Comments Thread For: Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston: Showtime, 11/15

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Today, SHOWTIME announced PARIAH: THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF SONNY LISTON, a SHOWTIME Sports documentary film, premiering on Friday, November 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Written and directed by Simon George and told through original conversations with luminaries, historians and some of Liston's closest friends and family, PARIAH chronicles the rise and precipitous fall of one of the most vilified and misunderstood sports champions of all time.
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[Boxfan83]

U had your chance Wilder. Ruiz jumped at the chance. Now u have 2 fights in front of u b4 the inevitable Ruiz match.

[mikehdaddy]

Hopefully I can find this show, as I don’t have Showtimes. I’ve heard it said that Liston was the finest heavyweight of his era, and lost to Ali only because both fights were fixed. I suppose we’ll never know for sure.

[_Rexy_]

Damn, really looking forward to this!

[Marchegiano]

It's ****ed up, I'm more excited for this doc than most of the recent fights.

[Clegg]

U had your chance Wilder. Ruiz jumped at the chance. Now u have 2 fights in front of u b4 the inevitable Ruiz match.

Probably too late for any of those guys to get a shot at Liston tbh

[komandante]

Prizefighters story interest me though tragic they're true to life. Oscar Bonavena, Marcel Cerdan, Benny Kid Paret, Arturo Gatti, Edwin Valero, Alexis Arguello, Salvador Sanchez, Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali, Diego Corrales, Pancho Villa, Hector Camacho. Agapito Sanchez, Vernon Forrest.

[marvin douglas]

How old was Sonny"

Sonny was 49 when he died in 1970.

So he was 44 when he fought Ali