Big George never actually dealt with ... the brooding marauder Sonny Liston. Like Liston a decade earlier, Foreman was first humbled by Muhammad Ali in 1974, then drummed out of boxing by a ...

But George Foreman — erstwhile bully ... ‘You were just a kid in high school when I fought Sonny Liston. You don’t deserve to be here.’” Foreman had never spent a day in high school.

Boxing legend George Foreman dies; had memorable Las Vegas ... s initial demeanor was an attempt by his camp to emulate Sonny Liston, the glowering heavyweight champ of the 1960s.

George Foreman, left, hits Michael Moorer during ... Foreman's initial demeanor was an attempt by his camp to emulate Sonny Liston, the glowering heavyweight champ of the 1960s.