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Very moving documentary. Enjoyed it.
He was much more than a drunkard who dominated a bad division, too. The Johansson-Patterson trilogy, for example, showed those two fighters to be skilled and very well schooled despite having completely different techniques, but it's no wonder D'Amato (who probably saw Liston when he was an amateur) didn't want his Floyd Patterson to go anywhere near him. Patterson was a good, smart boxer with a good range of punches and good movement but Liston was a monster, and it showed when they finally got in the ring together.
It's a shame Liston had such an awful upbringing. Who knows what could have happened if he had any semblance of self-confidence?
He was much more than a drunkard who dominated a bad division, too. The Johansson-Patterson trilogy, for example, showed those two fighters to be skilled and very well schooled despite having completely different techniques, but it's no wonder D'Amato (who probably saw Liston when he was an amateur) didn't want his Floyd Patterson to go anywhere near him. Patterson was a good, smart boxer with a good range of punches and good movement but Liston was a monster, and it showed when they finally got in the ring together.
It's a shame Liston had such an awful upbringing. Who knows what could have happened if he had any semblance of self-confidence?
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