Muhammad Ali KO 1 Sonny Liston

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by mr. magoo, Jun 29, 2010.


  1. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    If there's anything I enjoy more than making home made barbecue ribs and drinking beer, its watching this fight.. The way that Liston got tagged and dropped like a sack of potatoes was absolutely priceless. There are some who say that Liston was forced to throw the fight, but I don't buy it.. I think that it comes down to two things.

    A. Ali was really THAT good

    B. Liston wasn't

    Grab some pop corn and a box of raisinettes and enjoy!!!!!

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzWynvBLJ4I[/ame]
     
  2. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    It's funny though; nobody really gives Ali credit for KO1 Liston. It's very rarely listed amongst his best wins, even by the guys on the forum who think the KO might have been dead gen (Magoo, you are basically the only guy, I think, that flat out states that it is). Whatever your individual feelings about Liston, he ranks amongst the best HW's...if it was a genuine knockout, then it would be amongst the very best boxing results in the history of fighting.

    Oddly, though, inspite of near universal suspicion, this thread will almost certainly descend into a debate about whether or not Liston jerked the fight. I think that's about what people want to be true. It would be lovely to believe that Liston just got knocked out by a genuinely wonderful fighter. For me, i'm as sure as it's possible to be that he dived, but all the evidence is circumstantial, apart from what you see on film, and clearly it's possible for an observer to believe that this is a genuine knockout.
     
  3. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Suzie's heart breaks a little more...ah, well.
     
  4. tommygun711

    tommygun711 The Future Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXy3ClAKzBs[/ame]
     
  5. klompton

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  8. DamonD

    DamonD Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What's with all Magoo's Liston threads? Someone been winding him up about Sonny?
     
  9. KnockOutArtist

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    The punch knocked Liston off balance, and he was too embarrassed/scared (his own words about seeing a crazy Ali screaming at him) to get back up before the count of 10.

    Ali was in Liston's head and seeing Ali standing over him was enough for Liston to cave.
     
  10. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Someone's been winding him up about Foreman.

    Somehow Foreman and Liston have become diametrically opposed on the forum. **** knows what it is all about really.
     
  11. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, I made that same observation and thorught "when the **** did Liston and Foreman fans become like Duran and Leonard fans". Kind of funny. It really seems to be wind-up week here on ESB.
     
  12. OLD FOGEY

    OLD FOGEY Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    "to get back up before the count of 10."

    There was no count of 10. Liston was never counted out, so the fight should have just gone on.
     
  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    I know...the really mad thing is that whilst Duran and Leonard have one of the most celebrated rivalries in ring history, Liston and Foreman really liked each other. It's an odd one.
     
  14. DamonD

    DamonD Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It does seem to get a bit 'stir crazy' like that here at times, suddenly there's a bitter war erupting between Marcus Rhode fans vs Wimpy Halstead fans and half-a-dozen threads about how Rhode would kick David Jaco's ass pop up.
     
  15. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    :lol: