Sonny Liston had knocked Floyd Patterson out in the first round twice. Cassius Clay was 22 years old, 19-0, and most of the boxing press thought he was about to get hurt. Of the 46 sportswriters at ...

Nobody knows for sure exactly when Sonny Liston was born or when he died. He's the only heavyweight champion of the 20th century about whom this can be said. It's fitting, that type of mystery. It's ...

Cassius Clay had just beaten world champion Sonny Liston when he turned his wrath on the ringside reporters who had written him off as an underdog, shouting: “Eat your words!” Liston, nagged by a ...

A lot of people think so, including boxing insiders. Many others don't believe it. Some think Liston may have thrown the second fight in Lewiston, Maine, but not the first one. In any case, ...

Mark Rowlands writes about his father’s memory of watching the second Sonny Liston-Muhammad Ali fight on TV (“The Ghosts Within,” Books, Oct. 18). Perhaps that reinforces the author’s premise about ...

On October 10 at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Floyd Schofield will face Lucas Bahdi for the vacant WBA lightweight title. The entire card will be promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in co-promotion ...