Christmas Day In 1964 – When Sonny Liston Was Arrested And Muhammad Ali Came To His Defence

12/23/2024 James Slater

Fight fans who know the Sonny Liston story know the former heavyweight champion of the world had, … continue

Happy Halloween! Some Of The Scariest Fighters In History

10/31/2024 James Slater

What makes a fighter, a boxer, scary? Wicked punching power? A genuinely nasty personality and demeanor? Thoroughly … continue

05/25/2024 James Slater

Was it a legitimate knockout punch? Was the fix in? Was it a ‘Phantom Punch?’ Did Muhammad … continue

04/15/2024 Charles Jackson

Up and down, back and forth; the 1960s produced a heavyweight division that was as “counter-culture” as … continue

02/25/2024 James Slater

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first fight between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston. At the … continue

02/08/202402/07/2024 Stuart Cornwell

To me, he stands out as the epitome of a heavyweight boxer. Those two words – heavyweight, … continue

12/13/202312/13/2023 James Slater

Rewind to the Christmas holidays of 1963, and it seemed as though the man who sat on … continue

09/25/2023 James Slater

How scary was Sonny Liston – the peak version? It’s a tough question, one on more than … continue

07/22/2023 James Slater

Talk about a rematch that was wholly and totally unnecessary. It was on this day 60 years … continue

05/08/2023 James Slater

To put it one way, as one fight writer did – ‘the best available information we have … continue