On May 25, 1965, Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston in the first round of a heavyweight bout that produced one of the strangest finishes in boxing history as well as one of sports’ most iconi… ...

As the famous photo portrays, Ali taunted the fallen Liston, calling on him to get up. “Get up and fight, sucker,” is the famous quote. Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston, 1965 ...

"If Ali doesn't beat Sonny Liston, the course of history is different," he said. "It was the fact that he was heavyweight champion of the world that gave those acts on his part national importance." ...

When Muhammad Ali knocked down Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965, a 22-year-old photographer named Neil Leifer was ringside. Decades later, the image he captured still has our attention.

In the immediate aftermath, as chaos reigned, the small crowd of just over 4,000 fight fans in Lewiston, Maine, let their voices be heard. The most famous punch in boxing history had just secured ...

On May 25, 1965, Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston in the first round of a heavyweight bout that produced one of the strangest finishes in boxing history as well as one of sports' most iconic ...

Muhammad Ali after first round knockout of Sonny Liston during World Heavyweight Title fight at St. Dominic's Arena in Lewiston, Maine on 5/25/1965. Neil Leifer—Sports Illustrated ...

Muhammad Ali's first world title win over Sonny Liston was the subject of a match-fixing investigation by the FBI. ... Tale of the tape: Fight poster for Sonny Liston v Cassius Clay in 1964.

Trailer – Raising Ali from gary robinov on Vimeo. LEWISTON — The image in the famous Neil Leifer photograph is timeless — Muhammad Ali standing over a knocked-down Sonny Liston in a boxing ...

Zenos Frudakis’ Muhammad Ali statue suggests, but does not duplicate, the iconic photo of the boxer standing over Sonny Liston during their fight in Lewiston, Me. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Philadelphia-based ...

Before there was Muhammad Ali, there was Cassius Clay, a bombastic young boxer who was expected to lose to Sonny Liston when the two fought in 1964—but he didn't. A startling report sheds new ...