[CLIP] Sonny Liston: "When I turned 18 I was 218lb"

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  1. reznick

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    SolomonDeedes Active Member Full Member

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    Walking into the gym for the first time at age 18, he may just have been a bit fat.
     
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    Indeed he may have.
    But he also seems to associate his big weight with his ability to do well.
    Which tells me he may not have been overweight.
     
  4. Coral Eugene Watts

    Coral Eugene Watts New Member Full Member

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    the first time he go to a gym, he was 13 years old.
    But what are 13 or 18 years for liston ? maybe he was not 13 but 16, not 18 but like 22