Sonny Liston built himself up to be one of the most feared heavyweight champions in boxing history. He was considered invincible. That all came to a halt when he faced a 7-to-1 underdog, a brash ...

It wasn't. Cassius (Muhammad Ali) Clay scored a one-punch, one-round knockout over Sonny Liston last night with a sharp overhand right that dropped Liston on his back and out of heavyweight contention ...

In any case, controversy has been a shadow over the two Clay-Liston fights and that shadow remains to this day. Unsatisfactory endings to both bouts — in February of 1964 at Miami Beach and in May of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Denver Post Library The Denver Post edition from Nov. 1963 Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay signed Tuesday for a mid-February heavyweight championship bout, ...

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The first fight was called a bore and a fraud. Sportswriters have been proclaiming for months they wouldn't go to the rematch if it were held in their own back yard. Boston chased the fight out of ...

Sonny Liston was a 7-1 favorite to retain his title against the 22-year-old Cassius Clay. Few people thought that Clay would be able to withstand Liston's power and unyielding pressure. One of the few ...