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Intercity Golden Gloves. Chicago 1953. Light-heavyweight. Charles L. " Sonny " Liston ( c. 1930 – December 30, 1970), nicknamed " The Big Bear ", [4] was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970.
(UP) From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette- "Liston apparently planned to coast through the bout, and (Referee) McTiernan warned him twice to get in there and fight." Liston had Marshall on the verge of a knockout on several occasions, but the safety-minded Detroit fighter found a way to survive.
Jul 15, 2019 · In January 1971, former heavyweight champion of the world Sonny Liston was found dead at his Las Vegas home. A coroner ruled that he died of natural causes - but some say the...
Sonny Liston, American boxer who was world heavyweight boxing champion from September 25, 1962, when he knocked out Floyd Patterson, until February 25, 1964, when he stopped a fight with Cassius Clay (afterward Muhammad Ali).
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’ ...
“In a four-round fight which was watched closely by St. Louisians, Sonny Liston, a National Golden Glove champion, weighing 200 ½ , and whose home is in St. Louis, punched out a fast 33-second knockout over Don Smith, 179, of Louisville, Kentucky.
Sonny Liston. Actor: Head. Charles "Sonny" Liston's life and death began and ended in the same manner: as a mystery. Liston, one of 25 children by his father, is reputed to have been born in May 1932, yet prison records show various birth dates, among them 1928.
Jun 25, 2021 · Join Rainy Day Boxing for an in depth career tribute to arguably the most intimidating man of all time, the ‘Night Train’, Sonny Liston.Narrated by Eli Harri...
The 24th of 25 children fathered by Tobey or Tobe Liston (one of 10 with his wife Helen), Sonny came into the world in a tenant's shack 17 miles northwest of Forrest City, Ark.
May 12, 2022 · Liston won by a knockout at 2:09 of the first round. In the early 1960s, a brash and talented young heavyweight named Cassius Clay emerged onto the boxing scene. In his bid to earn a title shot, Clay christened Liston a "big, ugly bear" and consistently taunted him, even leaving bear traps outside of Liston's house.
