Originally posted by Johnny Steele
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Do you think some knockdowns in history had been staged?
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Originally posted by Uppercuts View Postmy take on ali/liston 2 was that it was a flash knockdown and as he was down liston thought a combination of "theres no way i can beat this guy" and "this guy is ****ing nuts, i don't need this" and didn't want to fight anymore
Except one thing everyone always overlooks is that Liston didn't even quit, he actually got back up, continued fighting and it was the ref's screw-ups that lead to the eventual late stoppage.
It really was bizarre though. Liston definitely 'sold' the knockdown once he was down, no question. But he was unable to decide if he was gonna dive or fight on. In the end he was gonna continue.
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Originally posted by BKM- View PostI've always felt the same way about it.
Except one thing everyone always overlooks is that Liston didn't even quit, he actually got back up, continued fighting and it was the ref's screw-ups that lead to the eventual late stoppage.
It really was bizarre though. Liston definitely 'sold' the knockdown once he was down, no question. But he was unable to decide if he was gonna dive or fight on. In the end he was gonna continue.
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Originally posted by Uppercuts View Postmy take on ali/liston 2 was that it was a flash knockdown and as he was down liston thought a combination of "theres no way i can beat this guy" and "this guy is ****ing nuts, i don't need this" and didn't want to fight anymore
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Were some knockdowns staged? I think Raul Julia can answer that one for all of us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W7c8QghPxk
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