A statue of Muhammad Ali was unveiled in Lewiston on May 31. The statue commemorates the famous 1965 rematch between Ali and Sonny Liston, which the city of Lewiston hosted.

Among his 61 bouts, several stand as watershed moments in boxing. Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston was an epic fight. Sonny Liston, a glowering brute who’d flattened his last nine foes, fought ...

Ali taunted the fallen Liston, calling on him to get up. “Get up and fight, sucker,” is the famous quote. Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston, 1965Source: AFP What the photo doesn’t portray is that ...

Ali taunted the fallen Liston, calling on him to get up. “Get up and fight, sucker,” is the famous quote. Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston, 1965 What the photo doesn’t portray is that Liston did ...

Dallas-based Heritage Auctions is about to auction two sets of gloves from one of the most suspicious bouts ever — Ali-Liston 2. Together ... by defeating Sonny Liston to become heavyweight ...

Our FREE newsletter will keep you ahead of the game We have more newsletters Fifty years ago today - February 25th 1964 - Muhammad ... Sonny Liston against all odds. Few gave him a chance. Ali ...

In the early 1960s, Sonny Liston loomed as the most fearsome fighter in the sport. He destroyed Floyd Patterson in one round to win the heavyweight title in 1962 and, here, in Las Vegas 10 months ...

Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston 1 His adviser Jack Nilon and trainer Willie Reddish stopped the fight before his own physician Dr Bennett advised that he should not continue. I’m sorry. Boxing is a ...

The Daily Mirror's Peter Wilson - one of the towers of British sports writing - was at the fight, and here's what he filed five decades ago ...