Mike Tyson to Sonny Liston: I'm going to make you my girlfriend. What happens next?

This would probably be the thing that happens, but security and cops would come out of the wood work so it probably wouldn't last long

 

Didn't he leave him upside down in the trash can?

 

This too.

 

Thats a very disturbing thought....

 

A psychologist said that in his professional opinion, Ali's antics were to hide his fear of Liston. I read somewhere that the morning of the fight, Ali's blood pressure was taken and it was so high that the doctor almost recommended the fight be cancelled. They took it again a few hours later and it was normal.

I also read that Ali said that the one time he felt very concerned for his physical safety was the first time he fought Liston.

 

I don't think even Foreman in those days would relish the thought of meeting Liston in a dark alley.

 

In the wild, 2 apex predators usually try to avoid each other. Say where the territories of grizzly bears and bengal tigers overlap, they generally won't fight each other because regardless of who wins, the other will take a lot of damage which they may even die from later on. One may even back down from the other if it's over something small and relatively insignificant. Liston wouldn't just want to pick a fight with Tyson just for the hell of it. If Tyson called Liston say a big, ugly bear, Liston would probably shrug his shoulders and might call Tyson a big ugly lizard or something.

But if Tyson or anyone else made a remark implying that Liston was any less than 100 percent man and 100 percent heterosexual, especially if done publicly in front of an audience, I think it's highly probable that Liston would respond with violence. I'd go so far as to say if he had a gun, he'd probably shoot Tyson for saying something like that.

Ali didn't insult Liston's masculinity and Liston could've just viewed him more as an annoying punk kid. Like Mr. Wilson viewed Dennis the Menance.