Sonny Liston was crazy lol

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Reportedly also slapped Clay in a Hotel lobby exchange, telling him, "You're too fuckin' fresh."

 

That isn't real footage is it? Doesn't look like Liston.

 

That's what I thought. Is that genuine?

MTF :dunno:

 

WTF, never saw that before. ::


Too bad Sonny laid down TWICE against Clay. :doh:

 

Thats the Ali movie he made in the 70's. The Greatest or something like that.

 

Liston may well have been 45 by the time those fights took place. He was OLD.

 

I believe that to be one of the greatest urban legends in boxing history.


That, and it's complete bullshit. :shit:

 

I think you're right. Ali looks like he's on the older side in those clips.

 

That looks like Roger E Mosley, the guy who played TC on Magnum.

 

what was a cool move...i wonder if he really acted so smoothly when he did it

 

No way is that an early 60s Ali either.

 

yeah its a movie clip...had me fooled though. The colored picture should have tipped me off.

 

I never even heard of it. It's a full length movie? What's it about and is it any good?

 

I saw it years ago. It's awful, but worth a watch. ::

 

Is it a movie or a quasi documentary?

What's the name of it? Maybe i'll see if i can find a download somewhere.

 

It's called 'The Greatest' - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_(1977_film)

There's also this one I found on wikipedia.

 

Not going to be easy finding it with that title.

 

I know it was out on DVD a few years back, a friend of mine picked it up. I'd try looking for a torrent, I bet something with 1977 in the search will help.

 

Liston's name wasn't on the Census register in his hometown recorded somewhere around 1926, perhaps indicating he wasn't yet born. It is highly likely he was born earlier than his official line of 1932, but difficult to believe he could've been within a few years of fifty. I would not be surprised if thirty-five or thirty-six were close to the mark in 1964.

 

Yes I said 45 with a view to stretching the point, exaggerating. I always felt sorry for Liston, he appears to have had a shitty beginning and a shitty ending.

 

In between wasn't that bad

 

So that's just an actor and not really Sonny Liston? I'll have to check this movie out.

 

Yeah it was. He probably didn't see a dime of his "winnings"...thats one thing I give Clay/Ali credit for- his win eradicated the stench of Frankie Carbo and his mob.

 

Looks like Roger E. Mosley, the Black Dude from "Magnum P.I."


REED:hammert:

 

Yep...


REED:hammert:

 

That's debatable. At the very least.

 

I'll bet it was Roger E. Mosley playing Sonny Liston. For those of you not familiar, he was the African-American gentleman from Magnum P.I..

 

The Greatest wasn't a very good movie.

 

There is actually a 2008 movie about Sonny Liston starring Ving Rhames called Phantom Punch. It's out on torrents too. I've had it for months and never did finish it. Mostly because the copy was corrupted.