Hi Sleazy,
I seem to remember the second being quite a good round for Liston, and he dominated the second half of round three. Round four was fairly even, quite quiet. I agree with you about round five being quite dominant for Liston based on Clay's eye issue, but I gather that of the six completed rounds the judges had scored rounds for Liston in other than round 5.
Seriously, watch the fight on You Tube. The lasting impression of the fight doesn't reflect what actually happened, Liston caught Clay with quite a few jabs, decent body blows and even lead left hooks. Liston didn't fight badly at all. prior to round six.
Clay would have still won though had Liston carried on, he clearly was faster and fresher.
I totally agree with you about Marciano vs Walcott 2 though!
I seem to remember the second being quite a good round for Liston, and he dominated the second half of round three. Round four was fairly even, quite quiet. I agree with you about round five being quite dominant for Liston based on Clay's eye issue, but I gather that of the six completed rounds the judges had scored rounds for Liston in other than round 5.
Seriously, watch the fight on You Tube. The lasting impression of the fight doesn't reflect what actually happened, Liston caught Clay with quite a few jabs, decent body blows and even lead left hooks. Liston didn't fight badly at all. prior to round six.
Clay would have still won though had Liston carried on, he clearly was faster and fresher.
I totally agree with you about Marciano vs Walcott 2 though!
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