"The public is not with me. The governor of nearby Maine, John Reed, stepped up and volunteered to host it in the small town of Lewiston, where a resort and ice rink could provide some infrastructure. Liston assaulted the officer, breaking his knee and gashing his face. My man. Odds makers gave Liston 71 to win. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. "It was common knowledge that Sonny was a heroin addict," said Sgt. Tocco said that the living room furniture was in disarray, but the house did not yet smell of death. (2) Professional gambler Lem Banker insists that Liston was murdered by drug dealers with whom he'd become involved. Anyone can read what you share. During these same years Sonny Liston was on the comeback trail as well. Never before seen Sonny Liston interview. 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Genuinely kind mobster who had been convicted of armed robbery and assault. This victory is regarded by some as Liston's most impressive performance. After Ali's win against Sonny Liston, he wouldn't . After he won the title, Liston relocated to Denver permanently, saying, "I'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than the mayor of Philadelphia. [55], There is ample evidence that Liston did carry an injury to his left shoulder into the fight. "[40][41], Upon winning the world heavyweight title, Liston had a speech prepared for the crowd that friends had assured him would meet him at the Philadelphia airport. [34] Many African-Americans disdained Liston. But audiences attending Knopfler's concerts around North America this summer are hearing and responding favorably to a song of a different genre, a bluesy narrative ballad called "Song for Sonny Liston," about the troubled fighter who preceded Muhammad Ali as heavyweight champion in the early 1960's. Liston was particularly known for his immense strength, formidable jab, long reach, toughness, and his infamously intimidating appearance. A lot of his life was mysterious and messy. This is a clip out of the \"The Other Side\" Documentary. 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Sonny Liston Once Shot a Gun at Muhammad Ali - Sportscasting In "Sailing to Philadelphia," a duet with James Taylor, Knopfler told of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon traveling from England to North America to draw the Mason-Dixon line. After repeated overnight detention by the St. Louis police and a thinly veiled threat to his life, Liston left for Philadelphia. A sudden violent combination delivered with 30 seconds left in the round electrified the crowd. There were plenty of tough questions after the first fight for Liston, too, namely, why didnt he come out for another round? [107] The story speculates that Liston threw the Ali match for the good of society. [91] Coroner Mark Herman said traces of heroin byproducts were found in Liston's system, but not in amounts large enough to have caused his death. ", Liston appeared on the December 1963 cover of Esquire magazine (cover photograph by Carl Fischer) "the last man on earth America wanted to see coming down its chimney".[106]. Gallender claimed, "A lot of officers knew Sonny was dead before Geraldine returned home on January 5, but they chose to let him rot. "[95], Sgt. [5][6] Alfie Potts Harmer in The Sportster also ranked him the third greatest heavyweight and the sixth greatest boxer at any weight. Night Train is like $11 on Amazon, peep that if you want to get more of the story, i don't like how max was squeezing sonny's bicep. In an unearthed, unaired TV interview, Sonny Liston's wife once said that the fighter needed to get out of the ring as fast as possible because he had diarrhea. Ira Gay Sealy/The Denver Post via Getty Images According to the post, he returned back home later that morning and called his sparring partner Gary Bates to tell him he was leaving for Los Angeles but that they should get together when he returned in a couple of days. I want to prove to the world there's dirty work afoot.' Roy Harris, who had gone 13 rounds with Floyd Patterson in a title match, was crushed in one round by Liston. The fight lasted four seconds longer than the first one. Known for his powerful punch, the majority of his victories were knockouts. Dave Anderson of the New York Times said Liston "looked awful" in his last workout before the fight. Never before seen Sonny Liston interview. Support this Channel: https://www.patreon.com/join/LegendsofBoxing Merchandise: https://www.redbubble.com/peo. Suffolk County, where Boston is located, ultimately pulled the plug, leaving them without a venue with less than a month to go. Two more arrestsfor disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and another for impersonating a copled to Liston being suspended by the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission on July 14, 1961. "[78] While much has been written about the effectiveness of his left jab, others have commented favorably on Liston's wide range of boxing skills. Interviewing and trash-talk have both gone through some tremendous evolutions, havent they? He is a relatively elementary, one-track fighter." [67] Some felt the knockdown was real but the knockout was fake. The commotion was not lost on referee Barney Felix, who was walking toward Clay's corner. The NAACP had urged Patterson not to fight Liston, fearing that a Liston victory would hurt the civil rights movement. Furthermore, that count cannot be started until the fighter scoring the knockdown goes to and remains in a neutral corner. "He told me in the strictest confidence, but it was like he wanted to get it off his chest." In The Greatest, the 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali in which Ali played himself, Liston was portrayed by Roger E. Mosley. 'Raising Ali' Remembers The 'Worst Mess In The History Of Sports' - NPR [100] A successful racehorse which won the Irish St Leger classic race in 2021 was named Sonnyboyliston. "Yes, it was good and honest". [50] You really never watched the first fight did you? Caputo, one of the investigating police officers, "The whole department knew about it." [11][12][10][13][14] One writer concluded that Liston's most plausible date of birth was July 22, 1930, citing census records and statements from his mother during her lifetime. "He had a left like Henry's hammer," Knopfler sings, "a right like Betty Bamalam. On July 28, 1963, Liston joined a group of 500 African Americans in Denver who marched to a post office to mail letters urging the Colorado congressional delegation to pass the Kennedy administration's civil rights package. The Real Story behind the Ali-Liston Fights. Sonny Liston shot a gun at Muhammad Ali. Midway through the first round, Liston threw a left jab and Ali went over it with a fast right, knocking the former champion down. Sit down!' Many in attendance did not see Ali deliver the punch. "It really has made an impact, actually from the very first time I performed it on 'A Prairie Home Companion,"' Knopfler said in a telephone interview. The mysterious life of Sonny Liston. [30] Before his bout with Liston, Muhammad Ali consulted Machen and was advised that the key to survival was to make Liston lose his temper. Welcome to r/boxing, the official home of pro boxing on Reddit! We cooked up that shoulder thing on the spot. It was a good punch, but I didn't think I hit him so hard that he couldn't have gotten up. Muhammad Ali: FBI probed 1964 Sonny Liston fight for match-fixing And the face, it was an unforgettable face. With the proceeds, he traveled to St. Louis to live with his mother. In his own words in Thomas Hauser's 1991 biography: "The punch jarred him. But he spoke to his friend Resnick on the day of the fight and was told not to bet on the champion. One mile up on a mountain 13 miles west of Denver is the Shrine of Mother Cabrini. [84], Liston married Geraldine Chambers in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 3, 1957. "[57] Those findings were confirmed in a formal investigation immediately after the fight by Florida State Attorney Richard Gerstein, who also noted that there was little doubt that Liston went into the fight with a sore or lame shoulder. Maybe he was. Patterson wanted a chance to redeem himself, so they met again on July 22, 1963, in Las Vegas. Liston appears as a character in James Ellroy's novel The Cold Six Thousand. Writer Jack McKinney said, "I watched Sonny. Pan, 2017. He had been deliberately snubbed. ", Still, some found it hard to believe that the punch could have floored a man like Liston. The interference of ringside reporters regarding interpretation of the rules, the fight stoppage and the controversy after the fight had not been seen since The Long Count Fight between champion Gene Tunney and challenger Jack Dempsey in 1927. [58] Despite Liston carrying an injury and being undertrained, Clay stated in 1975 that the first fight with Liston was the toughest of his career. The second round saw Liston continue to pursue Clay.