Angelo dundee had seen prime liston first hand in miami, he even worked willie besmanoff's corner against sonny and was of the opinion Liston was highly overrated. Angelo was confident his fighter would always have nothing to worry about against Liston. here are some quotes from dundees book: “Let me tell you, I thought cassius could do it. The public had been mesmerized by Listons two wins against Patterson. So he Kod Patterson in the first round both times. What did that mean? Cassius was big and strong, weighing 210, could move, had a great jab and a good right cross. I really wasn’t worried. Let liston worry. I think Patterson froze in his first fight with liston and got himself so keyed up about not freezing in the second fight he froze again." "who did liston knock out? Al westphal that’s all. Cleveland Williams was on his feet and besmanoff was stopped on cuts. Forget Patterson - he was psyched out."