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Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston (1965), A Look Back 50 Years Later


DonRocks

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I always thought that Liston took a dive. But looking back, Clay was the up-and-coming athlete and Liston was borderline over-the-hill, kind of like watching Mike Trout bat against C.C. Sabathia...

I still think, in their primes, Clay would have been tested to his limits by any of Dempsey, Marciano or Joe Louis, kind of like the Frazier fights, all of which were very close bouts.

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the second Ali-Liston fight (1965), which was thrown

Are you certain of this, to the point where you would publish this remark if Liston were still living and could sue you for libel? (I ask out of curiosity: I have no dog in the fight, as it were.)

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Are you certain of this, to the point where you would publish this remark if Liston were still living and could sue you for libel? (I ask out of curiosity: I have no dog in the fight, as it were.)

Yes. I make no claims as to knowing why he took the dive; merely that he did - I've been convinced beyond any reasonable doubt by everything I've seen, heard, and read.

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