Liston had a son named William Wingate. He was a bouncer in Philadelphia back in the 80s and 90s. Apparently he was voted as the toughest bouncer in Philadelphia sometime during the 90s. He wasn't a child Liston had with his wife. He was actually born as the result of an affair Sonny Liston had. And he was about a week old when Liston became the heavyweight champion. Today, Liston would be a great grandpa as his son is a grandfather. But anyway, he got into a street fight with Bert Cooper. He hit Cooper so hard that the EMS had to use ammonia capsules to bring him to. Later on, Bert Cooper found out that the man who knocked him silly was the son of Sonny Liston and made it a point to apologize for starting their altercation. Here he is accepting an award for his dad at the Boxing Hall of fame [url]http://www.boxing.com/son_of_a_champion.html[/url]
Good stuff, thanks for posting. Seems like a shame he didn't give legitimate boxing a go, but given the harsh realities his pops faced re: the "business" side of the sport, not entirely surprising. Interesting stuff in the comments section there, too.
Yeah. He was born the same year as Holyfield so he likely would have been an 80s and 90s heavyweight. He obviously had raw power. If he had been as good as his dad, we could've seen the son of Liston fight Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis and company.
Since Listons son one timed Bert Cooper on the street, it got me to wondering how a 1960 Sonny Liston fares vs the Bert Cooper who fought Holyfield?
