Comments Thread For: FBI Suspected That Ali's Knockout of Liston Was Fixed

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Top secret documents show that the FBI suspected that Muhammad Ali's devastating victory over Sonny Liston 50 years ago was fixed, Britain's Daily Mail reported on its website.

World heavyweight champion Liston - at the time regarded as virtually invincible and known as the ''Big Bear'' - defended his title against 22-year-old Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, at the Miami Convention Centre on February 25 1964.
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[DeadLikeMe]

I thought Liston being controlled by the mob was a well-established fact 30 years ago already? Not exactly breaking news...

[WESS]

Wasn't Bob Arum involved? lol

[Joe Grizzley]

Nothing new to see here. Watch the fight.

[Realizniguhnit]

So all in all Liston basically double dipped by getting paid for the fight an betting on himself to throw the fight that he would of lost anyway o well pretty clever actually..

[CANELOLUJAH]

commen known fact is breaking news huh.

[MrRolltide91]

Hmmmmm.......

[Mr. Philadel]

duh!!!.....99.9 of us here wasn't born yet but we still know what went down....these clowns come out the box a half century later with some groundbreaking findings.....yeah ok lol

[Augustane]

I thought everyone already knew this.

[umop-ap!sdn]

No way.... boxing? RIGGED??? Say it aint so......... O_o