Sonny Liston was one of the most dominant world champions in history and began his reign with a win over a man whose career was ended by Muhammad Ali. Outside of a rare loss in his eighth career fight ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fifty years ago, the heavyweight boxing title belt resided in Denver after Sonny Liston knocked out former champion Floyd Patterson. Knocked out? Liston ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — July 22 is a big day in boxing history. On this day in 1963, Sonny Liston took on Floyd Patterson at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the undisputed heavyweight title. It was the ...

Cassius Clay looks ahead. Not to his next $1,000,000, of course: that is already assured if Sonny Liston can only learn how to drive a Cadillac in a straight line. But after Liston, what?

He stood, thrusting his arms high, opening a new, exciting and unpredictable chapter in American sport. What might happen with this guy on any given night? We had to tune in to find out.

Somewhere within the dreadful fog that comes with Alzheimer’s, I hope that Floyd Patterson considered that he had finally beaten his toughest opponent. Not Sonny Liston, Muhammad Ali or Ingemar ...

I didn't get a chance yesterday to mark the death of Floyd Patterson, who was heavyweight champion of the world from 1956-1959, and then again from 1960 -1962. He was the first man to regain the title ...

Muhammad Ali was brutal in the ring. It’s painful to watch his early matches with Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, and Ernie Terrell, which seem not at all like contests of equals but exercises in ...