Ali-Liston, 50 years later
Posted May 25, 2015
At the time he fought Muhammed Ali, Liston went off as a heavy favorite. No one was betting on Ali. He was a cocky kid who’d recently won Olympic gold in Rome, but at the time of the fight, he wasn’t even the second-rated fighter in the world. He could dance, he could dodge, but everyone knew he couldn’t take a punch.
(Slate)
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