Cassius Clay (206 lbs; 20-0-0) vs. Sonny Liston (215¼ lbs; 35-2-0). World heavyweight title fight. 1965-05-25; St. Dominic's Hall, Lewiston, Maine, United States.
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@tunett1235 жыл бұрын
"I'm So Fast, Last Night I Cut Off The Light, Was In Bed Before The Room Got Dark" RIP Champ.
@seangalanos95184 жыл бұрын
Qw
@MrCancer19653 жыл бұрын
I hadn't heard that one. That's a good one. RIP The G.O.A.T Boxing Legend.
@Abdullah_T.772 жыл бұрын
Last night I cut the light off my bedroom,hit the switch i was in the bed before the room was dark
@cr-it5lh2 жыл бұрын
😂😂..i belive him its ali
@Homer-OJ-Simpson Жыл бұрын
Ali showed he’s an a-hole. He was all over Liston on the knockdown and the referee can’t properly count as he’s to busy trying to keep Ali in the corner for 10 seconds.
@classic19718 жыл бұрын
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, the fists can't hit what the eyes can't see." Goodbye champ, thanks for the memories
@josuegavinsviews27016 жыл бұрын
"Rumble young man rumble"
@christsrevenge80304 жыл бұрын
Josue gavins views. Aaahhhhhh!!!!
@aidenmurray9894 жыл бұрын
blast from the past float like a butterfly sting like a bee his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see now you see me now you don’t george thinks he’ll do it but i know he won’t
@tristancummings96992 жыл бұрын
@Luke Skyballer Not really a comment talking about the fight. Definitely fixed but maybe pick a different comment. Or make your own.
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe53042 жыл бұрын
Because everyone is not a braindead, spoiled little brat that cries “the fight was fixed, the fight was fixed”.
@Cluez318 жыл бұрын
"I WAS TRYIN TELL THE BUM TO GET UP AND FIGHT!! PEOPLE SPENT GOOD MONEY"
@christsrevenge80304 жыл бұрын
Eric Hughes. Hehe. Enjoy your fake nap.
@christsrevenge80304 жыл бұрын
Vox Daze. He clearly did not want to suffer the same humiliating beating he took from ali. Liston was about to get schooled twice. This time he dropped out in the first round.
@Ferda19644 жыл бұрын
@Vox Daze it seems to be a rather faked fall
@vsg-daddylongslong82514 жыл бұрын
He was promised earnings of Muhammad Ali’s fight earnings if he threw the match
@Mistachill4 жыл бұрын
@@vsg-daddylongslong8251 He was probably promised money but it wasn't from Ali. He didn't need Liston to take a dive to beat him.
@crystalbauman76864 жыл бұрын
The moment you realise Joe Lewis, Rocky Marciano, Sonny Listen and Ali were all in the same ring together, priceless and awesome😍
@crystalbauman76864 жыл бұрын
@poppa slim Ali only fought one of them you dumbass
@crystalbauman76864 жыл бұрын
@Russell Johnson looks great does he not, dumbass🤣🤣🤣🤣
@crystalbauman76864 жыл бұрын
@Russell Johnson 1st off, I am no bro, yo.
@crystalbauman76864 жыл бұрын
@Russell Johnson loll I see I triggerd an ass clown
@crystalbauman76864 жыл бұрын
@Russell Johnson make that 2 ass clowns I triggered
@moc1man3 жыл бұрын
"I've done something new for this fight. I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick."
@tacotom34922 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤😂✌
@alucard.70122 жыл бұрын
Take out the done's
@iamme87702 жыл бұрын
I literally read that in Will Smith's voice because I'm taking a smoke-break from watching the movie. 👌👌
@PapiQaz2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha - the guy was something else. This fight was weird though. I'm sure he was shouting at Liston to get up bcz no one would believe he got knocked out like that. Either way what a legend - RIP Champ
@futurebiker23 Жыл бұрын
🤩
@liberty50694 жыл бұрын
Ali commenting on the replay of the fight video -"I see why you're showing this in slow motion, I'm so fast you can't see it in real action" He was right.
@emzid51053 жыл бұрын
It's sad to notice how people can't have a critical thinking when it goes to somebody they worship so bad...
@bedwaaqcawsgurow64012 жыл бұрын
@@emzid5105 what critical thinking? Calling you inanities critical thinking does not make it critical thinking.
@marknorris1381 Жыл бұрын
@@emzid5105 the Ali fanboys that is. I liked Ali but not to the point where my thinking overrode what was clearly in front of my eyes. The powers that were in boxing were not stupid. That's why Liston never got another shot at the title despite going 15-1 (14 KO's) after the second Ali fight, he just couldn't be trusted.
@clamc2012 Жыл бұрын
The fix was in.
@darkglobe40610 ай бұрын
@@marknorris1381 yeah i don´t deny ali would win the second fight straight up and he is the greatest HW ever in my book but this was an obvious fix ( ali hardly touched liston with that "KO" shot , and liston was known for his connections with the mobsters and owing them money )
@leeharris9958 Жыл бұрын
It's a shame Liston wasn't remembered as the great heavyweight champion he could have been if it wasn't for Ali, but his record speaks for itself. He won 35 of 36 fights before his first fight with Ali and 15 of 16 fights after his rematch with Ali. He beat all the top heavyweight contenders before he became champion like Nino Valdez, Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams, Zorah Foley, and Eddie Machen. Truly one of the greats.
@daltonred7774 Жыл бұрын
How is it possible he’s only ranked the 10th best heavyweight? He only lost to a few people ever
@ronsmac Жыл бұрын
It’s hard to be in the top 10 with only one title defense against a guy with a glass jaw who he outweighed by 25 pounds. I’d put Liston in the top 20 though.
@Igor-it6pf Жыл бұрын
@@daltonred7774 ого
@Igor-it6pf Жыл бұрын
@@daltonred7774 оно
@kevinmunday6263 Жыл бұрын
@ronsmac Patterson got flawed by big punchers, doesn't Mean He had a glass Jaw
@toopkarchered-aq299011 жыл бұрын
In their first fight Ali admits he was scared - "I was indeed scared of Liston, I had to tell myself I was the greatest before showing the rest of the world".
@jamesaltonwalton5259 Жыл бұрын
A sunny Satan put chemical on Sunnys glove , they worship the 6 pointed star the trigger finger they created slavery anew.Mass murder from their Father Hitler they serve Satan
@Newjerseyblows Жыл бұрын
And he did. And he had a reason to be scared if you go back and watch and just listen to how heavy the shots Liston was landing. The jabs sounded like gun shots
@user-qp8wo6xn6j2 күн бұрын
В СЕДЬМОМ РАУНДЕ ЭТО БЫЛО ВИДНО ОТЧЁТЛИВО.
@DiggumSmack775 жыл бұрын
"I'm trying to tell the bum to get up and fight.."....LMAO!!!!!
@ebonyausharae23194 жыл бұрын
Diggum Smack77 the fact he talked hella shit was the funniest part!! Rest In Paradise Mr. Ali!! 😔
@paulcooper57484 жыл бұрын
He did get up.
@paulschisler55942 ай бұрын
@@paulcooper5748 The morning later after Ali put him to sleep!
@Yachanan144Ай бұрын
@@paulschisler5594Liston threw the fight
@paulschisler5594Ай бұрын
@@Yachanan144 Yeah right he just faked being KO’d to get paid! Both boxers got the same amount of money for this fight, win or lose. This was for the Heavyweight Championship of the World and Liston wanted it as much as Ali. You’re a dreamer. Too bad for Liston in the rematch, Ali boxed him out and destroyed him. It’s long been a closed case there Yachy!
@samitasim21775 жыл бұрын
Being a HW champ back in those days meant a lot. You can see all these legends gathering before a fight and being showcased to the public.
@SA778882 жыл бұрын
Yeah the importance has kinda been diluted a lot these days with all the belts and all the weak champions that come a long with them.
@BLUTOV Жыл бұрын
Indeed it was decorum, it was a big deal.
@aarondigby50545 ай бұрын
@@BLUTOVthe HW boxing title was the most prized title in sports, the super bowl hadn't even been invented yet as a matter of fact the Green Bay /KC Chiefs was called the AFL/NFL Champioship game. The HW boxing title was the biggest prize in sports
@youtoo2233 Жыл бұрын
Imagine if Ali had kept this speed and reflexes in the 70's, he probably would've never lost!
@elijahparis-salmon99438 ай бұрын
Man Ali was was waitin for the referee to get out the way! Lol.
@howardsmith84307 ай бұрын
@@elijahparis-salmon9943 His behavior made it very hard for the referee. He should’ve immediately gone to the furthest neutral corner but didn’t and created a lot of confusion making it impossible for the count to be applied correctly.
@elijahparis-salmon99437 ай бұрын
@@howardsmith8430 facts. Lol
@joggyjames5 ай бұрын
@@howardsmith8430 the ref was a legendary fighter and didn't know what he was doing, hindsight is 20/20 of course but they should have had a proper ref for a bout of this magnitude.
@howardsmith84305 ай бұрын
@@joggyjames It was Jersey Joe Walcott and not surprisingly he was never given another fight to referee.
@emmanuel79842 жыл бұрын
Nobody in the boxing history ever had that fighting style like Ali . He is still the greatest.
@lloydkline15182 жыл бұрын
Cassisd boxing dance
@unclesam11259 ай бұрын
No one my hero😊😢❤
@Luca80KR9 ай бұрын
Tyson è il più grande...mi dispiace
@Enoxificatti8 ай бұрын
@@Luca80KRMuhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, is the greatest boxer of all time. Mike Tyson's career was amazing, but it doesn't reach the legacy Muhammad Ali crafted for himself.
@EF-fc4du2 ай бұрын
No one in the heavyweight division anyway.
@vernpilder4616 Жыл бұрын
Ali was a champion not only in boxing but also to his people. RIP😢
@robbiemacinnes6750 Жыл бұрын
No need for the "his" mate, he was a champion to people, lots and lots of people, all different colours, faiths & nationalities. He was The World's Champion.
@SirCash.8 ай бұрын
@@robbiemacinnes6750Ali was very active in the cilvil rights movement hence why he said “his” people aka my people as well
@jamessharp97902 жыл бұрын
My dad’s favorite boxer And mine too. Floats like a butterfly stings like a bee . Simply the Greatest. Ty for the memories Champ. RIP
@KP-hd4do2 жыл бұрын
Farting like mohamed and shit like his brother!
@KiraPlaysGuitar Жыл бұрын
Ty for Tyson right? Ahh I'm just joshin'
@zenelgashi5 жыл бұрын
He was unbelievable we will never see another one like him ever RIP the Greatest forever
@abderrahimabderrahim66594 жыл бұрын
@@RobertIsraelKabakoff Uh shut up little kid go watch Justin Bieber or Billie Eilish
@Homer-OJ-Simpson Жыл бұрын
Ali showed he’s an a-hole. He was all over Liston on the knockdown and the referee can’t properly count as he’s to busy trying to keep Ali in the corner for 10 seconds.
@MP-et1eu Жыл бұрын
@@Homer-OJ-Simpsonbecause Liston threw the fight and he knew he was going to be was telling him to get up and fight. So clearly acting.
@tripodthreefoot2268 Жыл бұрын
@@Homer-OJ-Simpson Liston lost the fight at the weight in, his smile when Ali was shadow boxing said he's there for the purse knowing Ali is the best
@tripodthreefoot2268 Жыл бұрын
@@RobertIsraelKabakoff Who today can repeat this other than Tyson years before your comment?
@awaitingthetrumpetcall45299 ай бұрын
Liston wasn't going to beat Ali but he clearly took a dive.
@joeidaho5938Ай бұрын
Ya...just hard to believe that that right hand tap would knock him out.
@oliverkilkenny7433 күн бұрын
Fight 1 ending may have been fixed too I feel
@yassineeh28138 жыл бұрын
Ali was probably shouting "GET UP! NO ONE WILL BELIEVE THIS!' As you could see he wanted to continue aswell. There is no way Sonny could've beaten Ali here anyways. Ali was just better.
@My.channel2538 жыл бұрын
+cristiano ronaldo muslim king
@dudeman83508 жыл бұрын
Crissy. Get a hobby
@dramticend78185 жыл бұрын
dude man my Hobby's yo mama, boy!
@oneandatwo5 жыл бұрын
One especially good fake punch and a real blow could have taken Ali out. You know which way Ali would lean away from a punch. Sonny could have planned to put his head where his glove was going.
@aduarte80575 жыл бұрын
Tim Carter shut up... stop talking about what if situation! Ali was the greatest deal with it loser!
@jonathancabrera14369 жыл бұрын
Even if it was fixed, Ali didnt know about it cuz those punches weren't fake.
@Bleekcastle5 жыл бұрын
While I do agree liston took a dive, Ali was still the better boxer. He woulda outboxed him either way..
@mohammadibrahim33185 жыл бұрын
@@Bleekcastle agreed
@christopherlee41815 жыл бұрын
@@Bleekcastle man yall tippin he got clipped with a pull counter that was direct. Look at his head shake
@jaydengray40155 жыл бұрын
cmb.22 lee yeah but I doubt it was hard enough to knock him out. Ali is not a one punch fighter
@nicholasantonicello69034 жыл бұрын
When a fight is fixed, both fighters know about it.
@mikechan231 Жыл бұрын
That was a tank job by Liston, no way he was actually knocked out if you look at the way he was walking around the ring as soon as the fight ended.
@HoneyBeeFever6 ай бұрын
Liston clearly threw this fight. Ali didn't even punch him😂😂😂
@jsphscott635 ай бұрын
Liston was given an offer he couldn't refuse by the Nation of Islam.
@020route4 ай бұрын
that right hand by ali was thrown when he was going backwards..there's no way liston could have been ko'd by that punch. with all his speed and footwork, he was not a big puncher. i think this fight was fixed.
@davidwalker50544 ай бұрын
Sonny Liston was one of the hardest mean assed men who ever walked the earth. Bear in mind this guy stood his ground when cops were beating him with riot sticks and he threw them around like empty tracksuits. Do you really think a punch like that would k o him
@jeremypearson68522 ай бұрын
I’ve seen plenty of other fighters do that, just look at Golota after he was leveled by Lewis. Very rarely are fighters knocked cold.
@mozaydarrr8 жыл бұрын
no wonder he is called 'the greatest'
@genigaasgaye557710 жыл бұрын
Ali said in his book that the reason he was yelling at Liston to get up was because the crowd was shouting "Fix!" and he didn't want anything to think he was a part of it. Recently it was said that Liston should not have been counted out because Ali had not gone to the neutral corner, which is why the ref had not been counting, and this was proper. It was the timekeeper who informed the ref that Liston should have been counted out, and that was an error. Liston later said that he went down intentionally because of concerns about the Muslims, etc., but most people think that was sour grapes. A lot of people say Ali's punch never landed, but you can clearly see it in the film. A quick right hand over Liston's left jab. He never saw it coming. That's the one that always gets you. I think Liston is an all time great. But Ali beat him twice, fair and square.
@copperbeard311710 жыл бұрын
Which book ? Soul of a Butterfly ?
@djenedjene53587 жыл бұрын
all time great ? the dude was cheating the first bout are you kidding me ?
@oneandatwo5 жыл бұрын
No way. A fluff of his glove wouldn't have knocked him down.
@notdn5 жыл бұрын
you can not tell REALITY in a better way simply perfect
@ragrago5 жыл бұрын
@Peaches Peaches Mob had there tail between there legs when it came to Elijah Muhammad And The Nation though!
@tubage072 жыл бұрын
This fight had a weird ending. The timekeeper actually counted Liston out, as the ref (Walcott) couldn't hear the count to pick it up. Ali was jumping around and distracting Walcott as well. I timed Liston with a stopwatch, and he was down for 16 seconds.
@eliandkhylie2247 Жыл бұрын
Right I heard the dude say 10 then the fight continued
@pastormikewelchtv Жыл бұрын
@@eliandkhylie2247 , Walcott couldn’t pick up the count because Ali wouldn’t go to a neutral corner and stay there. The whole thing was bizarre. I have never seen a fighter counted out by the time keeper. If you leave the corner the referee has to stop the count. Walcott never stopped the count because he never started it.
@mordie31 Жыл бұрын
It was obviously rigged; anyone can see that.
@marceltresvant8581 Жыл бұрын
@@mordie31 Exactly, that match HAD to finish at first round.
@MrSoccerball100 Жыл бұрын
That’s what I’m saying. Liston was obviously throwing the fight - for whatever reason - the mob, the nation of islam, or he was just plain tired of being a public punching bag. But the fight ends on the refs’s count. Not someone at ringside. The ref was doing his job pushing an excited and mad Ali (who knew he didn’t connect that hard) to a neutral corner this preventing him from counting. The whole affair is sordid and looking back kinda sad that such a great and anticipated fight ended the way it did.
@toopkarcher494110 жыл бұрын
Punch knocked him over, Liston thought "Should I get up? Nah, this guy'll kick my ass all over again, there's no point, let's roll over like a turtle now!"
@curbozerboomer1773 Жыл бұрын
Seems likely to me!
@SCORP1ONF1REАй бұрын
The fix was in.
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe530413 күн бұрын
@@SCORP1ONF1RE. POW 🧨 You just walked into my counter right over your lazy lunging jab. Wake up boy
@gregv793 жыл бұрын
At 13:48 it looks like Ali turned to someone in his corner and said "did I hit him?". Man was he a thing of beauty in this round, speed, movement, fast punches...weiged in at 206. The best info I've put together over the years is that the fix was in but Ali had no idea and that Liston went down earlier than planned because it was obvious he was gonna get " whipped.". Great upload even at 240 pixels. Think I've seen the fight in color somewhere. That photographer should have won a Pulitzer for snapping that classic shot so fast. I have it as the lock screen on my phone!
@mesube224 жыл бұрын
I love how the Intro is longer than the fight. Get everyone home in time for a good meal and kids to bed. (GOAT)
@eternity11774 жыл бұрын
Indeed he floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Just beautiful.
@mohamedpasha3664 жыл бұрын
17:37 calling his old name Cassuis and Ali correcting him to say Mohammed instead 😊❤️
@sunny378452 жыл бұрын
Thanks you for posting ❤️🙏
@dvvalant4 жыл бұрын
I was 10 years old at the time. Dad and I watched Friday Night Fights each week so we were boxing fans. We waited for this fight (it was on the radio). We tuned in the station and were all excited. It was so disappointing when it didn't go one round. Dad was mad and said the fight was fixed. I had no idea what he meant by that.
@martinkazako2292 Жыл бұрын
Young Mike Tyson’s almost all fights were fixed though 😂
@steveperry1344 Жыл бұрын
ditto.
@3321far10 жыл бұрын
That was a classic dive. He's rolling. Ali knew it was a dive that's why he didn't go to the corner.
@shutmewetyuupinedisthemout29610 жыл бұрын
Somebody asked if I ever saw a thrown fight I have now. I like that little Greg Louganis back dive that Liston tried!
@bros.haqq-el33594 жыл бұрын
Wow 😮
@bros.haqq-el33594 жыл бұрын
Lol
@leogale99933 жыл бұрын
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@viralheadquarters51593 жыл бұрын
Ali didn't know shit. He didn't go to his corner because he knew he didn't hit him with anything so he expected him to get right up.
@1921RCP Жыл бұрын
I was 6 years old in 1965 but started watching boxing matches with my father in the early 1970s, boxing golden years. ( 60s - 90s )
@elia6433 жыл бұрын
12:03 *Just Ali celebrating with a happy little jump*
@3looll573 Жыл бұрын
That jump was cute lol😂😂
@dlvox52222 жыл бұрын
Both incredible athletes.
@somah1470 Жыл бұрын
Yes, but we never seen the best version Liston against Ali. Very sad
@scottm85799 жыл бұрын
Fixed - the famous photo of Ali shouting at Liston to get up because he didn't hurt him is iconic
@jrsmith19984 жыл бұрын
Scott M is that what he was shouting???
@freezeburn14 жыл бұрын
It wasn't because he didn't hurt him, it was because the crowd yelled: "Fix!", and Ali wanted no part of it
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe530413 күн бұрын
Float like a butterfly sting like a bee!! POW 💥
@billyrock83053 жыл бұрын
The fix was in on this one folks. Sonny did what he was told to do. And the Oscar goes to……
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe530413 күн бұрын
Cry is a river baby boy. You would have stayed down also as the coward you are after being rocked like that. POW 💥 Yo mamma!
@amycrumedy65864 жыл бұрын
God bless Sonny Liston another underrated magnificent fighter.
@JeffaHensley2 жыл бұрын
How exactly is he “underrated”?
@lloydkline15182 жыл бұрын
@@JeffaHensley sonny liston was only chempion for two year ;; floyed pattersin was scary to fight sonnny liston ;; late 1950s / 1962 young sonny liston wouldve fought & knock out floyd patterson & cassiss clay same night
@kennethcharles1386 Жыл бұрын
Muhammad Ali was way ahead of his time. Heavyweight boxing would never be the same again for the heavyweight division. hand and foot speed, as well, as a good defense would determine a championship boxer. No more slow guys...
@yeshuaswords27767 ай бұрын
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@aarondigby50545 ай бұрын
These HW boxers now fight for the title once every two to three years
@danielstump32044 жыл бұрын
In 1965, I don't think many people realized how good Ali would be. But after the first Liston fight, it was pretty obvious that Liston didn't have a chance in the second fight.
@ralhrfi Жыл бұрын
not so sure about that. first fight was scored dead even when liston quit and he was clearly out of form (little training, injuries)
@LITTLE19942 жыл бұрын
11:51 Ali does the iconic GOAT pose.
@robertfyfe6185 Жыл бұрын
Love the old fights better then recent fights :)
@likewiselikeyou1049 жыл бұрын
The Phantom Punch. Amazing speed.
@rainstormzee5543 жыл бұрын
@LikeWiseLikeYou..amazing deception. I do not believe Ali knew the fight was fixed, he was an honest man, but in my opinion it was. It came out years later that Liston was owned by the mob, so the dive makes sense.
@alexduran19672 жыл бұрын
@@rainstormzee554 The fix would only apply if Ali was the underdog. Sonny was the underdog in their rematch, ie he was already expected to lose. His heart obviously wasn't in it, he just decided not to get up.
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe53042 жыл бұрын
I don’t blame Liston for not getting up sooner. Ali would have murdered him.
@marknorris1381 Жыл бұрын
Very phantom.
@dennishala1272 Жыл бұрын
When I saw him dancing in slow motion I said to myself he really does float like a butterfly
@chiefballs3 жыл бұрын
i live in maine and i live not even 10 minutes from lewiston. every time i drive through i always think of this amazing bout performed by the best boxer of all time
@joegarcia542 жыл бұрын
That has to be one of the strangest boxing match of all times.
@whodatking26 Жыл бұрын
There is a lot of speculation on how and why this fight ended the way it did. Liston no doubt was hit by a clean pull counter, but did it hurt as bad as it was made to look.
@msmayes.2342 Жыл бұрын
@@whodatking26 I thought the same but I guess we will never know Liston died on his word he didn’t dive. Ali. Don’t seem like the type to b on it
@whodatking26 Жыл бұрын
@@msmayes.2342 agreed
@cabura-X10 ай бұрын
some said that liston was a fighter from the Italien mafia.^^ they told him to Lose the fight...
@rockervolt91773 жыл бұрын
8:54 At that time, people didn't realize they were booing a future true Legend of Boxing !
@hashimkhann._29612 жыл бұрын
Yeah this is the fact many people didn't know they think that ali was loved from starting and it is also very tough for many to see a black being so loudmouth and confident at that time it was very tough it requires supreme confidence like the greatest
@shalamigri Жыл бұрын
@ 11:44 and even as a kid, I always thought that the way Ali raised his right hand was a signal to Liston that he was about to throw the phantom punch. However, I still think the punch was harder than what people can see in this video. Slowed down (in the color version of this), you can see that punch sent a shock wave through Liston's body. Here is the thing though. Liston got up like he wanted to still fight, but Jersey Joe stopped it. Keep in mind that Jersey Joe didn't ever really start the count. Part of me thinks Liston took a dive, but another part tells me, "If he took a dive, why did he even get back up?"
@Storm-uo3wr Жыл бұрын
My point exactly they had started back fighting so Walcott and whoever he was talking to was the fixers Sonny was still fighting when Walcott stopped it
@danthedewman19 ай бұрын
big flop
@MickTheQuickk9 жыл бұрын
The punch was not nearly hard enough to knock out a bull like Liston. He was probably ordered to take a dive by the mob. Notice the bad acting when he tried to get up and then fell back down. Also, Jersey Joe Wolcott was an incompetent referee, certainly not someone you would pick for a championship fight. He never should have started to count until Ali went to a neutral corner. In addition, I don't think Liston was on the canvas for the full 10 seconds. In short, a complete travesty.
@1981lashlarue7 жыл бұрын
Liston was definitely down longer than 10 seconds.
@allsportsfan11344 жыл бұрын
11:48 *Liston's fans: NOOOOOOOO* *Ali's Fans: Yesssss, lets go honey and buy an M. Ali bodypillow*
@jauryjaury3 жыл бұрын
a what pillow?????
@blueterminal74952 жыл бұрын
Liston never had any fans except children. The world hated him and he is overshadowed. Clearly at the start of the match the Crowd booed at Liston.
@Jotaro952 жыл бұрын
Sonny was much older fighting these young dudes wow he was a legend
@marknorris1381 Жыл бұрын
I showed my wife a freeze frame of Sonny in the corner against Leotis Martin and asked her how old she thought he was. She has no idea of who he is. She said 'about fifty'. That fight was in 1969. I think she's close to the money.
@willhanleyreed19905 жыл бұрын
At all of the people saying this was fixed, the remastered footage clearly shows a right hand landing on the chin and the entire upper body rippling. He could barely stand after that. They even let the fight continue on until Ali swarmed him again, THEN it was stopped. There was no fix here.
@ProfRogers4 жыл бұрын
The fight was fixed Will. There was no power behind it.
@jdstox14 жыл бұрын
you can see as liston was "trying" to get up that he had his balance and just fell back down on purpose lol ali would have crushed him anyways though
@chillout52183 жыл бұрын
The ref stopped the fight so if it was fixed the ref was the one in on it
@bentos1172 жыл бұрын
it was... 1) legs and body not soft; 2) when falling, he was protecting himself with hand and elbow... check out how it looks when a fighter is knocked out for real - he falls like a wet towel, and it starts instantly after the hit
@shahabkem80022 жыл бұрын
Lol liston got absolute destroyed , but can you blame him, look at Ali, hé was a monster and look how hé celebrates , hé knew , and later in his life hé was also one of the best, look at the first fight it is longer , and when you watch IT, liston Just gets destroyed , Ali is too fast but liston was old as hell
@roberthockett2704 жыл бұрын
Fascinating at end to see Cosell, still an understudy then, in the back listening. The Steve Ellis era still underway.
@user-dk4ph5wj5b14 күн бұрын
I remember in the week leading up to the fight, the training sessions were open to the public. My father took me and my brother to watch Clay jump rope, shadow box, and throw a medicine ball around. I was 6 years old and didn't really know all that was going on, but i can still close my eyes and see it. My father worked security at the Arena. He was at the fight. I was home listening to the radio. It still amazes me that one of the most ironic images in sports was taken that night, in my home town.
@andypunzalan8328 Жыл бұрын
Liston despite the loss in the first round is so quiet,didn't even protest or say a word.A real man indeed!!!.
@frederickrapp5396 Жыл бұрын
Liston obviously took a dive in the 1st round and threw the fight. Ali’s supposed “phantom punch” could not crush a grape. Sonny did not “say a word” because he feared for his life. This fight was clearly a farce.
@chrishill2959 жыл бұрын
Its painfully obvious from Liston's bad acting that a fix was on, but it in NO WAY would have changed the outcome of the title defense. Liston wasn't in the same league with a 23 year old Ali, and its a shame there couldn't have been a better venue to display the greatness of a fighter who would spend the majority of his remaining prime out of the ring.
@nicholasantonicello69034 жыл бұрын
If it would not change the outcome, why fix the fight?
@OllyHutton4 жыл бұрын
@@nicholasantonicello6903 maybe because Liston himself did bet against himself! Come on, ok the phantom punch, but he didn't even try to get up in a palusible way afterwards!
@christsrevenge80304 жыл бұрын
Chris Hill. Fk you and your fix. How did he gain. Liston took a jolt early and a reminder of the first beating. Fix your head.
@beeffcritter21074 жыл бұрын
I was not Born till July 1965. But i remember my Dad and Grandpa Calling those 2 BUMS and the Fight Total Horse Shiza For Years. So many times. MMM Memories, Love ya Dad And Gramps.
@christsrevenge80304 жыл бұрын
Robert Israel Kabakoff. Exactly. Liston was not coward like you. A brave man and warrior he was. Liston saved himself from death by not continuing that fight. Well from Ali in the ring that night anyways. Whatever happened to him after was not Ali's fault. Your welcome!
@17alexandrr473 жыл бұрын
11:51 that moment was the legendary photo tooken
@j50wells2 жыл бұрын
"I did what they told me to do" - Sonny Liston
@theseventhsojourner1413 Жыл бұрын
The first and last time a heavy weight boxer was downed by a whiff of air.
@020route4 ай бұрын
you're not kidding...it was a looping arm punch while ali was starting to move back..couldn't have ko'd a featherweight.
@Newjerseyblows Жыл бұрын
That was such a sweet punch. He does like a fake uppercut turning into an overhand right. He called it the anchor punch. I've never seen someone able to throw the kind of punches Ali did.
@marknorris1381 Жыл бұрын
That's actually a very good name for it, the Anchor Punch. Because an anchor dives as quickly as Sonny did.
@stevenrogers89392 жыл бұрын
Rip champ. I will forever love you.
@joymukhwana80254 жыл бұрын
Liston got nailed as he threw his left jab , he was caught by Ali,s straight right on the bounce. Wow ! Ali was quick.
@vashna37999 жыл бұрын
Liston took the fall because he was simply there for the payroll to turn up, he knew Ali would run rings around him and thought "hell, I ain't going through that again I'm going down in the first".
@vashna37998 жыл бұрын
I only argue with grown ups.
@MrMofo4eva5 жыл бұрын
doubt it bro. Liston was a great and hated Ali, I doubt he would agree to do that, he would have too much pride. and he had plenty of money
@srbarrilete12 жыл бұрын
What a Fight...
@aryanprasad25282 жыл бұрын
1st comment on video
@Happy-Me.2 жыл бұрын
Great extra footage that I didn't know existed until I watched the Liston documentary on sky.
@jeremypearson68522 ай бұрын
What’s amazing is how short a punch it was, but sometimes they’re the most powerful.
@zoeyandcley90062 жыл бұрын
Love the trash talk RIP GOAT thank you for everything you have done for the world and all the equality you preached.
@ActionJohnson694 жыл бұрын
no fix, he smashed that dude
@lukas90984 жыл бұрын
adam withers lol
@syourke34 жыл бұрын
Liston tolled over. Everyone knew it, including Ali.
@harryheath10064 жыл бұрын
He should have gotten an acadimi award for that one but Martin really flattened him
@sadatalmonte26822 жыл бұрын
Definitivamente el mejor de todos los tiempos
@VL19752 жыл бұрын
Fascinating to see Ali analyze his own fight..
@viralheadquarters51593 жыл бұрын
"I was getting ready to come in there with a pretty right but he was in the way" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@peterbadharee41955 жыл бұрын
11:49 What a beauty!
@richk320 Жыл бұрын
To see Willie Pep,Marciano,Patterson,and Joe Louis introduced!What a night!!
@khashayar16 ай бұрын
Ali had so many knockouts, etc, a genious boxing/fighter, menthally and physically. RIP GOAT.
@AB-ce5fg5 жыл бұрын
"I guess God wanted the world to see that no regular evil criminal can beat a righteous man" hahahaha I love it
@flashingarrows4 жыл бұрын
"greatest actors in history" Brando, Pacino, DeNiro, Liston,
@untouchableMCs3 жыл бұрын
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@RAYGERVATO Жыл бұрын
But it wasn't even good acting! Those names are *true actors. Listen didn't even go down on an obvious punch. Then rolled over again and flopped! (Made more $$ off fix than reg. purse -if fix was indeed in). Ali: great but this was really an awkward way to win. The punch itself an absolute defensive reflex yet it somehow, was the shot Listen went and stayed down from.... not convincing. And if it was a fixed fight. The mob probably wasn't happy that he did it that way, so soon, so controversial.
@ssayani8711 жыл бұрын
You can see Ali's right leg pivot as he throws the KO right hook, so he gets a little bit of weight behind it, but you're right; it was a very on-the-go shot
@elfounnoure6789 Жыл бұрын
Unique, this man was unique,RIP
@shakirsohail1681 Жыл бұрын
Please read the holy Quran in English or another language insha Allah you can download it
@davidmoser35352 жыл бұрын
I have watched boxing since 1962, and this is the only fight I am convinced was fixed. Ali didnt him in the head, he didnt touch Liston. Loved the way Sonny got up, and then laid down again. Pure fix. Walcott was incompetant, and a timekeeper cant count out a fighter.PURE FIX.
@WISHBONEL7 Жыл бұрын
Are you saying that liston should have went to Hollywood ?.
@pennyhobbs7267 Жыл бұрын
He did 😄
@AmurTiger-vm5dy Жыл бұрын
Yes, this fight was one fakes
@frankjuarez1367 Жыл бұрын
On the other hand, Walcott NEVER counts to 10. Liston is up and fighting 12 seconds after falling but Walcott doesn't count him out. Ali never goes to a neutral corner. Rules stated that the count should have been delayed because Ali didn't go to a corner.
@marknorris1381 Жыл бұрын
Yes. For anyone that thinks it was legit, I've got the Golden Gate Bridge up for sale as well, at a very reasonable price.
@robotunes4 жыл бұрын
13:44 - Someone asks Ali, "Did you hit him?" Ali begins to scowl and says "Hit him?!" The other guy repeats the question again: "Did you hit him?" Ali indignantly shouts, "Did I HIT him?!!! Didn't you see the end?!!" Watch it in slow motion and try to read Ali's lips.
@jimbojak6354 Жыл бұрын
Good catch, dude. Clay/Ali was definitely repeating his buddy's words because of raucous crowd. Some of these "it was fixed" people should step into a ring with a well-trained boxer see what it is like to get short right cross square on the left jaw. When they wake up, we could ask them "Still think it was fixed?"
@marcodesousalago37036 ай бұрын
Dois grandes boxeadores, mas essa luta foi muito estranha! Abraços amigos 🌹😉
@leoseries5711 жыл бұрын
"Anchor" punch! In the UK we have a similar-sounding word beginning with "W".
@Ram_18933 жыл бұрын
He was More than a boxer ❤🇹🇿🇺🇸
@lloydkline15182 жыл бұрын
Knockout artist :: mike tyson style
@dimicharitidis3725 Жыл бұрын
Both fighters are legends! Sonny liston were 35 and Ali 23 on that fight! Sonny were an heroine addict and still managed to fight the greatest of all time and give him hard times! On the 2nd fight you can clearly see that heroine were destroying Sonny so badly that he couldn't last even 1 round! I give them both all the respect they deserve 💯 ✊🏽 Legendds
@miller5668 ай бұрын
Liston was more like 45. His sister said that he was born one year after the great war which would be 1919 to 1920. Other testimonials back that up also.
@mughalunzhimomizhimo37747 ай бұрын
Ali was 23 and Liston 31 in their first fight.
@miller5667 ай бұрын
@mughalunzhimomizhimo3774 how did you find out that liston was 31???
@aleemkhan537111 ай бұрын
GREAT MAN GREAT BOXER
@albertoartuso80 Жыл бұрын
Ridicolous match!!!!
@jimmymolo4 жыл бұрын
Ali was the greatest but I don’t think Liston got the credit he deserved for being an outstanding boxer
@iluvatarchem Жыл бұрын
OR Ali was a clown that fought Liston past his prime. One or the other
@Dodgers-sw2uk2 жыл бұрын
I got the first fight confused with the second. He definitely didn’t dive in that one. But this one he definitely did, you see him holding back
@tonycarlos108 Жыл бұрын
Brabo demais 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥
@34566samuel Жыл бұрын
Alí !! . Como te extraño !
@powerpower69594 жыл бұрын
If this fight was a fix,it looked certain ali was no part of it.He could have beaten liston in any free and fair fight.
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe53042 жыл бұрын
Clay would have murdered Liston. I don’t blame Liston for not getting up after that counter. You would have went home crying to your mommy.
@cabura-X10 ай бұрын
sonny was hold down by the mafia... they bet ok ali and ali didnt know that
@originalotrex9 ай бұрын
I don't think Ali was in on it, but a lot of signs point to Liston taking a dive, including Ali's initial reaction to Liston going down and Liston's excessive flopping on the ground. For an exceptionally tough fighter like Liston, betting on him getting KO'ed in the first round surely paid off huge for some mob characters somewhere. It's already accepted by many (including the FBI) that Clay-Liston 1 was likely to have been fixed as well. Ali seems to have never denied that it was, either, choosing to avoid interviews on the subject.
@aarondigby50545 ай бұрын
Child plz all that's speculation, why would Liston take a dive in the first fight?
@markcourtney22055 ай бұрын
Neither fight between the two looked to be real contests in my opinion..seems like the fix was in.
@rja8376 Жыл бұрын
Ali - forget all the guests - past and future world champions - ALI IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
@latifchauhan44225 жыл бұрын
True entertainmener with punches as well as with mike
@Alex-qf9tw4 жыл бұрын
20:59 he knew he would fall early
@knick99893 жыл бұрын
Well yeah, “Moore in 4” and he beat Liston through 6 last time
@knutjorbenson858510 жыл бұрын
He has Muhammad Ali written on his robe, but the TV commentator is still calling him Cassius Clay.
@ebonyausharae23194 жыл бұрын
Knut Jorbenson He changed his name after that fight
@joegee10004 жыл бұрын
Clever strategy to keep himself out of the VN war.....it worked
@abderrahimabderrahim66594 жыл бұрын
@@RobertIsraelKabakoff Wow why don't you just shut up the man discovered the religion and he found peace in it and he changed his name like it or not Accept it
@abderrahimabderrahim66594 жыл бұрын
@@joegee1000 YOU IDIOT!!he didn't want the war because a lot of innocent people will die Do you think if he went to the war he would actually fight lol they told him you would just do exhibitions but he didn't want it and he even gave up the most prestigious title for it
@joegee10004 жыл бұрын
@@abderrahimabderrahim6659 You should write a book there chief, sounds like you somehow have gotten inside of CCs head and know his thoughts and motivations....and I'm an idiot..ha ha ha. I guess he's your hero, and we all need heroes right?
@Tiberius_Productions Жыл бұрын
I love how Ali was totally booed during this fight… nobody knew he would eventually be considered the GOAT.
@joedoe52319 ай бұрын
Liston took a dive! Look at when he was trying to get up and fell down. I have seen him take very heavy punches from Cleveland Williams and he didn't even flinch.
@milowagon7 жыл бұрын
What a mess! Jersey Joe runs off to see the timekeeper, leaving the two boxers staring at each other. Oh well, they start fighting again then he returns to break up the party. Amateur set up to say the least.
@jjuice053 жыл бұрын
Sonny looked like he had already fought 12 rounds at the opening bell.
@alexduran19672 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the fire was gone. He was just in there for money. Seen that many, many times with boxers.
@Carlparishhonda4 жыл бұрын
I can actually hear that punch. That punch is what The late great martial artist Bruce Lee call the “FLOATING PUNCH “. It causes more eternal damage instead of surface damage. That’s amazing a 1965 boxing video seeing the floating punch. I think back then it was an anchor punch.
@heels-villeshoerepairs8613 Жыл бұрын
Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Ali and Listen, all in the same ring, Wow.