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Patterson was a poster boy for black integration while Liston stood as a totem of black alienation. Where Patterson was sensitive and shy, Liston was angry and malevolent. Thus the stage was set for ...

It depicts Muhammad Ali [then Cassius Clay] standing imperiously above long-time foe Sonny Liston, who lays strewn across the canvas in Round 2 of their 1965 rematch. On today's episode of Indo ...

Liston was seen as the sturdy, establishment boxer and Ali, then Cassius Clay, the mouthy, flamboyant upstart. To many, Ali’s victory signaled a new era for boxing, for sports, and for the culture.

On this date, Muhammad Ali faced his then boxing nemesis, Sonny Liston, in Lewiston, Maine. The occasion was the eagerly anticipated rematch of their epic and historical first fight. Said first fight ...

On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Florida.

Nicknamed “The Bear,” Liston had been considered unbeatable until he lost the title in 1964 to loud-mouthed underdog Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay).

In 1964, Ali shook the world when he defeated Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight champion of the world. Just days after his victory, he announced his conversion to Islam and adopted the name ...