Everyone now seems to believe that Liston fell down and just stayed down until Ali was awarded the win. Lost in the verbal history of that second fight is that after Liston went down, Walcott had a heck of a time getting Ali over to a neutral corner. There remains a debate about whether the timekeeper gave a heads-up to Walcott or not on the count (both dispute each other). And in that confusion, not only had Liston gotten back up and had his gloves wiped off by Walcott, the two fighters had actually RESUMED BOXING. It was the timekeepers who then yelled to Walcott that the fight was over and that Liston had been counted out.
Replies to: "Yes - many people wrongly pin 100% of the "shadiness" on Liston."
- Sixty years ago today Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston by technical knockout to become - THEISMANCARR - 8:39am 2/5/25
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- Date's a little off. - jakers - 10:56am 2/5/25
- Refresh my memory. Was that the no punch TKO? Don't remember if that was #1 or #2. - ELP - 10:13am 2/5/25
- The 'phantom punch' is a myth and ocurred during Ali-Liston II - Nigel Tufnel - 11:05am 2/5/25
- Yes - many people wrongly pin 100% of the "shadiness" on Liston. - jakers - 11:26am 2/5/25
- The 'phantom punch' is a myth and ocurred during Ali-Liston II - Nigel Tufnel - 11:05am 2/5/25
- Ernie Terrell “His mama named him Clay, ima call him Clay”. Thanks for the ass wooopn [NT] - Frankx - 9:29am 2/5/25
- Thanks for the reminder, I’m on my 3rd C Clay T and will wear it today [NT] - Frankx - 9:20am 2/5/25