that's one of the reasons there were so many people who didn't give a **** about boxing taking sides with Liston before his 1964 defense against Cassius Clay. They didn't just hate Clay because he ran his mouth alot, but they actually liked Liston...forgave him for his criminal background because he didn't run his mouth.
Oh, as for the music track..either, as has been suggested, Night Train...the obvious choice, or the instrumental track of STP's Vaseline, or the instrumental track of Four Sticks by Led Zeppelin.