Here are a few I can think of- somewhat in order of controversy 1. Ali- Liston II - "Phantom punch" 2. Liston- Clay - Claims of a fix 3....
Floyd Patterson.
Liston. He's my number 1 despite the Clay/Ali farces.
I've concluded this fight was a fix but holding it in Zaire didn't have anything to do with that. Zaire was where the money was. If Afghanistan...
Don King put it in Zaire, because that government paid him $10,000,000 to host the fight. He couldn't get that anywhere else.
Did you check YouTube?
Stepin Fetchit taught Clay his anchor punch that he knocked out Liston with. Maybe Floyd Paterson picked it up from him too.
Joe Louis is one of the worst horror stories out there.
I found a clip of it. It took about 20 men to separate them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RmtOnbt3cM
Tunney also married a wealthy woman.
I wasn't thinking about that. Schmeling became a multi-millionaire after the War with a Coca-Cola distributorship. Thanks for reminding me.
Ali appeared unbalanced more often than not. How many men do you know who call themselves the Greatest and go on about how pretty they are?...
I wouldn't have wanted to face Tyson. Getting KOed or beat is bad enough. How about not knowing if you would have any ears or a nose left?
We all know that George Foreman has made a pile of money with his grill. Ali owns a business which licenses his name and image as much as...
Marshall broke Liston's jaw in the 4th round, but I don't believe he knocked Liston down in that fight. I may be wrong.
