<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Liston" class="extiw" title="w:Sonny Liston">Charles L. "Sonny" Liston</a> (c. 1930 – c. December 30, 1970) was an <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=American&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="American (page does not exist)">American</a> professional <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Boxer" title="Boxer">boxer</a> who competed from 1953 to 1970.  A dominant contender of his era, he became the world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Floyd_Patterson&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Floyd Patterson (page does not exist)">Floyd Patterson</a> in the first round, repeating the knockout the following year in defense of the title; in the latter fight he also became the inaugural WBC heavyweight champion. Liston was particularly known for his toughness, formidable punching power, long reach, and intimidating appearance.  Although Liston was widely regarded as unbeatable, he lost the title in 1964 to <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cassius_Clay&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Cassius Clay (page does not exist)">Cassius Clay</a> (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a>), who entered as a 7–1 underdog. Liston retired in his corner due to an inflamed shoulder. Controversy followed with claims that Liston had been drinking heavily the night before the fight and had entered the bout with a lame shoulder. In his 1965 rematch with Ali, Liston suffered an unexpected first-round knockout that led to unresolved suspicions of a fix. He was still a world-ranked boxer when he died in mysterious circumstances in 1970. Underworld connections and his unrecorded dates of birth and death added to the enigma.
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