I wish Liston lived longer

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Mar 11, 2024.


  1. Cojimar 1946

    Cojimar 1946 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Prior to the 1990s marital **** was legal in some states. That's way worse than robbing liquor stores in my book. We are talking about a society with different morals than today.
     
  2. sauhund II

    sauhund II Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Liberal ?
     
  3. Ney

    Ney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Would you walk into an alley with a young Sonny Liston in it? Don’t be a hypocrite. You know he was a piece of ****.
     
  4. newurban99

    newurban99 Active Member Full Member

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    Anything new? All of this stuff about Liston has been hashed and rehashed ad nauseam. If anyone has something new to offer, I'd love to read it. Yes, he was an interesting character. But are we now going to concoct a sociology curriculum around him? Sheesh!
     
  5. Kid Bacon

    Kid Bacon All-Time-Fat Full Member

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    Right but Pigs are already getting their due revenge. Have you seen how obesity and cholesterol rates are out of the roof?. For every slaughtered pig there is a blocked blood vessel coming somewhere...

    People just doesn't realize how pigs are playing the smart long game.
     
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  6. Journeyman92

    Journeyman92 Mauling Mormon’s banned Full Member

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    We are all damned to live the life we are given Ney - by all accounts though he was an unlawful man to be labeled a degenerate by modern societies standards which I agree with. I find it increasingly funny the vast majority of the amateur poets here and elsewhere who fawn over him would be not only too afraid to talk with Liston but they would not even enjoy his company in the slightest.
    I wish this “Heart of Gold rouge” narrative would’ve been left in the bin beside the rest of there fan fiction. But with such men at times to know all might be to forgive all - he’s no friend of mine what do I know?
     
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  7. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Yes. Yes we are.
     
  8. Kid Bacon

    Kid Bacon All-Time-Fat Full Member

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    OK, I am curious now.

    What exactly did Liston that makes him so bad?
    Drugs? Alcohol? ... ii suspect at least 50% ATG are guilty on that account.
    Was he a thug? ties to the Mob? Lots of ATG also qualify.
    Did he steal some kid's candybag?
     
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  9. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Maybe someone has a soft spot for the presumed to be racist cops he beat up? Habitual drunk driving when it was almost socially acceptable? Imaginary fixed fight against Ali? I don't get it either.
     
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  10. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm sure Sonny wished he did as well.