Ali-Liston 1 was even after 6 rounds

Journeyman92 · Oct 5, 2021

The gulf would have only grown larger had it gone on.

mark ant · Oct 5, 2021

Pugguy said: ↑

Agree or disagree with them but by definition cards reflecting judges scores as at the time aren’t revisionism.

Judge 1, 3-2-1 (58-56) Liston, Judge 2, 4-1-1 (59-56) Ali and ref Barney Felix, 3-3 (57-57) Even

All judges scored rd 5 to Liston of course but only one, Judge 1, gave rd 5, 10-8 to Liston.

Personally I might’ve scored 4-2 Ali or at best 4-1-1 Ali (like Judge 2). From my POV Judge 1’s card is a bit out there and guilty of confirmation bias, looking only at Liston and seriously ignoring Ali’s work and maximising the point spread for rd 5.

Flawed as it is, maybe it takes a few rds for it to sink into some Judges predisposed minds that a heavily favoured Champ is actually getting whupped by the underdog. from the get go.

Even though this fight falls outside of Ali’s substantive prime I still rank it as one of his greatest performances absolute.
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This is odd, Liston got handled like a child.

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