Sonny Liston

the most known sports photos of all time. Mohamed Ali standing over Sonny Liston in the middle of the ring. The way Ali stands over Liston sends chills down your spine. He knows he just won and looks like he is saying I am the best there ever was. Not only by the way he is standing but also by the way his face is formed in a mean but excited state. With the dominance shown in the picture you can’t help but wonder what Sonny Liston is thinking or even seeing in this moment as he looks up and sees this

February February 25, 1964 in Miami Beach, Florida, I faced off against the heavily favored Sonny Liston in the fight for the title. It had been a close fight the whole night until the sixth round. I was feeling confident and ready for the next round. When I heard the bell ding, I came out ready and came out swinging. Finally, I landed a combination of punches knocking Sonny to the ground. As the ref check on Sonny he declared that I had one the fight due to technical knockout. I had just won the World

The picture indirectly shows Liston passing the championship baton to Muhammad. The older Liston was finally stepping down from his heavyweight champion reign to let the younger Muhammad take over. Ali’s prime outweighed Sonny’s years of experience allowing the younger generation to take the crown, which Muhammad

heavyweight boxing champion. Later on when he started his professional career he beat his opponents with combos and quick footing followed with fast jabs. After 19 matches and 15 knockouts which he won the title shot after defeating Sonny Liston a heavyweight champion. Later on Liston

faced Sonny Liston in a heavyweight bout (“History.com”).The fight took place in the beautiful Miami, Florida with one the highest watched boxing matches in history(“Wikipedia”) . Although Ali was crushing opponents with a record of 19-0, Ali was still the underdog by a mile (“History.com”). The fight was short, but during the quick 6 rounds it was a gruesome fight with wild punches coming from both men (“Infoplease”). This fight was one of Ali’s greatest achievements, at the time Sonny Liston was

Muhammad Ali was a professional boxer, also considered one of the vast heavyweights in sport’s history and an Olympic gold medalist. He was the first fighter to win three heavyweight titles. Unlike any other boxers, he was raised in a supportive African American, specifically in a middle class family. He won fifty-six out of the sixty-one fights he fought in! Muhammad wasn’t one of the smartest kids in his class, but was one of the most popular kids in his school because of his dedication to boxing

boxer and he was looking to become the heavyweight champion of the world, and in February of 1964 he beat Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight champion. Soon after the heavyweight championship match, Cassius Marcellus Clay formally changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Almost immediately fans turned against him. Even during a rematch, fighting Sonny Liston, his former fans would cheer for Liston. Muhammad Ali won that match, becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the

Strong, athlete, religious figure are three thing that connect to the name muhammad ali. Many people new of muhammad ali as a supreme athlete but there's much more. As known the greatest boxer of all time, muhammad ali showed Americans that they can take a stand for what he believed in. He left a lasting legacy as as the greatest boxer ever a religious leader. Early in muhammad ali's life he was born with the name Cassius Clay but later changed it to Muhammad ali. When he was about 12 his dad bought

opponents emotionally unstable or angry by insulting them in creative ways, some examples of this is when He and Sonny Liston were getting ready to fight and he gave Liston the title of ‘The Big Ugly Bear” stating that Liston “even smelled like a bear” and “after he beats him he’s going to donate him to the zoo” later that night Ali was explained how he was going to beat Liston, he said the following “Float Like A Butterfly Sting Like A Bee Your Hands Can’t Hit What your Eyes Can’t See”

The golden age of boxing in the mid 20th century started off with boxing moguls like Sonny Liston, Joe Frazier and Floyd Patterson. However, none would ever be bigger than “The People’s Champ”, Muhammad Ali. Born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr, later he would change his name to Muhammad Ali, would become one of the greatest boxers known to the world. After then exploring the art of boxing and the teachings of Islam, with his friend Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali