Sonny Liston pulls gun on Ali

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Ha ha, I'd never seen or heard of this before. Liston was a G.

it was staged, ali was in on it.

[ShoulderRoll]

it was staged, ali was in on it.

Oh. Still pretty funny, though.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Oh. Still pretty funny, though.

thats the way you sell a fight!

[Eff Pandas]

Wtf I don't recall seeing or hearing about this ever. But damn they knew how to promote a fight in the 60's thats for f#cking sure.

[RyanjLarose]

They were blanks in the gun, seen't it in a documentary not to long ago

[Scott9945]

Suprising.

Liston was an extremely intimidating guy. He was also a bad guy. You didn't want to mess with him.

I wouldn't pick any other heavyweight against Sonny in a street fight. JMO.

[Ray Corso]

As far as a pro boxer in the street I'll bet my money on Dempsey!


As for Liston "throwing" theb fight you need to watch the first fight, why the hell would they treat Listons gloves to blind Ali if the fight was to go the other way?
Ali beat the crap out of Liston, people don't know that Ali sparred with Sonny less than two years prior to the fight being signed, Ali & Dundee were very confident that Ali's speed would be to much for Sonny, they were right.
Ray

[SeekDaGreat]

In the casino, like a boss. Cats were cut from a different cloth a few decades past. Most kids now a days try to hard to he what their fore fathers were by nature.

[Xi_]

this from that movie ali did on his life in the 70's, my dad has this on vhs..... the guy who is playing liston is roger mosley.

[deathofaclown]

it's so tragic that fury is mentioned as the 2nd coming of ali (trash talk wise)

Well they do share one big similarity in that they were both deeply religious (different religions) and also opinionated and we're both unafraid to speak their beliefs no matter how against the grain it goes with the public or what the media thinks of them.

I can't say i agree with Fury's views on some things but i respect the fact he refuses to budge on them. In today world where all athletes are pandering to the media and trying to be loved and don't even have an opinion on any strong subjects, Fury is a rare exception in that he has some strong opinions and not afraid to speak about them, no matter what anyone else things. Ali had that too. Fury may not have been able to speak as well as Ali, or not the fighter Ali was but one thing he does have is massive strength of character.