A lot of people think so, including boxing insiders. Many others don't believe it. Some think Liston may have thrown the second fight in Lewiston, Maine, but not the first one. In any case, ...

Sonny Liston built himself up to be one of the most feared heavyweight champions in boxing history. He was considered invincible. That all came to a halt when he faced a 7-to-1 underdog, a brash ...

Editor’s note: While the games are on pause, the Globe is reaching into its archives to bring you “Replay,” stories from the past that highlight something interesting, timely, or revealing. This ...

He had come in pounding the cane Malcolm X had given him for spiritual support, chanting “I am the greatest, I am the champ, ...

Sonny Liston ranks among boxing’s greatest — even Mike Tyson called him “a badass.” But the man who beat Floyd Patterson to become the 1962 Heavyweight Champion of the world led a brief, brutal ...

In any case, controversy has been a shadow over the two Clay-Liston fights and that shadow remains to this day. Unsatisfactory endings to both bouts — in February of 1964 at Miami Beach and in May of ...