I think it is likely Liston threw both fights. First one, he went 6 rounds to satisfy the arranged round bets. And they knew he had a rematch....
Exactly.
The 2nd fight was an obvious fix. If all fixes were like that, we'd have little to worry about. That doesn't narrow it down much. :lol: I think...
I don't know. I can only speak for myself. I won't give Liston a pass just because Ali was great. It's irrelevant to me that Ali was great and...
Foreman would kill him. The Brewster who fought Meehan then.
I think Kid Gavilan.
That's fair enough. But I see it differently. And many share my view today, and did at the time. To some of us, Liston's performance is...
It was a great trilogy. It's remarkable that Patterson came back at all from that beating in the 1st fight, and it's remarkable that Johansson...
Liston quit and needed to make the excuse of an injured shoulder (could be true, regardless of whether the fight was legit or not). He quit,...
Some of the punches were spectacular but it's not easy to tell whether they were "full force" or not. It's hard to say if a fighter is pulling his...
Yeah, they did that it the rematch. Did you find it convincing?
Joyce won silver medal at last Olympics. I don't think the casual market was aware of Oscar Rivas but Whyte fought him on PPV. I don't think the...
Tyson was an early KO artist. Holmes schooled Berbick over 15 rounds, Tyson obliterated him in 2. It says nothing much about how good they were....
It was obvious a bad fix. Ali clearly didn't believe the knockdown was legitimate. he yelled at Liston to get up and fight, he was disgusted.
Liston landed some solid scoring shots but wasn't "landing bombs". Also, I doubt that "one can definitely be more convincing than quitting". How...
