Sonny Liston vs. Henry Clark

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  1. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Excellent photo,,,,,,MR.KALASINN,
    July 6, 1968
    The Cow Palace

    Sonny's shorts, had purple trim.
    He was in very good physical form,,,,,,,but 36,,,,,,,,,????

    Referee Frank Carter,,,,,,,,,was not in good shape!!!
     
  2. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    Thanks II Duce, I find your Liston-posts very interesting to read. :good

    Sonny looks to be in his late 40s by my estimation & it should be noted that those with dark black skin are supposed to age much slower facially.
     
  3. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thank you for the compliment.
    Just trying to add accurate facts!

    That wasn't a 'bad gig' for $20,000 in July 1968!

    I'd make Sonny a solid '42'.,,,,,Lets give the guy a break.
     
  4. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    $20,000 seems so cheap for such a wonderful fight, even considering it's vastly higher value back then!

    I didn't mean to be insulting, Sonny is one of my highest ranked favourites.
    I reckon he appears to be around 45 or 46 years old.
     
  5. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The early hard life may have really taken a toll on Liston.
    Or just his regular life wore him out faster than we think.

    I have to check, but he did win the 1953 Chicago Inter-City Golden Gloves Championship.
    If he was, say age 42 in 1968.
    Then he would be 27, while competing in the Golden Gloves.
     
  6. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    one of the better pieces i have read about liston was in a book about ali and covered patterson too.the trouble is i can't remember which one.
    in that article i mentioned, archie says he'd heard all the tales about foster battering sonny but they weren't true and he also advised frazier to avoid liston for the time being
     
  7. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Sting Like A Bee by Jose Torres?
     
  8. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    no it wasn't that.it might have been by ??? hauser
     
  9. Unforgiven

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    David Remnick's book on Ali, King Of The World.
     
  10. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :goodthat rings a bell.no pun intended:D
     
  11. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Yes, I think the Renwick book is more likely than Thomas Hauser's one. It starts with Liston-Patterson 1962 and finishes after Ali-Floyd.
     
  12. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :goodi just checked the thomas hauser book, its not that.if it is renwick's book, its one of the better books on ali that i have read
     
  13. Il Duce

    Il Duce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Charlie Shipes, Top Ranked Welterweight.
    Oakland-based fighter.
    Dick Sadler; manager/trainer
    Sonny Listons stablemate.

    New Oakland Boxing Club, June 1968

    Article in the Oakland Tribune, discussing his career, and the Sonny Liston-Mac Foster incident.
    'A quiet hush went through the club, when I heard Foster hit Sonny'
    There were only a few fella's their, but the hush was heard all the way down
    Franklin Street.'

    Discussing the sparring session between Sonny Liston and Mac Foster.
     
  14. fatcity

    fatcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I very much enjoy your look at these Liston fights.Well done.:good
     
  15. lefe

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    Liston look like he is 50 years old but his body look very strong.