Sonny liston boxer wiki
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Real Name: River L. Liston
Nicknames: Sonny, Representation Big Bear
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Date: Dec 30, 1970
Case
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Sonny Liston
Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (May 8, 1932 – December 30, 1970) was an Americanboxer. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1962 to 1964. He was a boxer who was disliked by much of the public because of his criminal history and rumored association with organized crime characters. Liston served prison sentences for armed robbery and assaulting a police officer.[1] However, he was a skilled boxer and gained a shot at the heavyweight title held by Floyd Patterson. He knocked Patterson out in the first round to gain the title in 1962. He defeated Patterson by another first-round knockout in their rematch in 1963.
He lost the championship to Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) when he quit in his corner before the start of the seventh round in their 1964 fight. He was then knocked out in the first round during their second fight, which happened in 1965.
Liston continued to box, but died from congestive heart failure in 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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[change | change source]- ↑Liston was in trouble in and out of the ring
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Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., 17 January1942 - 3 June2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist, who was the Heavyweight Champion of the World three times between 1964 and 1979. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers in history.
Quotes
[edit]- I think Terrell will catch hell at the sound of the bell.
He's going around saying that he's a championship-fighter,
but when he meets me he fall 20 pound lighter.
He thinks that he's the real heavy weight champ
but when he meets me, he'll just be a tramp
Now I'm not sayin' just to be funny, but I'm fightin' Ernie because he needs the money.
- Ain't no reason for me to kill nobody in the ring, unless they deserve it.
- Comment after the match with Jimmy Ellis was stopped by the referee in the twelfth round (July 1971)
- I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.
- I've got a lot of white associates. Elijah Muhammad, is the one who preached that the white man of America, number