liston fights and may have done others. Joe wasn't very articulate but I liked him. Ali did commentary on the...