The heavyweight champion of the world had been outsmarted ... Following his second defeat to Ali, Liston went on a 14-fight unbeaten streak. Only one of his opponents, Billy Joiner, managed ...

Some of boxing’s greatest ever have been undisputed heavyweight champions during their career and now Oleksandr Usyk is the latest.  Iconic fighters like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson achieved ...

"I told you when I beat Sonny Liston, and I'm telling you now ... and without what Ali became as a world champion. Back then it was called Zaire, today it's the Democratic Republic of Congo.

beating Sonny Liston inside six rounds to become world champion. Still known as Cassius Clay, that victory catapulted him into the stratosphere. Much more than a fighter, Ali was a voice for the ...

He ridiculed Liston before the May 1965 rematch ... Cosell to turn boxing into theater. After Muhammad Ali grew into the world champion, Robert Lipsyte of The New York Times said: "Ali understood ...

In Sonny Liston and George Foreman, Ali dismantled two men considered unbeatable, considered monsters. He also defeated ...

and the ref wears a frown/For he can't start counting `til Sonny comes down/Now Liston disappears from view. You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned?/Wait `til I whup George Foreman's ...