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, ...

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 ...

When Muhammad Ali knocked down Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965, a 22-year-old photographer named Neil Leifer was ringside. Decades later, the image he captured still has our attention. By Bill Shapiro ...

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 ...

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 ...