Sonny Liston - At His Best !!

Charles "Sonny" Liston is one of the heavyweight greats. Relive his best years in this video..
Liston vs Ali in more depth as referenced in the video

[skunclep]

In that period before the Ali fight, Liston transcended from undisputed to indisputable. A legend.

[ihopetowin]

This documentary has provided a rightfully sympathetic point of view for a World's Champion who is truly deserving of better acknowledgement.

[HaloHiFi]

It's an awful shame that Sonny didn't live long enough to see how much respect he has received.

[davidwalker]

Sonny Liston was one of the hardest men who ever walked this planet. Forget about Cage Fighters. Full Contact or any other new category of one on one. Nothing is more frightening than going toe to toe with Sonny

[NahmakantaCamps]

at his best, in his prime, Sonny Liston was the best heavyweight ever.

[ChimeraActual]

As a young teenager I had listened to the Patterson Johansson fights on the radio with great interest, but I have no recollection of Liston at all, until he fought Clay. Clay was an Olympic champion and counter culture hero and we loved him. Liston, well we didn't know much about him, but sports pages described him as a brute under the control of the Mafia, so we cheered Clay, and soon forgot Liston.

Thank you for this, it brings balance long overdue for Mr. Liston.

[lk]

He had one of the greatest jabs of all reaches at 81 inches...tremendous power ....so underrated at his best he beats anyone

[yusufu]

In evaluating the career of the great Sonny Liston, we need to keep in mind the large dispute or mystery about his actual age. Though 1932 is usually given as his birth year, most researchers into his life suggest he was likely born in the 20s; indeed, one of Sonny's sisters (there were more than 20 children sired by his poor, violent and abusive father!) stated he had been born the year after World War I, so 1919/20. In appearance, Sonny certainly looked older than 32 when he fought Ali and lost his title. All things considered, he was probably somewhere between 35 and 38 years of age. In many ways a tragic story -- abused as a child, forced into hard labor as a youth, prison time, control by the Mob, regularly harassed by racist cops, the generally bad press he received -- and yet he overcame all of that to become a truly dominant and greatly feared champion in the ring. Thanks for sharing this tribute to Sonny's legacy.

[KBooneOfosu]

Excellent video! Liston deserves a lot more credit, He is easily in the top 10 greatest Heavyweights ever. And would have fared well in any Era in Heavyweight history.

[keithharrison]

CHARLES SONNY LISTON, one of the GREATEST BOXING CHAMPIONS of all times !

[henrybrowne]

How weird after all these years I've become a big Liston fan. I don't think he was really a bad guy at all, and amazingly my discovery came from comments right here on You Tube, from guys who as kids met Liston when he lived in Colorado.

[jerryblair]

Sonny Liston what a legend they never liked him.put he was still managed to become Heavyweight Champ 🏆 of the World 🌎.

[shironkurian]

A prime Sonny Liston can beat any heavyweight from any era.. RIP Champ..

[rodneysanders]

Definitely a powerful and skilled fighter to reckon with

[Coldheart]

This is the first video of yours I've seen, and I really think you did Sonny Liston justice here. My all-time favourite boxer. Really great video man.

[joemiano]

I’m good friends with Chuck Wepner. Chuck was the last fighter to fight Sonney Liston, he also fought a young Forman, I asked him who hit harder. Chuck said it wasn’t even close. Liston gave him something like 75 stitches in his forehead. Imagine how hard hit Liston hit !

[csnide]

One of the last TRUE "men of mystery".
We don't know when he was born - we don't know when he died (or how)
we don't REALLY know how good he was or could have been
we don't know what fights he threw or were
Some say he was the best of them we will never

[mattysquizzato]

I am truly impressed by Liston's defence and head movement.

[vantheman]

At his peak in the mid to late 1950’s Liston was the perfect heavyweight boxer. So smooth and fluid with his punches. Power in both hands, immensely powerful physique coupled with freakishly long arms and enormous hands. Understandably people thought that he was unbeatable at the time.

[reefnreefer]

Truly the greatest heavyweight boxer of all times. Rest up champ. X