Ali showed he’s an a-hole. He was all over Liston on the knockdown and the referee can’t properly count as he’s to busy trying to keep Ali in the corner for 10 seconds.
@@Homer-OJ-Simpson He was kind of an a-hole at that point. Young black Muslim in a still very racist white America whose freedom (not to mention his life) was already being threatened in a very public way. That is a lot to take on for a 22 year old. Ever heard of the word "perspective".
blast from the past float like a butterfly sting like a bee his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see now you see me now you don’t george thinks he’ll do it but i know he won’t
Vox Daze. He clearly did not want to suffer the same humiliating beating he took from ali. Liston was about to get schooled twice. This time he dropped out in the first round.
Ali commenting on the replay of the fight video -"I see why you're showing this in slow motion, I'm so fast you can't see it in real action" He was right.
@@emzid5105 the Ali fanboys that is. I liked Ali but not to the point where my thinking overrode what was clearly in front of my eyes. The powers that were in boxing were not stupid. That's why Liston never got another shot at the title despite going 15-1 (14 KO's) after the second Ali fight, he just couldn't be trusted.
@@marknorris1381 yeah i don´t deny ali would win the second fight straight up and he is the greatest HW ever in my book but this was an obvious fix ( ali hardly touched liston with that "KO" shot , and liston was known for his connections with the mobsters and owing them money )
It's a shame Liston wasn't remembered as the great heavyweight champion he could have been if it wasn't for Ali, but his record speaks for itself. He won 35 of 36 fights before his first fight with Ali and 15 of 16 fights after his rematch with Ali. He beat all the top heavyweight contenders before he became champion like Nino Valdez, Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams, Zorah Foley, and Eddie Machen. Truly one of the greats.
It’s hard to be in the top 10 with only one title defense against a guy with a glass jaw who he outweighed by 25 pounds. I’d put Liston in the top 20 though.
In their first fight Ali admits he was scared - "I was indeed scared of Liston, I had to tell myself I was the greatest before showing the rest of the world".
A sunny Satan put chemical on Sunnys glove , they worship the 6 pointed star the trigger finger they created slavery anew.Mass murder from their Father Hitler they serve Satan
And he did. And he had a reason to be scared if you go back and watch and just listen to how heavy the shots Liston was landing. The jabs sounded like gun shots
The only reason he was scared is because Liston was a mobster. If you think Tyson was a criminal, Sonny makes Mike look like a boy scout. Liston even tried to intimidate him by shooting at him with a revolver loaded with blanks.
"I've done something new for this fight. I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick."
Hahaha - the guy was something else. This fight was weird though. I'm sure he was shouting at Liston to get up bcz no one would believe he got knocked out like that. Either way what a legend - RIP Champ
@@Yachanan144 Yeah right he just faked being KO’d to get paid! Both boxers got the same amount of money for this fight, win or lose. This was for the Heavyweight Championship of the World and Liston wanted it as much as Ali. You’re a dreamer. Too bad for Liston in the rematch, Ali boxed him out and destroyed him. It’s long been a closed case there Yachy!
@@BLUTOVthe HW boxing title was the most prized title in sports, the super bowl hadn't even been invented yet as a matter of fact the Green Bay /KC Chiefs was called the AFL/NFL Champioship game. The HW boxing title was the biggest prize in sports
Ali showed he’s an a-hole. He was all over Liston on the knockdown and the referee can’t properly count as he’s to busy trying to keep Ali in the corner for 10 seconds.
@@Luca80KRMuhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, is the greatest boxer of all time. Mike Tyson's career was amazing, but it doesn't reach the legacy Muhammad Ali crafted for himself.
Ali was probably shouting "GET UP! NO ONE WILL BELIEVE THIS!' As you could see he wanted to continue aswell. There is no way Sonny could've beaten Ali here anyways. Ali was just better.
One especially good fake punch and a real blow could have taken Ali out. You know which way Ali would lean away from a punch. Sonny could have planned to put his head where his glove was going.
No need for the "his" mate, he was a champion to people, lots and lots of people, all different colours, faiths & nationalities. He was The World's Champion.
Ali said in his book that the reason he was yelling at Liston to get up was because the crowd was shouting "Fix!" and he didn't want anything to think he was a part of it. Recently it was said that Liston should not have been counted out because Ali had not gone to the neutral corner, which is why the ref had not been counting, and this was proper. It was the timekeeper who informed the ref that Liston should have been counted out, and that was an error. Liston later said that he went down intentionally because of concerns about the Muslims, etc., but most people think that was sour grapes. A lot of people say Ali's punch never landed, but you can clearly see it in the film. A quick right hand over Liston's left jab. He never saw it coming. That's the one that always gets you. I think Liston is an all time great. But Ali beat him twice, fair and square.
At 13:48 it looks like Ali turned to someone in his corner and said "did I hit him?". Man was he a thing of beauty in this round, speed, movement, fast punches...weiged in at 206. The best info I've put together over the years is that the fix was in but Ali had no idea and that Liston went down earlier than planned because it was obvious he was gonna get " whipped.". Great upload even at 240 pixels. Think I've seen the fight in color somewhere. That photographer should have won a Pulitzer for snapping that classic shot so fast. I have it as the lock screen on my phone!
This fight had a weird ending. The timekeeper actually counted Liston out, as the ref (Walcott) couldn't hear the count to pick it up. Ali was jumping around and distracting Walcott as well. I timed Liston with a stopwatch, and he was down for 16 seconds.
@@eliandkhylie2247 , Walcott couldn’t pick up the count because Ali wouldn’t go to a neutral corner and stay there. The whole thing was bizarre. I have never seen a fighter counted out by the time keeper. If you leave the corner the referee has to stop the count. Walcott never stopped the count because he never started it.
That’s what I’m saying. Liston was obviously throwing the fight - for whatever reason - the mob, the nation of islam, or he was just plain tired of being a public punching bag. But the fight ends on the refs’s count. Not someone at ringside. The ref was doing his job pushing an excited and mad Ali (who knew he didn’t connect that hard) to a neutral corner this preventing him from counting. The whole affair is sordid and looking back kinda sad that such a great and anticipated fight ended the way it did.
@@elijahparis-salmon9943 His behavior made it very hard for the referee. He should’ve immediately gone to the furthest neutral corner but didn’t and created a lot of confusion making it impossible for the count to be applied correctly.
@@howardsmith8430 the ref was a legendary fighter and didn't know what he was doing, hindsight is 20/20 of course but they should have had a proper ref for a bout of this magnitude.
Punch knocked him over, Liston thought "Should I get up? Nah, this guy'll kick my ass all over again, there's no point, let's roll over like a turtle now!"
I was 10 years old at the time. Dad and I watched Friday Night Fights each week so we were boxing fans. We waited for this fight (it was on the radio). We tuned in the station and were all excited. It was so disappointing when it didn't go one round. Dad was mad and said the fight was fixed. I had no idea what he meant by that.
Muhammad Ali was way ahead of his time. Heavyweight boxing would never be the same again for the heavyweight division. hand and foot speed, as well, as a good defense would determine a championship boxer. No more slow guys...
In 1965, I don't think many people realized how good Ali would be. But after the first Liston fight, it was pretty obvious that Liston didn't have a chance in the second fight.
that right hand by ali was thrown when he was going backwards..there's no way liston could have been ko'd by that punch. with all his speed and footwork, he was not a big puncher. i think this fight was fixed.
Sonny Liston was one of the hardest mean assed men who ever walked the earth. Bear in mind this guy stood his ground when cops were beating him with riot sticks and he threw them around like empty tracksuits. Do you really think a punch like that would k o him
@@JeffaHensley sonny liston was only chempion for two year ;; floyed pattersin was scary to fight sonnny liston ;; late 1950s / 1962 young sonny liston wouldve fought & knock out floyd patterson & cassiss clay same night
Its painfully obvious from Liston's bad acting that a fix was on, but it in NO WAY would have changed the outcome of the title defense. Liston wasn't in the same league with a 23 year old Ali, and its a shame there couldn't have been a better venue to display the greatness of a fighter who would spend the majority of his remaining prime out of the ring.
@@nicholasantonicello6903 maybe because Liston himself did bet against himself! Come on, ok the phantom punch, but he didn't even try to get up in a palusible way afterwards!
I was not Born till July 1965. But i remember my Dad and Grandpa Calling those 2 BUMS and the Fight Total Horse Shiza For Years. So many times. MMM Memories, Love ya Dad And Gramps.
Robert Israel Kabakoff. Exactly. Liston was not coward like you. A brave man and warrior he was. Liston saved himself from death by not continuing that fight. Well from Ali in the ring that night anyways. Whatever happened to him after was not Ali's fault. Your welcome!
The punch was not nearly hard enough to knock out a bull like Liston. He was probably ordered to take a dive by the mob. Notice the bad acting when he tried to get up and then fell back down. Also, Jersey Joe Wolcott was an incompetent referee, certainly not someone you would pick for a championship fight. He never should have started to count until Ali went to a neutral corner. In addition, I don't think Liston was on the canvas for the full 10 seconds. In short, a complete travesty.
@ 11:44 and even as a kid, I always thought that the way Ali raised his right hand was a signal to Liston that he was about to throw the phantom punch. However, I still think the punch was harder than what people can see in this video. Slowed down (in the color version of this), you can see that punch sent a shock wave through Liston's body. Here is the thing though. Liston got up like he wanted to still fight, but Jersey Joe stopped it. Keep in mind that Jersey Joe didn't ever really start the count. Part of me thinks Liston took a dive, but another part tells me, "If he took a dive, why did he even get back up?"
My point exactly they had started back fighting so Walcott and whoever he was talking to was the fixers Sonny was still fighting when Walcott stopped it
Yeah this is the fact many people didn't know they think that ali was loved from starting and it is also very tough for many to see a black being so loudmouth and confident at that time it was very tough it requires supreme confidence like the greatest
I showed my wife a freeze frame of Sonny in the corner against Leotis Martin and asked her how old she thought he was. She has no idea of who he is. She said 'about fifty'. That fight was in 1969. I think she's close to the money.
@LikeWiseLikeYou..amazing deception. I do not believe Ali knew the fight was fixed, he was an honest man, but in my opinion it was. It came out years later that Liston was owned by the mob, so the dive makes sense.
@@rainstormzee554 The fix would only apply if Ali was the underdog. Sonny was the underdog in their rematch, ie he was already expected to lose. His heart obviously wasn't in it, he just decided not to get up.
My favorite story about this fight was when Mickey Mantle and his entourage went to a movie theater in NYC to watch the fight. They had one of the members of the group get a bunch of Cokes and popcorn while they went in to sit down. The guy later recalled that by the time he bought the Cokes and popcorn, Mickey and his entourage -- and everybody else -- came out of the theater, disgusted, tearing up their tickets and tossing them on the floor. The fight was already over. So Mickey and Co. departed, leaving their guy standing their with all these Cokes and buckets of popcorn. He said he just dropped them on the floor and followed them out.
At all of the people saying this was fixed, the remastered footage clearly shows a right hand landing on the chin and the entire upper body rippling. He could barely stand after that. They even let the fight continue on until Ali swarmed him again, THEN it was stopped. There was no fix here.
it was... 1) legs and body not soft; 2) when falling, he was protecting himself with hand and elbow... check out how it looks when a fighter is knocked out for real - he falls like a wet towel, and it starts instantly after the hit
Lol liston got absolute destroyed , but can you blame him, look at Ali, hé was a monster and look how hé celebrates , hé knew , and later in his life hé was also one of the best, look at the first fight it is longer , and when you watch IT, liston Just gets destroyed , Ali is too fast but liston was old as hell
Liston obviously took a dive in the 1st round and threw the fight. Ali’s supposed “phantom punch” could not crush a grape. Sonny did not “say a word” because he feared for his life. This fight was clearly a farce.
13:44 - Someone asks Ali, "Did you hit him?" Ali begins to scowl and says "Hit him?!" The other guy repeats the question again: "Did you hit him?" Ali indignantly shouts, "Did I HIT him?!!! Didn't you see the end?!!" Watch it in slow motion and try to read Ali's lips.
Good catch, dude. Clay/Ali was definitely repeating his buddy's words because of raucous crowd. Some of these "it was fixed" people should step into a ring with a well-trained boxer see what it is like to get short right cross square on the left jaw. When they wake up, we could ask them "Still think it was fixed?"
It shouldn't have been stopped. They always start counting after they get the other boxer out if the way. If the count had started when it was supposed to, be got up between the count of 8 and 9. Of course he was going to lose and probably within a minute or so, but it shouldn't have been stopped.
There is a lot of speculation on how and why this fight ended the way it did. Liston no doubt was hit by a clean pull counter, but did it hurt as bad as it was made to look.
@@cabura-Xso why did Liston get up and carry on trying to fight before the ref stepped in? Surely if you're throwing a fight, you don't carry on trying to fight.
That was such a sweet punch. He does like a fake uppercut turning into an overhand right. He called it the anchor punch. I've never seen someone able to throw the kind of punches Ali did.
Man, this was fixed. They weren't used to instant replays and slow motion yet in 1965 so they didn't think they'd be scrutinized for all eternity, or else Liston would have done a better, more convincing job of choosing punches and would have stayed seated longer. He was way too spry too soon after being on his back from a supposed knock out. Corrupted and fixed.
What a mess! Jersey Joe runs off to see the timekeeper, leaving the two boxers staring at each other. Oh well, they start fighting again then he returns to break up the party. Amateur set up to say the least.
Ali didn’t put any of his weight behind the punch that dropped Liston so I can see why some people think Liston took a dive. Even Ali didn’t think the punch should have dropped Liston. But a short jabbing (almost glancing) blow like this from a powerful man like Ali can drop somebody if it happens to connect with the spot where the jaw attaches to the skull.
In classical boxing literature, the chin is called "the point" for a reason: it produces maximum torque on the other fighter's head. Ali squared off, and Liston walked into the punch: this wouldn't be the last time (by a long shot) that Ali beat the hell out of someone while walking backwards. Could Liston have gotten up? I dunno, maybe. That's not Ali's problem though. I find the fascination with Sonny Liston's dirty laundry kind of weird.
@@jessejordache1869 yeah u r so knowledgeable..and so right and logical...i cant believe my eyes at the ignorance of so called knowledgeable boxing fans...
I have watched boxing since 1962, and this is the only fight I am convinced was fixed. Ali didnt him in the head, he didnt touch Liston. Loved the way Sonny got up, and then laid down again. Pure fix. Walcott was incompetant, and a timekeeper cant count out a fighter.PURE FIX.
On the other hand, Walcott NEVER counts to 10. Liston is up and fighting 12 seconds after falling but Walcott doesn't count him out. Ali never goes to a neutral corner. Rules stated that the count should have been delayed because Ali didn't go to a corner.
I don't think Ali was in on it, but a lot of signs point to Liston taking a dive, including Ali's initial reaction to Liston going down and Liston's excessive flopping on the ground. For an exceptionally tough fighter like Liston, betting on him getting KO'ed in the first round surely paid off huge for some mob characters somewhere. It's already accepted by many (including the FBI) that Clay-Liston 1 was likely to have been fixed as well. Ali seems to have never denied that it was, either, choosing to avoid interviews on the subject.
Both fighters are legends! Sonny liston were 35 and Ali 23 on that fight! Sonny were an heroine addict and still managed to fight the greatest of all time and give him hard times! On the 2nd fight you can clearly see that heroine were destroying Sonny so badly that he couldn't last even 1 round! I give them both all the respect they deserve 💯 ✊🏽 Legendds
Liston was more like 45. His sister said that he was born one year after the great war which would be 1919 to 1920. Other testimonials back that up also.
This is the Ali that beats everybody. He would have Tyson so frustrated with his almost immaculate quickness, Tyson would go nuts and probably be beaten within 6 rounds. Nobody is beating this Ali.
Ali didnt know ...Mob made Sonny throw this fight ;the whole Arena is pissed & Sonny was just tired of getting used anyways so they killed him. Rip Both Champs.
@@ProfRogers no it was a solid hit, arguably enough to drop Liston for a split second. Though clearly Liston threw the fight, and I suspect Ali had no idea about it.
I can actually hear that punch. That punch is what The late great martial artist Bruce Lee call the “FLOATING PUNCH “. It causes more eternal damage instead of surface damage. That’s amazing a 1965 boxing video seeing the floating punch. I think back then it was an anchor punch.
It was known later the Mob threatened Liston if he didn't take the dive. You can see Liston's depression immediately after the fight, but he really didn't have a choice. Could he have beaten Ali? Maybe if he was ten years younger in his absolute prime against an older Ali to reverse the circumstances. But at his best, Ali was the best ever...
Liston took the fall because he was simply there for the payroll to turn up, he knew Ali would run rings around him and thought "hell, I ain't going through that again I'm going down in the first".
You fight people like Joe Frazier, at some point you're gonna lose. Even if Ali himself says Robinson was the better boxer, the Greatest fought Liston (twice), Frazier (three times), Norton (three times), Spinks (twice, age 36).Larry Holmes at age 38. Foreman. Patterson. Archie Moore. Just to name a few. Plus that Gold in the 1960 Olympics, like Spinks reprised in Montreal in 1976.
Not sure about that. Ali's counter right had plenty of leverage and it was lightning fast. It occurred 11:45-11:48 in this film. Lotta men could not take that one.
@jesspatrick2 here is my take on this fight. Yes I believe Liston got hit but i dont believe it was sufficient enough to knock him out. Ive seen the video clip of the liston fighting cleveland williams. Liston took a very hard hit on the nose from cleveland and he didnt flinched. Ali wasnt known to be a one punch knock it outer. He destroys his opponents with combination of fast punches. I believe Liston didnt want to be Ali's punching bag like the first fight and decided to take the fall.
I remember in the week leading up to the fight, the training sessions were open to the public. My father took me and my brother to watch Clay jump rope, shadow box, and throw a medicine ball around. I was 6 years old and didn't really know all that was going on, but i can still close my eyes and see it. My father worked security at the Arena. He was at the fight. I was home listening to the radio. It still amazes me that one of the most ironic images in sports was taken that night, in my home town.
"I'm So Fast, Last Night I Cut Off The Light, Was In Bed Before The Room Got Dark"
RIP Champ.
Qw
I hadn't heard that one. That's a good one. RIP The G.O.A.T Boxing Legend.
😂😂..i belive him its ali
Ali showed he’s an a-hole. He was all over Liston on the knockdown and the referee can’t properly count as he’s to busy trying to keep Ali in the corner for 10 seconds.
@@Homer-OJ-Simpson He was kind of an a-hole at that point. Young black Muslim in a still very racist white America whose freedom (not to mention his life) was already being threatened in a very public way. That is a lot to take on for a 22 year old. Ever heard of the word "perspective".
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, the fists can't hit what the eyes can't see."
Goodbye champ, thanks for the memories
"Rumble young man rumble"
Josue gavins views. Aaahhhhhh!!!!
blast from the past float like a butterfly sting like a bee his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see now you see me now you don’t george thinks he’ll do it but i know he won’t
@Luke Skyballer Not really a comment talking about the fight. Definitely fixed but maybe pick a different comment. Or make your own.
Because everyone is not a braindead, spoiled little brat that cries “the fight was fixed, the fight was fixed”.
The moment you realise Joe Lewis, Rocky Marciano, Sonny Listen and Ali were all in the same ring together, priceless and awesome😍
@poppa slim Ali only fought one of them you dumbass
@Russell Johnson looks great does he not, dumbass🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Russell Johnson 1st off, I am no bro, yo.
@Russell Johnson loll I see I triggerd an ass clown
@Russell Johnson make that 2 ass clowns I triggered
"I WAS TRYIN TELL THE BUM TO GET UP AND FIGHT!! PEOPLE SPENT GOOD MONEY"
Eric Hughes. Hehe. Enjoy your fake nap.
Vox Daze. He clearly did not want to suffer the same humiliating beating he took from ali. Liston was about to get schooled twice. This time he dropped out in the first round.
@Vox Daze it seems to be a rather faked fall
He was promised earnings of Muhammad Ali’s fight earnings if he threw the match
@@vsg-daddylongslong8251 He was probably promised money but it wasn't from Ali. He didn't need Liston to take a dive to beat him.
Ali commenting on the replay of the fight video -"I see why you're showing this in slow motion, I'm so fast you can't see it in real action" He was right.
It's sad to notice how people can't have a critical thinking when it goes to somebody they worship so bad...
@@emzid5105 what critical thinking? Calling you inanities critical thinking does not make it critical thinking.
@@emzid5105 the Ali fanboys that is. I liked Ali but not to the point where my thinking overrode what was clearly in front of my eyes. The powers that were in boxing were not stupid. That's why Liston never got another shot at the title despite going 15-1 (14 KO's) after the second Ali fight, he just couldn't be trusted.
The fix was in.
@@marknorris1381 yeah i don´t deny ali would win the second fight straight up and he is the greatest HW ever in my book
but this was an obvious fix ( ali hardly touched liston with that "KO" shot ,
and liston was known for his connections with the mobsters and owing them money )
It's a shame Liston wasn't remembered as the great heavyweight champion he could have been if it wasn't for Ali, but his record speaks for itself. He won 35 of 36 fights before his first fight with Ali and 15 of 16 fights after his rematch with Ali. He beat all the top heavyweight contenders before he became champion like Nino Valdez, Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams, Zorah Foley, and Eddie Machen. Truly one of the greats.
How is it possible he’s only ranked the 10th best heavyweight? He only lost to a few people ever
It’s hard to be in the top 10 with only one title defense against a guy with a glass jaw who he outweighed by 25 pounds. I’d put Liston in the top 20 though.
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@ronsmac Patterson got flawed by big punchers, doesn't Mean He had a glass Jaw
In their first fight Ali admits he was scared - "I was indeed scared of Liston, I had to tell myself I was the greatest before showing the rest of the world".
A sunny Satan put chemical on Sunnys glove , they worship the 6 pointed star the trigger finger they created slavery anew.Mass murder from their Father Hitler they serve Satan
And he did. And he had a reason to be scared if you go back and watch and just listen to how heavy the shots Liston was landing. The jabs sounded like gun shots
В СЕДЬМОМ РАУНДЕ ЭТО БЫЛО ВИДНО ОТЧЁТЛИВО.
The only reason he was scared is because Liston was a mobster. If you think Tyson was a criminal, Sonny makes Mike look like a boy scout. Liston even tried to intimidate him by shooting at him with a revolver loaded with blanks.
"I've done something new for this fight. I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick."
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤😂✌
Take out the done's
I literally read that in Will Smith's voice because I'm taking a smoke-break from watching the movie. 👌👌
Hahaha - the guy was something else.
This fight was weird though. I'm sure he was shouting at Liston to get up bcz no one would believe he got knocked out like that. Either way what a legend - RIP Champ
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"I'm trying to tell the bum to get up and fight.."....LMAO!!!!!
Diggum Smack77 the fact he talked hella shit was the funniest part!! Rest In Paradise Mr. Ali!! 😔
He did get up.
@@paulcooper5748 The morning later after Ali put him to sleep!
@@PJS2136Liston threw the fight
@@Yachanan144 Yeah right he just faked being KO’d to get paid! Both boxers got the same amount of money for this fight, win or lose. This was for the Heavyweight Championship of the World and Liston wanted it as much as Ali. You’re a dreamer. Too bad for Liston in the rematch, Ali boxed him out and destroyed him. It’s long been a closed case there Yachy!
Being a HW champ back in those days meant a lot. You can see all these legends gathering before a fight and being showcased to the public.
Yeah the importance has kinda been diluted a lot these days with all the belts and all the weak champions that come a long with them.
Indeed it was decorum, it was a big deal.
@@BLUTOVthe HW boxing title was the most prized title in sports, the super bowl hadn't even been invented yet as a matter of fact the Green Bay /KC Chiefs was called the AFL/NFL Champioship game. The HW boxing title was the biggest prize in sports
My dad’s favorite boxer And mine too. Floats like a butterfly stings like a bee . Simply the Greatest. Ty for the memories Champ. RIP
Farting like mohamed and shit like his brother!
Ty for Tyson right?
Ahh I'm just joshin'
He was unbelievable we will never see another one like him ever RIP the Greatest forever
@@RobertIsraelKabakoff Uh shut up little kid go watch Justin Bieber or Billie Eilish
Ali showed he’s an a-hole. He was all over Liston on the knockdown and the referee can’t properly count as he’s to busy trying to keep Ali in the corner for 10 seconds.
@@Homer-OJ-Simpsonbecause Liston threw the fight and he knew he was going to be was telling him to get up and fight. So clearly acting.
@@Homer-OJ-Simpson Liston lost the fight at the weight in, his smile when Ali was shadow boxing said he's there for the purse knowing Ali is the best
@@RobertIsraelKabakoff Who today can repeat this other than Tyson years before your comment?
Nobody in the boxing history ever had that fighting style like Ali . He is still the greatest.
Cassisd boxing dance
No one my hero😊😢❤
Tyson è il più grande...mi dispiace
@@Luca80KRMuhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, is the greatest boxer of all time. Mike Tyson's career was amazing, but it doesn't reach the legacy Muhammad Ali crafted for himself.
No one in the heavyweight division anyway.
Ali was probably shouting "GET UP! NO ONE WILL BELIEVE THIS!' As you could see he wanted to continue aswell. There is no way Sonny could've beaten Ali here anyways. Ali was just better.
+cristiano ronaldo muslim king
Crissy. Get a hobby
dude man my Hobby's yo mama, boy!
One especially good fake punch and a real blow could have taken Ali out. You know which way Ali would lean away from a punch. Sonny could have planned to put his head where his glove was going.
Tim Carter shut up... stop talking about what if situation! Ali was the greatest deal with it loser!
Ali was a champion not only in boxing but also to his people. RIP😢
No need for the "his" mate, he was a champion to people, lots and lots of people, all different colours, faiths & nationalities.
He was The World's Champion.
@@robbiemacinnes6750Ali was very active in the cilvil rights movement hence why he said “his” people aka my people as well
Ali was part white. Without European blood, he wouldn't have existed
no wonder he is called 'the greatest'
Ali said in his book that the reason he was yelling at Liston to get up was because the crowd was shouting "Fix!" and he didn't want anything to think he was a part of it.
Recently it was said that Liston should not have been counted out because Ali had not gone to the neutral corner, which is why the ref had not been counting, and this was proper. It was the timekeeper who informed the ref that Liston should have been counted out, and that was an error.
Liston later said that he went down intentionally because of concerns about the Muslims, etc., but most people think that was sour grapes.
A lot of people say Ali's punch never landed, but you can clearly see it in the film. A quick right hand over Liston's left jab. He never saw it coming. That's the one that always gets you.
I think Liston is an all time great. But Ali beat him twice, fair and square.
Which book ? Soul of a Butterfly ?
all time great ? the dude was cheating the first bout are you kidding me ?
No way. A fluff of his glove wouldn't have knocked him down.
you can not tell REALITY in a better way
simply perfect
@Peaches Peaches Mob had there tail between there legs when it came to Elijah Muhammad And The Nation though!
At 13:48 it looks like Ali turned to someone in his corner and said "did I hit him?". Man was he a thing of beauty in this round, speed, movement, fast punches...weiged in at 206. The best info I've put together over the years is that the fix was in but Ali had no idea and that Liston went down earlier than planned because it was obvious he was gonna get " whipped.". Great upload even at 240 pixels. Think I've seen the fight in color somewhere. That photographer should have won a Pulitzer for snapping that classic shot so fast. I have it as the lock screen on my phone!
17:37 calling his old name Cassuis and Ali correcting him to say Mohammed instead 😊❤️
I love how the Intro is longer than the fight. Get everyone home in time for a good meal and kids to bed. (GOAT)
This fight had a weird ending. The timekeeper actually counted Liston out, as the ref (Walcott) couldn't hear the count to pick it up. Ali was jumping around and distracting Walcott as well. I timed Liston with a stopwatch, and he was down for 16 seconds.
Right I heard the dude say 10 then the fight continued
@@eliandkhylie2247 , Walcott couldn’t pick up the count because Ali wouldn’t go to a neutral corner and stay there. The whole thing was bizarre. I have never seen a fighter counted out by the time keeper. If you leave the corner the referee has to stop the count. Walcott never stopped the count because he never started it.
It was obviously rigged; anyone can see that.
@@mordie31 Exactly, that match HAD to finish at first round.
That’s what I’m saying. Liston was obviously throwing the fight - for whatever reason - the mob, the nation of islam, or he was just plain tired of being a public punching bag. But the fight ends on the refs’s count. Not someone at ringside. The ref was doing his job pushing an excited and mad Ali (who knew he didn’t connect that hard) to a neutral corner this preventing him from counting. The whole affair is sordid and looking back kinda sad that such a great and anticipated fight ended the way it did.
Indeed he floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Just beautiful.
Imagine if Ali had kept this speed and reflexes in the 70's, he probably would've never lost!
Man Ali was was waitin for the referee to get out the way! Lol.
@@elijahparis-salmon9943 His behavior made it very hard for the referee. He should’ve immediately gone to the furthest neutral corner but didn’t and created a lot of confusion making it impossible for the count to be applied correctly.
@@howardsmith8430 facts. Lol
@@howardsmith8430 the ref was a legendary fighter and didn't know what he was doing, hindsight is 20/20 of course but they should have had a proper ref for a bout of this magnitude.
@@joggyjames It was Jersey Joe Walcott and not surprisingly he was never given another fight to referee.
Even if it was fixed, Ali didnt know about it cuz those punches weren't fake.
While I do agree liston took a dive, Ali was still the better boxer. He woulda outboxed him either way..
@@Bleekcastle agreed
@@Bleekcastle man yall tippin he got clipped with a pull counter that was direct. Look at his head shake
cmb.22 lee yeah but I doubt it was hard enough to knock him out. Ali is not a one punch fighter
When a fight is fixed, both fighters know about it.
Punch knocked him over, Liston thought "Should I get up? Nah, this guy'll kick my ass all over again, there's no point, let's roll over like a turtle now!"
Seems likely to me!
The fix was in.
@@ScorpionF1RE_USA. POW 🧨
You just walked into my counter right over your lazy lunging jab.
Wake up boy
I was 10 years old at the time. Dad and I watched Friday Night Fights each week so we were boxing fans. We waited for this fight (it was on the radio). We tuned in the station and were all excited. It was so disappointing when it didn't go one round. Dad was mad and said the fight was fixed. I had no idea what he meant by that.
Young Mike Tyson’s almost all fights were fixed though 😂
ditto.
Muhammad Ali was way ahead of his time. Heavyweight boxing would never be the same again for the heavyweight division.
hand and foot speed, as well, as a good defense would determine a championship boxer. No more slow guys...
These HW boxers now fight for the title once every two to three years
In 1965, I don't think many people realized how good Ali would be.
But after the first Liston fight, it was pretty obvious that Liston didn't have a chance in the second fight.
not so sure about that. first fight was scored dead even when liston quit and he was clearly out of form (little training, injuries)
Both incredible athletes.
Yes, but we never seen the best version Liston against Ali. Very sad
That was a classic dive. He's rolling. Ali knew it was a dive that's why he didn't go to the corner.
Somebody asked if I ever saw a thrown fight I have now.
I like that little Greg Louganis back dive that Liston tried!
Wow 😮
Lol
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Ali didn't know shit. He didn't go to his corner because he knew he didn't hit him with anything so he expected him to get right up.
12:03
*Just Ali celebrating with a happy little jump*
That jump was cute lol😂😂
That was a tank job by Liston, no way he was actually knocked out if you look at the way he was walking around the ring as soon as the fight ended.
Liston clearly threw this fight. Ali didn't even punch him😂😂😂
Liston was given an offer he couldn't refuse by the Nation of Islam.
that right hand by ali was thrown when he was going backwards..there's no way liston could have been ko'd by that punch. with all his speed and footwork, he was not a big puncher. i think this fight was fixed.
Sonny Liston was one of the hardest mean assed men who ever walked the earth. Bear in mind this guy stood his ground when cops were beating him with riot sticks and he threw them around like empty tracksuits. Do you really think a punch like that would k o him
I’ve seen plenty of other fighters do that, just look at Golota after he was leveled by Lewis. Very rarely are fighters knocked cold.
God bless Sonny Liston another underrated magnificent fighter.
How exactly is he “underrated”?
@@JeffaHensley sonny liston was only chempion for two year ;; floyed pattersin was scary to fight sonnny liston ;; late 1950s / 1962 young sonny liston wouldve fought & knock out floyd patterson & cassiss clay same night
I was 6 years old in 1965 but started watching boxing matches with my father in the early 1970s, boxing golden years. ( 60s - 90s )
Its painfully obvious from Liston's bad acting that a fix was on, but it in NO WAY would have changed the outcome of the title defense. Liston wasn't in the same league with a 23 year old Ali, and its a shame there couldn't have been a better venue to display the greatness of a fighter who would spend the majority of his remaining prime out of the ring.
If it would not change the outcome, why fix the fight?
@@nicholasantonicello6903 maybe because Liston himself did bet against himself! Come on, ok the phantom punch, but he didn't even try to get up in a palusible way afterwards!
Chris Hill. Fk you and your fix. How did he gain. Liston took a jolt early and a reminder of the first beating. Fix your head.
I was not Born till July 1965. But i remember my Dad and Grandpa Calling those 2 BUMS and the Fight Total Horse Shiza For Years. So many times. MMM Memories, Love ya Dad And Gramps.
Robert Israel Kabakoff. Exactly. Liston was not coward like you. A brave man and warrior he was. Liston saved himself from death by not continuing that fight. Well from Ali in the ring that night anyways. Whatever happened to him after was not Ali's fault. Your welcome!
When I saw him dancing in slow motion I said to myself he really does float like a butterfly
The punch was not nearly hard enough to knock out a bull like Liston. He was probably ordered to take a dive by the mob. Notice the bad acting when he tried to get up and then fell back down. Also, Jersey Joe Wolcott was an incompetent referee, certainly not someone you would pick for a championship fight. He never should have started to count until Ali went to a neutral corner. In addition, I don't think Liston was on the canvas for the full 10 seconds. In short, a complete travesty.
Liston was definitely down longer than 10 seconds.
@ 11:44 and even as a kid, I always thought that the way Ali raised his right hand was a signal to Liston that he was about to throw the phantom punch. However, I still think the punch was harder than what people can see in this video. Slowed down (in the color version of this), you can see that punch sent a shock wave through Liston's body. Here is the thing though. Liston got up like he wanted to still fight, but Jersey Joe stopped it. Keep in mind that Jersey Joe didn't ever really start the count. Part of me thinks Liston took a dive, but another part tells me, "If he took a dive, why did he even get back up?"
My point exactly they had started back fighting so Walcott and whoever he was talking to was the fixers Sonny was still fighting when Walcott stopped it
big flop
8:54 At that time, people didn't realize they were booing a future true Legend of Boxing !
Yeah this is the fact many people didn't know they think that ali was loved from starting and it is also very tough for many to see a black being so loudmouth and confident at that time it was very tough it requires supreme confidence like the greatest
Sonny was much older fighting these young dudes wow he was a legend
I showed my wife a freeze frame of Sonny in the corner against Leotis Martin and asked her how old she thought he was. She has no idea of who he is. She said 'about fifty'. That fight was in 1969. I think she's close to the money.
The Phantom Punch.
Amazing speed.
@LikeWiseLikeYou..amazing deception. I do not believe Ali knew the fight was fixed, he was an honest man, but in my opinion it was. It came out years later that Liston was owned by the mob, so the dive makes sense.
@@rainstormzee554 The fix would only apply if Ali was the underdog. Sonny was the underdog in their rematch, ie he was already expected to lose. His heart obviously wasn't in it, he just decided not to get up.
I don’t blame Liston for not getting up sooner. Ali would have murdered him.
Very phantom.
My favorite story about this fight was when Mickey Mantle and his entourage went to a movie theater in NYC to watch the fight. They had one of the members of the group get a bunch of Cokes and popcorn while they went in to sit down. The guy later recalled that by the time he bought the Cokes and popcorn, Mickey and his entourage -- and everybody else -- came out of the theater, disgusted, tearing up their tickets and tossing them on the floor. The fight was already over. So Mickey and Co. departed, leaving their guy standing their with all these Cokes and buckets of popcorn. He said he just dropped them on the floor and followed them out.
11:48
*Liston's fans: NOOOOOOOO*
*Ali's Fans: Yesssss, lets go honey and buy an M. Ali bodypillow*
a what pillow?????
Liston never had any fans except children. The world hated him and he is overshadowed. Clearly at the start of the match the Crowd booed at Liston.
Thanks you for posting ❤️🙏
Love the trash talk RIP GOAT thank you for everything you have done for the world and all the equality you preached.
At all of the people saying this was fixed, the remastered footage clearly shows a right hand landing on the chin and the entire upper body rippling. He could barely stand after that. They even let the fight continue on until Ali swarmed him again, THEN it was stopped. There was no fix here.
The fight was fixed Will. There was no power behind it.
you can see as liston was "trying" to get up that he had his balance and just fell back down on purpose lol ali would have crushed him anyways though
The ref stopped the fight so if it was fixed the ref was the one in on it
it was... 1) legs and body not soft; 2) when falling, he was protecting himself with hand and elbow... check out how it looks when a fighter is knocked out for real - he falls like a wet towel, and it starts instantly after the hit
Lol liston got absolute destroyed , but can you blame him, look at Ali, hé was a monster and look how hé celebrates , hé knew , and later in his life hé was also one of the best, look at the first fight it is longer , and when you watch IT, liston Just gets destroyed , Ali is too fast but liston was old as hell
Liston despite the loss in the first round is so quiet,didn't even protest or say a word.A real man indeed!!!.
Liston obviously took a dive in the 1st round and threw the fight. Ali’s supposed “phantom punch” could not crush a grape. Sonny did not “say a word” because he feared for his life. This fight was clearly a farce.
12:38 Ali sevinmeden önce Listonun yanına gidip moral veriyor.. Ne şampiyon ama.
13:44 - Someone asks Ali, "Did you hit him?" Ali begins to scowl and says "Hit him?!" The other guy repeats the question again: "Did you hit him?" Ali indignantly shouts, "Did I HIT him?!!! Didn't you see the end?!!" Watch it in slow motion and try to read Ali's lips.
Good catch, dude. Clay/Ali was definitely repeating his buddy's words because of raucous crowd.
Some of these "it was fixed" people should step into a ring with a well-trained boxer see what it is like to get short right cross square on the left jaw. When they wake up, we could ask them "Still think it was fixed?"
Love the old fights better then recent fights :)
It shouldn't have been stopped. They always start counting after they get the other boxer out if the way. If the count had started when it was supposed to, be got up between the count of 8 and 9. Of course he was going to lose and probably within a minute or so, but it shouldn't have been stopped.
What’s amazing is how short a punch it was, but sometimes they’re the most powerful.
That has to be one of the strangest boxing match of all times.
There is a lot of speculation on how and why this fight ended the way it did. Liston no doubt was hit by a clean pull counter, but did it hurt as bad as it was made to look.
@@whodatking26 I thought the same but I guess we will never know Liston died on his word he didn’t dive. Ali. Don’t seem like the type to b on it
@@msmayes.2342 agreed
some said that liston was a fighter from the Italien mafia.^^ they told him to Lose the fight...
@@cabura-Xso why did Liston get up and carry on trying to fight before the ref stepped in? Surely if you're throwing a fight, you don't carry on trying to fight.
That was such a sweet punch. He does like a fake uppercut turning into an overhand right. He called it the anchor punch. I've never seen someone able to throw the kind of punches Ali did.
That's actually a very good name for it, the Anchor Punch. Because an anchor dives as quickly as Sonny did.
Ali was the greatest but I don’t think Liston got the credit he deserved for being an outstanding boxer
OR Ali was a clown that fought Liston past his prime.
One or the other
Fascinating at end to see Cosell, still an understudy then, in the back listening. The Steve Ellis era still underway.
Fixed - the famous photo of Ali shouting at Liston to get up because he didn't hurt him is iconic
Scott M is that what he was shouting???
It wasn't because he didn't hurt him, it was because the crowd yelled: "Fix!", and Ali wanted no part of it
Float like a butterfly sting like a bee!!
POW 💥
If this fight was a fix,it looked certain ali was no part of it.He could have beaten liston in any free and fair fight.
Clay would have murdered Liston. I don’t blame Liston for not getting up after that counter. You would have went home crying to your mommy.
sonny was hold down by the mafia... they bet ok ali and ali didnt know that
11:51 that moment was the legendary photo tooken
Great extra footage that I didn't know existed until I watched the Liston documentary on sky.
The time keeper called him out? What a joke. Walcott was terrible. Liston got back up and started fighting again.
Man, this was fixed. They weren't used to instant replays and slow motion yet in 1965 so they didn't think they'd be scrutinized for all eternity, or else Liston would have done a better, more convincing job of choosing punches and would have stayed seated longer. He was way too spry too soon after being on his back from a supposed knock out. Corrupted and fixed.
What a mess! Jersey Joe runs off to see the timekeeper, leaving the two boxers staring at each other. Oh well, they start fighting again then he returns to break up the party. Amateur set up to say the least.
11:51 Ali does the iconic GOAT pose.
Ali didn’t put any of his weight behind the punch that dropped Liston so I can see why some people think Liston took a dive. Even Ali didn’t think the punch should have dropped Liston. But a short jabbing (almost glancing) blow like this from a powerful man like Ali can drop somebody if it happens to connect with the spot where the jaw attaches to the skull.
It’s a blatant dive. Liston doesn’t even sell it well lol.
llama treee..of course liston took a dive...ali fucked him up good and solid...
It wasn’t a jab 😂
In classical boxing literature, the chin is called "the point" for a reason: it produces maximum torque on the other fighter's head. Ali squared off, and Liston walked into the punch: this wouldn't be the last time (by a long shot) that Ali beat the hell out of someone while walking backwards.
Could Liston have gotten up? I dunno, maybe. That's not Ali's problem though. I find the fascination with Sonny Liston's dirty laundry kind of weird.
@@jessejordache1869 yeah u r so knowledgeable..and so right and logical...i cant believe my eyes at the ignorance of so called knowledgeable boxing fans...
"greatest actors in history" Brando, Pacino, DeNiro, Liston,
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I have watched boxing since 1962, and this is the only fight I am convinced was fixed. Ali didnt him in the head, he didnt touch Liston. Loved the way Sonny got up, and then laid down again. Pure fix. Walcott was incompetant, and a timekeeper cant count out a fighter.PURE FIX.
Are you saying that liston should have went to Hollywood ?.
He did 😄
Yes, this fight was one fakes
On the other hand, Walcott NEVER counts to 10. Liston is up and fighting 12 seconds after falling but Walcott doesn't count him out. Ali never goes to a neutral corner. Rules stated that the count should have been delayed because Ali didn't go to a corner.
Yes. For anyone that thinks it was legit, I've got the Golden Gate Bridge up for sale as well, at a very reasonable price.
I don't think Ali was in on it, but a lot of signs point to Liston taking a dive, including Ali's initial reaction to Liston going down and Liston's excessive flopping on the ground.
For an exceptionally tough fighter like Liston, betting on him getting KO'ed in the first round surely paid off huge for some mob characters somewhere.
It's already accepted by many (including the FBI) that Clay-Liston 1 was likely to have been fixed as well. Ali seems to have never denied that it was, either, choosing to avoid interviews on the subject.
Child plz all that's speculation, why would Liston take a dive in the first fight?
Neither fight between the two looked to be real contests in my opinion..seems like the fix was in.
Both fighters are legends! Sonny liston were 35 and Ali 23 on that fight! Sonny were an heroine addict and still managed to fight the greatest of all time and give him hard times! On the 2nd fight you can clearly see that heroine were destroying Sonny so badly that he couldn't last even 1 round! I give them both all the respect they deserve 💯 ✊🏽 Legendds
Liston was more like 45. His sister said that he was born one year after the great war which would be 1919 to 1920. Other testimonials back that up also.
Ali was 23 and Liston 31 in their first fight.
@mughalunzhimomizhimo3774 how did you find out that liston was 31???
Liston got nailed as he threw his left jab , he was caught by Ali,s straight right on the bounce. Wow ! Ali was quick.
"I guess God wanted the world to see that no regular evil criminal can beat a righteous man" hahahaha I love it
Ali had so many knockouts, etc, a genious boxing/fighter, menthally and physically. RIP GOAT.
worse officiating ive seen...wtf?
MOHAMMED ALI was the best fighter in the history of boxing.
I got the first fight confused with the second. He definitely didn’t dive in that one. But this one he definitely did, you see him holding back
This is the Ali that beats everybody. He would have Tyson so frustrated with his almost immaculate quickness, Tyson would go nuts and probably be beaten within 6 rounds. Nobody is beating this Ali.
11:45 for "The Punch" no doubt in my mind this fight was fixed...
+Cryer24597 Ali evaded the entire fight..that was a joke fight
+Shady Mike Gaming Of course
Eat my shorts
+Shady Mike Gaming kiss my ass
I really don’t understand why the fight was stopped.
Ali didnt know ...Mob made Sonny throw this fight ;the whole Arena is pissed & Sonny was just tired of getting used anyways so they killed him. Rip Both Champs.
It took Liston 15 sec to get to his feet. Game over.
count again! - up before 10secs
13:46
someone said: gimme the money *.*
some bet was happening
@@sunixminor yeah
The attending physician is my great-grandfather Dr Leo Lemieux
20:59 he knew he would fall early
Well yeah, “Moore in 4” and he beat Liston through 6 last time
Ali - forget all the guests - past and future world champions - ALI IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
no fix, he smashed that dude
adam withers lol
Liston tolled over. Everyone knew it, including Ali.
He should have gotten an acadimi award for that one but Martin really flattened him
Phantom punch. Watch it over and over and just can't see it putting you out. Ali the greatest.
"I was getting ready to come in there with a pretty right but he was in the way" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Fascinating to see Ali analyze his own fight..
And go look up Ali knockout liston slow motion HD. You clearly see Ali's magnificent right rock listons jaw into pieces.
sue your optician
@@ProfRogers no it was a solid hit, arguably enough to drop Liston for a split second. Though clearly Liston threw the fight, and I suspect Ali had no idea about it.
Rip champ. I will forever love you.
obviously the mob payed him to take a dive. he could have sold it more by going down on a harder punch then that.
The "mob" is the Nation of Islam...
Joseph Brown. Yup the mob payed him to lose again. Very smart! Good effort now go and lay off your crack.
@@nicholasantonicello6903 WHAT? SHUT UP!!!
@@abderrahimabderrahim6659 Ali was used and abused and I blame the Nation for extending his career knowing full well he was sick.
@@nicholasantonicello6903 Wtf does Islam has to do with his boxing?
I can actually hear that punch. That punch is what The late great martial artist Bruce Lee call the “FLOATING PUNCH “. It causes more eternal damage instead of surface damage. That’s amazing a 1965 boxing video seeing the floating punch. I think back then it was an anchor punch.
Sonny looked like he had already fought 12 rounds at the opening bell.
Yeah, the fire was gone. He was just in there for money. Seen that many, many times with boxers.
It was known later the Mob threatened Liston if he didn't take the dive. You can see Liston's depression
immediately after the fight, but he really didn't have a choice. Could he have beaten Ali? Maybe if he was ten years younger in his absolute prime against an older Ali to reverse the circumstances. But at his best, Ali was the best ever...
Liston took the fall because he was simply there for the payroll to turn up, he knew Ali would run rings around him and thought "hell, I ain't going through that again I'm going down in the first".
I only argue with grown ups.
doubt it bro. Liston was a great and hated Ali, I doubt he would agree to do that, he would have too much pride. and he had plenty of money
You fight people like Joe Frazier, at some point you're gonna lose. Even if Ali himself says Robinson was the better boxer, the Greatest fought Liston (twice), Frazier (three times), Norton (three times), Spinks (twice, age 36).Larry Holmes at age 38. Foreman. Patterson. Archie Moore. Just to name a few. Plus that Gold in the 1960 Olympics, like Spinks reprised in Montreal in 1976.
The fix was in on this one folks. Sonny did what he was told to do. And the Oscar goes to……
Cry is a river baby boy. You would have stayed down also as the coward you are after being rocked like that.
POW 💥
Yo mamma!
Nope, got hit right on the chin moving forward right into it! If fixed Liston doesn’t get up!
"Anchor" punch! In the UK we have a similar-sounding word beginning with "W".
Liston wasn't going to beat Ali but he clearly took a dive.
Ya...just hard to believe that that right hand tap would knock him out.
Fight 1 ending may have been fixed too I feel
Not sure about that. Ali's counter right had plenty of leverage and it was lightning fast. It occurred 11:45-11:48 in this film. Lotta men could not take that one.
@jesspatrick2 here is my take on this fight. Yes I believe Liston got hit but i dont believe it was sufficient enough to knock him out. Ive seen the video clip of the liston fighting cleveland williams. Liston took a very hard hit on the nose from cleveland and he didnt flinched. Ali wasnt known to be a one punch knock it outer. He destroys his opponents with combination of fast punches. I believe Liston didnt want to be Ali's punching bag like the first fight and decided to take the fall.
@@viccolantonio1691 double impact if he was moving towards punch - Besides, Liston was up within 10secs and the fight was continuing!
I remember in the week leading up to the fight, the training sessions were open to the public. My father took me and my brother to watch Clay jump rope, shadow box, and throw a medicine ball around. I was 6 years old and didn't really know all that was going on, but i can still close my eyes and see it. My father worked security at the Arena. He was at the fight. I was home listening to the radio. It still amazes me that one of the most ironic images in sports was taken that night, in my home town.