Joe Louis, Gene Tunney, Floyd Patterson and George Chuvalo were all at ringside and said it was definitely a dive. I agree with their analyses.
Doug Jones Norton III Jimmy Young Shavers Ali at his best- with help from his friends.
Toward the end Dundee says "Don't ever, ever hold a man behind the head. That's the worst thing you can do" Anyone spot the irony?
I don't blame him. He sure had a good looking secretary who followed him around. I think her name was Brigit or something close.
It doesn't take a genius to see that Clay-Liston II was screaming for a fix. That's without even watching it.
I wonder if Clay was "perfectly conditioned" for that fight. It's a known fact he didn't like to train. Would he have gotten in perfect shape...
If Clay had lost in Lewiston, the Clay-Patterson fight wouldn't have been worth anything.
The most unpopular I remember was Liston. It was commonplace to hear and read that he would destroy boxing with his mob ties. A very close second...
Jeffries and Johnson couldn't agree on the same question. Johnson said he could not have beaten Jeff in his prime. Jeffries said he could never...
That would mean that Jersey Joe Walcott and Hurricane Jackson could beat anyone, too.
As HW champion, Liston drew a great deal of comment and attention because of his sordid background and perceived invincibility.
No, it's spelled COJONES. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cojones
Patterson- Liston I Liston- Ali I Frazier-Foreman I
Here's a Liston interview. He doesn't come across as at all stupid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6OJkxv1pyM
Intelligence and education are two different things. Liston was an illiterate. He couldn't read or write. His wife had to teach him how to sign an...
