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Muhammad Ali Over Sonny Liston
A 16x20 Inches Classic Photograph featuring
Muhammad Ali standing of SOnny Liston. Includes a Very Rare
Heart Inscription with the Muhammad Ali Signature. It is
very rare for Muhammad to do this. Nice clear Signature.
Online Authentics Certificate direct from Muhammad Ali's
managment company. A great investment.
We only have 1 of these Framed photographs to ensure exclusivity.
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Their rematch took place on May 25, 1965,
in Lewiston, Maine, and this time there was even more sentiment
that the fight was fixed. Ali floored Liston with a short
chopping right to the head in the first round. Liston fell,
rolled over, climbed to his knees, and then fell again.
Referee Jersey Joe Walcott never counted to
10, but while trying to get Ali into a neutral corner, at
least 17 seconds passed. When Liston finally rose, the fight
resumed. However, when Walcott was told by a journalist
how long Liston was down, he raised Ali's hand in victory.
Nearly four decades later, it hasn't been
resolved if Ali actually landed the punch -- "the phantom
punch" as it's often referred to -- that floored Liston.
One of Liston's assistant trainers later said Liston threw
the fight for fear of being murdered by Black Muslims.
While Liston publicly denied taking a dive,
Sports Illustrated writer Mark Kram said that years later
Liston told him, "That guy [Ali] was crazy. I didn't
want anything to do with him. And the Muslims were coming
up. Who needed that? So I went down. I wasn't hit."
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