Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Does this video disprove any of the myths about Sonny Liston?

Great link, thanks Joshua. Liston looked sharp here, he slipped three consecutive jabs from Williams in the first round and showed good head movement and skill throughout this short fight. Also his punches seemed very accurate, a lot of fighters seem to get a bit wild when they have a fighter in trouble but Liston was methodical and barely missed a punch even when he had Williams ready to go. Also in the second round the hard punching Williams had Liston against the ropes but Liston covered up, took a few shots with no real effect and came back to dismantle Williams barely a minute later. Liston is a very underrated fighter, he gets too much stick for the Ali losses, because remember Ali is the greatest heavyweight of all time and Liston was actually past his prime as champion. Liston is one of the hardest punchers in boxing history, and on his day would give any heavyweight in history a tough night.

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