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"In the ring, Sonny was a killing machine," said Johnny Tocco, one of Liston's trainers. The 6-foot-1½, 215-pounder used his 14-inch fists to make his mark, sometimes at inappropriate times.
Sep 12, 2020 · Sonny Liston struck fear into heavyweight fighters around the world Credit: Getty Images - Getty "I thought he must have cooked and left something on the stove," she explained in a rare interview ...
Jul 15, 2019 · Sonny Liston was found dead at his Las Vegas home in 1971. A coroner concluded he died of natural causes - but some say the truth is darker.
Today we remember one of the most formidable punchers in the history of boxing, looking at the career and somewhat difficult life of fighter Charles ‘Sonny’ ...
1. Charles L. "Sonny" Liston, född omkring 1930 i Sand Slough i St. Francis County, Arkansas, död 30 december 1970 i Las Vegas, Nevada, var en amerikansk professionell boxare som var världsmästare i tungvikt 1962–1964.
Sonny Liston ( Saint Francis megye, 1932. május 8. – Las Vegas, 1970. december 30.) amerikai profi bokszoló, aki 1953-tól 1970-ig versenyzett. Korának domináns nehézsúlyú bajnoka lett 1962-ben, miután kiütötte Floyd Pattersont az első menetben, majd szintén kiütéssel győzött ellene a következő évben a címvédő meccsen.
Oct 11, 2023 · Sports Illustrated once wrote that his hands “looked like cannonballs when he made them into fists.”. World heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston (left) follows through after landing a left blow to the head of challenger Roger Rischer in their bout in Pittsburgh on November 12, 1968. Liston knocked out Rischer in the third round.
