LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — July 22 is a big day in boxing history. On this day in 1963, Sonny Liston took on Floyd Patterson at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the undisputed heavyweight title. It was the ...
In the visitors’ dressing room deep beneath the stands at Chicago’s Comiskey Park, Charles Sonny Liston, 28, sat swaddled in towels and a white terry-cloth bathrobe. He stared at the green ...
Sonny Liston was one of the most dominant world champions in history and began his reign with a win over a man whose career was ended by Muhammad Ali. Outside of a rare loss in his eighth career fight ...