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To the rest of the world, it would be known as "The Phantom Punch.". That shot, which Ali dropped Sonny Liston with on May 25, 1965, was far from a phantom. The right hand landed flush on the face of Liston, who, despite having lost to Ali in surprising fashion a year earlier, was still a favorite heading into their rematch.
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#muhammadali #knockout #highlights #fight #liston #elterribleproduction@ElTerribleProductionSonny Liston 215 lbs lost to Muhammad Ali 206 lbs by KO at 2:12 i.
Lot A colour photograph of Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston.
Cassius Clay (206 lbs; 20-0-0) vs. Sonny Liston (215¼ lbs; 35-2-0). World heavyweight title fight.1965-05-25; St. Dominic's Hall, Lewiston, Maine, United Sta.
Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston and the 'Phantom Punch' Title Bout, 1965
Muhammad Ali's first world title win over Sonny Liston was the subject of a match-fixing investigation by the FBI. Liston, who was a heavy favourite to win, retired after the seventh round as Ali.
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Neil Leifer captured the Muhammad Ali towering over his vanquished opponent Sonny Liston
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Tale of the tape: Fight poster for Sonny Liston v Cassius Clay in 1964. Ali, an Olympic champion and undefeated in 19 fights before meeting Liston, leapt from his stool proclaiming "I'm king of.
Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston, 1965
The most iconic photo in boxing history documents the knockout that almost nobody saw happen. Even before the first punch was thrown, the May 25, 1965 bout between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston.
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42K likes, 83 comments - muhammadali on May 15, 2022: "A little over a minute into the first round of the fight, Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston.."
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Liston died without getting to see Ali's vision come true. And, right up until the end, he never got Ali. Sonny's last fight was against Chuck Wepner at the Jersey City Armory in the summer of 1970.
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Young Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston for first world title. On February 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay shocks the odds-makers by dethroning world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in.
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The 1965 match between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Lipton that produced the "Phantom Punch" controversy was not the first fight between the pair. On February 25, 1964, in Miami, Florida, the then.
Muhammad Ali "Standing Over Sonny Liston" 40x30 Photo Pristine Auction
Shortly after Muhammad Ali—then Cassius Clay—upset Sonny Liston to win the World Heavyweight Championship on February 25, 1964, it was discovered that the two boxers had a contract which gave Inter-Continental Promotions, Inc., a firm organized to promote Liston's fights, the right to promote Ali's first fight as champion—if he should.
Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston and the 'Phantom Punch' Title Bout, 1965
FBI suspected 1964 Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston fight was a Mob fix. Tuesday marked 50 years since Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, "shocked the world" and beat Sonny Liston — one of the.
Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston and the 'Phantom Punch' Title Bout, 1965
Check out our other video's: https://bit.ly/SportRogueListon was the World Heavyweight Champion at the time of the first Liston-Clay fight in Miami Beach on.
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By Gareth Evans BBC Sport. 15 July 2019 Boxing 111. Sonny Liston became world heavyweight champion in 1962 and fought Muhammad Ali twice. In January 1971, former heavyweight champion of the world.
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Schedule. Champions. Divisional Rankings. P4P. Tickets. Profiles. Look back at the controversial heavyweight title rematch between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston from May 25, 1965 in Lewiston, Maine.