On May 25, 1965, Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston in the first round of a heavyweight bout that produced one of the strangest finishes in boxing history as well as one of sports’ most iconic ...

And the menacing scowl of Charles "Sonny" Liston has disappeared under the blood leaking from underneath his left eye and the swelling of the mouse underneath his right. It ended when Sonny quit ...

When Muhammad Ali floored Sonny Liston in their title-bout rematch in Lewiston, Maine, on May 25, 1965, a legend was born. Or, perhaps more accurately, a legendary boxing controversy was born.

Fifty years ago, the heavyweight boxing title belt resided in Denver after Sonny Liston knocked out former champion Floyd Patterson. Knocked out? Liston destroyed Patterson. The bout, held in Las ...

Muhammad Ali, the heavyweight champion of the world, landed a right hand to Sonny Liston’s head that was so lightning fast it entered the annals of boxing lore. At a time when boxing was the ...

According to an in-depth piece from the Washington Times citing decades-old FBI documents, the Feds suspected that the 1964 fight between Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, and Sonny Liston was rigged.

Sept. 25, 1962 - With an arrest record as long as his list of knockout victims, Sonny Liston was fearsome both out of the ring and in. The surly challenger had boasted that he would blast Floyd ...