Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston II - The Phantom Punch

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Muhammad Ali knocks Sonny Liston out at 1 minute and 44 seconds of the first round in their second professional bout against each other.
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@defaultusername123
@defaultusername123 4 жыл бұрын
Ali in one of his prime moments. Props to Sonny Liston as well, a true bomber in his day and age, may they both R.I.P. together.
@listerine414
@listerine414 3 жыл бұрын
Dude it was a fixed fight
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
@@listerine414. Hahahaha! Any proof of your claim? Who benefited of your “fixed” fight?
@mattslocum5740
@mattslocum5740 2 жыл бұрын
@@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 the mob
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
@@mattslocum5740. The mob huh? Any mob in particular? Or are you meaning the band named “the mob”?
@GeorgeMcKinley.
@GeorgeMcKinley. 2 жыл бұрын
Liston was a good boxer but a pos human being.
@kemodelic5001
@kemodelic5001 Жыл бұрын
Muhammed Ali was a really unusual boxer, positive, dear to everyone, reasonable, a good believer and the best boxer of all time for sure!
@jassingh3579
@jassingh3579 2 жыл бұрын
In slow motion Listons whole body shudders upon the punch landing which says it all .......
@malachiisrael669
@malachiisrael669 2 жыл бұрын
It damn sure did.
@Not_Sure-2020
@Not_Sure-2020 2 жыл бұрын
A fighter that has been knocked down isn't going to know the count until he hears it from the ref. If the ref didn't count, it shouldn't have ended.
@mikeprevost8650
@mikeprevost8650 2 жыл бұрын
Watch when Sonny got up---he looked right at the timekeeper. He knew he was down for more than 10. And he wasn't one bit upset when Walcott finally stepped in to stop it.
@srinivasnahak3473
@srinivasnahak3473 Жыл бұрын
The punch was so fast that it's not even visible properly 🤯
@lionsofafrica5867
@lionsofafrica5867 2 жыл бұрын
Muhteşem teknik , hız , güç hepsi bir arada . Muhammed Ali tüm zamanların en iyisi. Allah rahmet eylesin mekanı cennet olsun amin. Sanki aileden biri gibi.
@lgude
@lgude 11 ай бұрын
That final slow motion shot shows just how much Liston’s head is deflected by the punch. Best view of it I’ve ever seen. I’m now convinced Liston was hit hard. It is usually I’m possible to estimate how effective a particular punch is from watching it on a screen or even in person. The viewing angle can make it look more or less an obvious knock out punch. It is well to remember that heavyweights punch the hardest but the vulnerability to a knockout stays about the same as weight class increases. Some fighters have less knockout jaws: Dempsey Marciano. Others like Patterson a bit of a glass jaw. I saw the 2nd Patterson Johansen in the Bronx and Patterson put the Swede out for about 5 minutes. The extremely pro Patterson crowd got quieter and quieter until Johansen stood up. In the next fight they knocked other down repeatedly with Patterson’s glass jaw on full show. I wish I’d seen that one!
@theguyinthemiddle2919
@theguyinthemiddle2919 2 жыл бұрын
What a man and what a punch - Watch it in slow motion at the end.
@shakabrown8774
@shakabrown8774 2 жыл бұрын
That punch definately connected mate 👊🤕😉
@F3502000
@F3502000 Жыл бұрын
That was a hell of a shot!
@MohamedHamed-vg8xt
@MohamedHamed-vg8xt 2 жыл бұрын
اعظم واذكي ملاكم في التاريخ محمد علي اللهم اغفر له وارحمه واغفر لموتانا وارحمهم ياارحم الراحمين /مصر
@MrStradia
@MrStradia 2 жыл бұрын
I think they called that an Anchor punch. Short, direct and powerful.
@adewalehabib7285
@adewalehabib7285 2 жыл бұрын
The beat of a champion
@dc7enn
@dc7enn 2 жыл бұрын
Slow the playback speed to .25x and look at 0:39, you can see that Ali's right hook is what caught Liston. Ali really had quick hands because without slowing down the vid the hook can easily be overlooked.
@matteobortolasi1918
@matteobortolasi1918 2 жыл бұрын
yeah but a single hook cannot knock out the heavyweight champions. It was a fake match
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
@@matteobortolasi1918. Many heavyweight champions get knocked out from single hook. Liston didn’t get knocked out, he got rocked by Ali’s counter right. Smarten up.
@gabrieleruffini4884
@gabrieleruffini4884 2 жыл бұрын
@@matteobortolasi1918 in effect the action looks not so natural, on the other hand a fast hook of a heavyweight champion can destroy a lot..... Boxe is full of fake matches but in this case I am not so sure since in the first match Ali ridiculized Liston.
@matteobortolasi1918
@matteobortolasi1918 2 жыл бұрын
@@gabrieleruffini4884 yeah but Liston keep fighting until the referee declares the KO. If the hook was so powerful Liston probably would have remained on the floor more than 10sec. It seems strange
@vancouverterry9142
@vancouverterry9142 2 жыл бұрын
I was about 13 at the time and remember that when the questions came up about the "phantom punch" that the president of the British Karate Association wrote a letter to a newspaper that was picked up throughout the English-language press saying that Ali's punch hit a known knock-out spot, just behind the ear, if I recall correctly, and that he, the karate president, was not surprised in the slightest at how it decked Liston.
@baraskparas9559
@baraskparas9559 2 жыл бұрын
Look at Ali's physique in the photo. Add reach, lightning evasion and counterpunches = goodnight everyone else. The phantom punch was lightning fast with the whole torso thrown into it and caught Liston as he missed with his attack, a very vulnerable time. Easy to say he took a dive but we didn't feel the blow. His arms pushing against the mat on the way down means he didn't want to go down. The second fall means he was still dizzy and the timekeeper counted him out.
@malachiisrael669
@malachiisrael669 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@farooqihassan
@farooqihassan 2 жыл бұрын
Its after the fact that both Walcott and Marciano took back their "Phantom Punch" conspiracy theory $3m was a fortune in 1964 and the purse made both very jealous. Walcott admits when he heard of the purse for rematch, he told Marciano that he is returning and Marciano said he will beat to it It was a joke of course.
@baraskparas9559
@baraskparas9559 2 жыл бұрын
@@farooqihassan I heard Marciano told his coach, just before he retired, that his back had gone and he couldn't duck and weave like he was used to. They accused Walcott of taking a dive in vs Marciano 2 because he got 200,000 dollars anyway but he copped a huge left hook and a short right cross on his way down and he still got up by count 9. Referees fault.
@nightrain8127
@nightrain8127 Жыл бұрын
The fact that when Liston went down and was aware of space ie Ali’s -means he went down on time , who’s time? I don’t know but I know boxing , love Ali but this was a fix
@baraskparas9559
@baraskparas9559 Жыл бұрын
@@nightrain8127 You may be right. When you are going to get a big payday regardless of the result a tired old fighter might get up a count too late. What right did the great Ali have to stand over his fallen opponent? None. The count should have been extended and the crowd would not have been shortchanged.
@user-do1rr4qx1o
@user-do1rr4qx1o 2 жыл бұрын
رحمك الله رحمة واسعة واسكنك فسيح جناته
@aadamaliusman1468
@aadamaliusman1468 Жыл бұрын
آمين يارب العالمين
@chrisward4576
@chrisward4576 2 жыл бұрын
That music... Was it downloaded from the pit of hell or what?
@oartistamaisnovodaculturap777
@oartistamaisnovodaculturap777 Ай бұрын
The moment: 💀 The Music: 😄🌸
@rodoljubvuica1908
@rodoljubvuica1908 2 жыл бұрын
It was fixed fight! Joke off century
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
Fixed by Ali’s counter right over listons lunging jab! Liston lunged right into it! POW 💥
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
@@heiligekuhdasisteinesehrpo1766 . Are you trying to speak English? POW 💥
@heiligekuhdasisteinesehrpo1766
@heiligekuhdasisteinesehrpo1766 2 жыл бұрын
@@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 Uno Reverse Card, 👊💥.
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
@@heiligekuhdasisteinesehrpo1766 . Ok, time to give your mommy back her phone there my little man!
@heiligekuhdasisteinesehrpo1766
@heiligekuhdasisteinesehrpo1766 2 жыл бұрын
@@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 I'm taking off this thread, have a nice day 🎩☀️
@adewalehabib7285
@adewalehabib7285 2 жыл бұрын
The sounds took me back to the root and made my head swell up. That's real African beat.
@nightrain8127
@nightrain8127 Жыл бұрын
I’m a white dude and have no idea what yr talking about but sounds great , made me smile 👍🏻
@jamesdiiorio4702
@jamesdiiorio4702 Жыл бұрын
Liston clearly took a dive. No doubt. That punch couldn’t have crushed a grape. Even the ringside critics acknowledged that fact at the time.
@solomon6444
@solomon6444 2 жыл бұрын
How could this be a Phantom punch? You could see his head and neck shifted from the impact of the punch!!!
@danielhkhk7283
@danielhkhk7283 Жыл бұрын
It was a punch. And then Liston took a dive.
@malachiisrael669
@malachiisrael669 2 жыл бұрын
The phantom punch was a short right that Liston ran into. It was that same punch that other Ali opponents ran into as it would come from nowhere as Ali could launch punches all of a sudden using the ABD attack by drawing method of fighting. These critics still don't get it.
@farooqihassan
@farooqihassan 2 жыл бұрын
The only boxer of his time who could punch while stepping back, trapping his opponent into walking into his short punch. He practiced running backwards for this There is no cure for the ignorant commentators here.
@malachiisrael669
@malachiisrael669 2 жыл бұрын
@@farooqihassan no brother Hassan their isn't. that's why I don't attempt to interrupt the ignorant in their ignorance. They love it too much.
@lwmson
@lwmson Жыл бұрын
Oh come on. Just show me another instance in Ali's 20-year pro boxing career where this "Phantom Punch" was used and Ali used it to KO an opponent. As great as he was, Ali, even by his own admission, was never a one-punch KO artist.
@malachiisrael669
@malachiisrael669 Жыл бұрын
@@lwmson no Mr. Ali was not a one punch ko artist. I am of the opinion that Mr Liston chose to quit as he wasn't landing any of his offensive manuvers and he lost confidence in his abilities. Now the only other time I remember the anchor punch being used to ko another opponent was Big George Foreman. In the 8th round the commentator referred to it as "a sneaky right hand" and Muhammad landed (3) of them in succession and a left 👊🏾right 💥left combo 🥊and the GOAT regained his championship status.
@lwmson
@lwmson Жыл бұрын
@@malachiisrael669 I don't know what prompted Sonny to take a dive in that fight. A fall out with his manager, fear of the NOI, I don't know. But regarding the Foreman fight, Ali didn't throw that "Phantom Punch." It was a one-two combination that knocked George down. But the truth is that George went down more so from the exhaustion of swinging himself out after eight rounds more than anything else. George actually beat the count and got up before the ref counted 10 but it was still ruled a KO.
@leeamraa
@leeamraa 2 жыл бұрын
The punch of the century!
@Technostorm313
@Technostorm313 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@jerrywoods4066
@jerrywoods4066 2 жыл бұрын
He took a dive
@amatobevilacqua2269
@amatobevilacqua2269 Жыл бұрын
Clay immenso!!!!! Il più grande....❤️❤️❤️
@syedaejazali3673
@syedaejazali3673 Жыл бұрын
that knockout picture was a million dollar picture.
@steeevo0136
@steeevo0136 2 жыл бұрын
Why oh why do video presenters insist on using music for background ? If you can call this ridiculous kiddy plonking "music" that is !
@daveyboy_
@daveyboy_ 2 жыл бұрын
Can u say ,'Dive'
@billhaleyrock2471
@billhaleyrock2471 2 жыл бұрын
Ein Kampf wie eine Wahl.
@pauldarling330
@pauldarling330 2 жыл бұрын
Ali was famous for his power punches.
@danliebaert7629
@danliebaert7629 2 жыл бұрын
FIXED ..............................................................................................................
@jonpark6650
@jonpark6650 2 жыл бұрын
Any other fight like this one would be called out ......
@MoreChannelNoise
@MoreChannelNoise 2 жыл бұрын
looked like somone took a dive to me. Sony took a bribe
@oologahgardentractorandcha3055
@oologahgardentractorandcha3055 2 жыл бұрын
Look closer, short right to the chin hit at the exact spot needed to drop him
@emmaevans2329
@emmaevans2329 3 ай бұрын
Ali definitely a gang star, he was ready to continue the fight.
@joseph9531
@joseph9531 Жыл бұрын
It was so fast that I didn't even see it.
@manhhungnguyen4749
@manhhungnguyen4749 5 ай бұрын
1:07 This is personal. =)) The business is done.
@chrisfrans9252
@chrisfrans9252 2 жыл бұрын
Seems not that devastating, but... How?
@chrisalexander5900
@chrisalexander5900 2 жыл бұрын
Listen took a dive. The MOB owned the sports world back then. CWA
@jonathanwallace6667
@jonathanwallace6667 4 ай бұрын
Okay now i believe it. I would have bet anything that the fight was fixed
@giovannimanacorda6173
@giovannimanacorda6173 2 жыл бұрын
Il più grande,
@paulwarner2231
@paulwarner2231 2 жыл бұрын
Remember the changing of the gloves when cooper floored him ?
@robinpegden723
@robinpegden723 2 жыл бұрын
Yep Dundee split the gloves with a razor. Ali was out , six minute break. Cooper would have finished him. Rumour was he took coke before a fight as no drug testing. He brought entertainment to a dying sport. Rocky M and Sugar Ray from the thirties as good as if not better boxers as fights 15 rounds and heavier gloves. His stance on Vietnam made him his legendary status
@hereef1
@hereef1 Жыл бұрын
The times were a changing. Ali was the new. Liston was the past.
@curtiscarpenter9881
@curtiscarpenter9881 2 жыл бұрын
He took a dive Liston.
@maribelnunezhuertas1004
@maribelnunezhuertas1004 2 жыл бұрын
the punch`s phantom
@tomhatl4690
@tomhatl4690 2 жыл бұрын
Sonny qet peid to lay down .he never hit him .no no .
@queenb4172
@queenb4172 2 жыл бұрын
Mobutu’s witch doctor did the damage for him. In west Africa it is called witchcraft (juju)
@Omer7MEHMET7
@Omer7MEHMET7 2 жыл бұрын
Well, I'm your centurion LIKE May they rest in peace
@James-wy2pq
@James-wy2pq Жыл бұрын
The fix is in
@daveyboy_
@daveyboy_ 2 жыл бұрын
Ref shoulda took the time keepers advice like this when Buster got knocked down
@bujuma
@bujuma 2 жыл бұрын
The great photo in 0:44
@anthonyhay1965
@anthonyhay1965 2 жыл бұрын
Cassius clay changed his name to Muhammed ali a week after the first listen fight
@vestibulate
@vestibulate 2 жыл бұрын
Lewiston, Maine. Because the word was out and no venue wanted the "fight".
@puirYorick
@puirYorick 2 жыл бұрын
So the actual rules of the sanctioning body didn't matter? Maybe the local mob had big money on a prop bet. The count starts when the ref has the opponent in a neutral corner *then* administers the count himself.
@user-yf6sy2ze9s
@user-yf6sy2ze9s 2 жыл бұрын
محمد الافضل على الاطلاق وفي كل زمان
@scaoiayoub6714
@scaoiayoub6714 2 жыл бұрын
لمذا تكتب بالعبرية( فقط سؤال)
@HHH-vi1wn
@HHH-vi1wn 2 жыл бұрын
No Ali, then it was Cassius Clay!!!
@farooqihassan
@farooqihassan 2 жыл бұрын
This was the rematch. He was Cassius in the first and Ali in the second
@deanvoss7098
@deanvoss7098 2 жыл бұрын
I've seen other fights from Sonny Liston. I've seen him take punches and go life-or-death with much bigger guys and this fight was a setup
@markedwards7721
@markedwards7721 2 жыл бұрын
I disagree, but it sure is debatable. Knock outs often occur because the guy getting knocked out does not see the punch coming, and this could be what happened here. No way to be sure, of course, but Ali always claimed it was the particular angle he hit him with that made it possible to be a knock-out.
@your_fathers
@your_fathers 2 жыл бұрын
@@markedwards7721 sonny could've absolutely gotten up, he stayed down intentionally thats for sure, he might have or might have not actually gotten clocked by ali's punch. But even still ali still definitely would've won anyway even if sonny was actually trying to win.
@moshedayan6698
@moshedayan6698 2 жыл бұрын
@@markedwards7721 this fight had been postponed 6 months before when Ali had an injury when Liston had been trained to the minute ( unlike the first fight in Miami where he never took Ali / Clay seriously and was only half fit ) but seemingly by the time of the reaaranged bout , he had started drinking heavily and was in worse condition than in Miami. And took the dive as fast as he could before being beaten up.
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
Always going to be these high school drop outs that regurgitate “it was fixed”. Or “fake fight”.
@jesterthemad9708
@jesterthemad9708 2 жыл бұрын
Most sports are. Like their little remote ball, and that backboard, for basketball. They NEVER let anyone touch game balls, they are heavily guarded. Why is that? Hmm, also most clutch shots are backboard net. The ball is designed and remotely triggered by the backboard and the ball itself. Dummy up, wake up.
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
@@jesterthemad9708. The ball is rocket powered and laser guided. How do you some think quarter backs can throw the ball over 90 yards with precision accuracy. Time for you to smarten up there my little man.
@bobcarlsson4
@bobcarlsson4 2 жыл бұрын
Your dissatisfaction with yourself is showing.
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
@@bobcarlsson4. Who are you? And to who and what are you crying about?
@susanstefan4614
@susanstefan4614 2 жыл бұрын
You can clearly see the punch in the slow motion
@moshedayan6698
@moshedayan6698 2 жыл бұрын
yes, a ''punch'' that a huge heavyweight like Liston should have walked straight through. And the rolling around on the canvas as if he was hit by 200 ton locomotive was Sonny telling the world ''I'm taking a dive here '' because the Nation of Islam are gonna kill me
@ranabirsengupta8777
@ranabirsengupta8777 Жыл бұрын
From girls Hostel in USA The members Commented on this Fight Between LISTON & CLAY that " Hostel members PILLOW FIGHTINGS Are more powerful than the Punch of CLAY Knocked out SONY LISTON"!!!!
@trinihammer
@trinihammer 2 жыл бұрын
there you have it folks 1:31 for all you naysayers the punch is there for all to see. like i always said if i was going to throw a fight for heavyweight champion i would probably do it in the second round not the first . got to make things look good.
@nordinehank6178
@nordinehank6178 2 жыл бұрын
No fake ,in end ralenti perfekt recht
@MS-dl9qi
@MS-dl9qi Жыл бұрын
*WHAT'S MY NAME? IT'S ONE AND ONLY MUHAMMED ALI*
@gilliannebesny9276
@gilliannebesny9276 2 жыл бұрын
R I p beautiful💖💘❤️I met this handsome man with lovely skin 😍 he was as wide and tall as a standard door love him too bits
@eltoneagle8136
@eltoneagle8136 Жыл бұрын
This was fixed Liston was forced by the mob to take a dive and lose the fight
@paulbaker9434
@paulbaker9434 2 жыл бұрын
Phantom my arse.mafia punch right to listons brain when they threatened him
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
And aliens.
@heiligekuhdasisteinesehrpo1766
@heiligekuhdasisteinesehrpo1766 2 жыл бұрын
@@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 And Joemama.
@karanonly
@karanonly Жыл бұрын
ALI DE GREATEST ..GOAT.
@michellacroix7202
@michellacroix7202 2 жыл бұрын
This is a scandale of the century. And Liston very bad actor.
@refigee8752
@refigee8752 2 жыл бұрын
Calling this fight what it truly was, doesnt take anything away from these two incredible boxers' achievements. This fight was a sham no two ways about.
@malachiisrael669
@malachiisrael669 2 жыл бұрын
A sham?; The phantom punch was a short right that Liston ran into. The slow motion shows it caught Liston unexpectedly. It's the same punch that set in motion for Ali to destroy George Foreman in round 8 of their epic fight. As a matter of fact one of the announcers alongside Howard Cosell gave it the perfect name "a SNEAKY right hand". It's the punches you don't see coming that kill you.
@rayray8687
@rayray8687 2 жыл бұрын
@refi Gee: I absolutely agree, this was a cheap and undeserved win, especially with Ali bobbing all over Liston after he was down. It seems one of them didn’t read the script. And btw, when did referees start taking orders from timekeepers regarding the count? First of all, referees don’t count in exact seconds they count in numbers up to 10 and it’s their count that determines win or loss, not the timekeeper’s clock. Plus Liston was up in less than 8 seconds by this video at which time, to my knowledge, the count would have stopped. A sham is correct.
@malachiisrael669
@malachiisrael669 2 жыл бұрын
@@rayray8687 so the first fight wherein Muhammad Ali boxed and beat Sonny Liston to a pulp and made him quit on his stool was a sham too? The phantom punch was a short right that Liston ran into. I personally think as Liston rolled on the ground he was quitting because he knew he had nothing to shut down Ali and his floating skill. Liston was a glorified tough man fighter not boxer.
@malachiisrael669
@malachiisrael669 2 жыл бұрын
@@rayray8687 like George Foreman if anyone chose to fight them toe to toe they would crush them with their freakishly strong raw punching power. However against clever boxers using the ABC attack by countering and ABD attack by drawing methods of fighting they were easily neutralized. Ali used both methods successfully to crush them both.
@F3502000
@F3502000 Жыл бұрын
@@rayray8687 And if they didn't rush in to stop the fight, Liston's ass would have been back down 8 seconds later!! You dumb and shiznit... 🤪👍
@jeanuytico6233
@jeanuytico6233 Жыл бұрын
How much money did the mafia pay Liston for the two falls, if you know Liston you can see he’s not even trying to hit clay then later in his life he got put to sleep for talking too much
@wolf6034
@wolf6034 2 жыл бұрын
Mafia-Kampf!
@ARIES-jk2ff
@ARIES-jk2ff 2 жыл бұрын
D greatest of all time.. flies like a 🦋 n sting like a 🐝
@davidjones9661
@davidjones9661 Жыл бұрын
@user-rw4xn5so4i. The quote is "Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee"...
@srinuDO204
@srinuDO204 Жыл бұрын
Match fixing clearly understang there 😎
@albertonogueirajunior7137
@albertonogueirajunior7137 2 жыл бұрын
i was knocked down just by looking...Ali was a true sportman legend and his "phantom punch" was a lesson that become unforgettable. ALI!
@hondamanvtec2894
@hondamanvtec2894 2 жыл бұрын
Liston owed the mafia money
@jerrywoods4066
@jerrywoods4066 2 жыл бұрын
Think sonny took a dive
@Bonescratcher
@Bonescratcher 2 жыл бұрын
@@jerrywoods4066 you think??? Lol
@danhorne3582
@danhorne3582 2 жыл бұрын
A short quick right , Didn't look that hard ?
@robinpegden723
@robinpegden723 2 жыл бұрын
A mob fix in boxing, sadly Liston ended up dead in an alley way in later life.
@user-be6qh8eu3h
@user-be6qh8eu3h Жыл бұрын
I ❤️ mohamed ali from indian
@greg2brown
@greg2brown Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t a phantom punch, Ali knocked out Liston clearly!!
@6611haggis
@6611haggis 2 жыл бұрын
The referee steps in to stop the ‘fight’ after ringside counted to 10. The ‘count’ starting the instant Liston was dropped. What an absolute joke. Only a referee starts and ends a count once the fighter has retreated to a neutral corner. The underworld made a packet from this one.
@farooqihassan
@farooqihassan 2 жыл бұрын
Nope. The count starts once a boxer hits ground, and continue until he stands up and raises his gloves. Its the kind of nonsense that was repeated when Foreman got up on the count of 9, except the 9 was counted by the commentator, while the referee had counted 10 even before that.
@kyloooooo
@kyloooooo 2 жыл бұрын
Is this still a debate???? Seriously?? It was a good punch but the fight was a dive. Everyone knew sonny was involved with the mafia and was told to lose this fight.
@user-kp6js7vp5h
@user-kp6js7vp5h 2 жыл бұрын
Fixed
@bradg1440
@bradg1440 2 жыл бұрын
That looked totally fake.
@65if2007
@65if2007 2 жыл бұрын
Ali almost surely would have beaten Liston legitimately in the later rounds. He was younger and faster and more fit. That's obvious by looking at the action here. But for those who believe that this was a legitimate knockout punch -- no. No. He did not legitimately knock Sonny Liston out in the first round with that punch. You're behaving like fanboys, not boxing fans. How many other times in his career did Ali simply flatten someone with an "anchor punch" that was scarcely visible other than in slow motion? How many other first-round knockouts did Ali have over the course of his career (one -- Jimmy Robinson). Why in the world would Ali bother to become a master of footwork, able to tire his opponents out over the course of an extended fight, if he has this secret weapon in his arsenal that enables him to score first-round knockouts at will? Was he getting paid by the hour? By the number of punches that he took? No. Ali himself didn't believe the dive -- that's why that classic photo shows him shouting at Liston and demanding that he get up -- which, in fact, Liston did and as Howard Cosell noted, he was still displaying good reflexes. My God! Look at how Liston starts to get up and then "collapses" again in a fashion that might not have ashamed a professional wrestler but then resignedly gets up again and starts to fight again after Ali fails to retreat into a neutral corner preventing Walcott from starting the count. Ali would have won this fight anyway, but to believe in this charade is to believe in the tooth fairy.
@billbuschgen520
@billbuschgen520 2 жыл бұрын
The punch that never happened. Listen owed money to the mob...end of story.
@robinpegden723
@robinpegden723 2 жыл бұрын
Yep he did the mob made a bundle
@65if2007
@65if2007 2 жыл бұрын
I think I read that the Nation of Islam was also anxious for Ali to win that fight and conveyed that anxiety -- and the urgency behind it -- to Liston. So, Liston may have felt pressure coming from more than one direction.
@giraycelik6230
@giraycelik6230 Жыл бұрын
Sony Liston is Tiyatr..
@govindrajud8559
@govindrajud8559 2 жыл бұрын
fixed match .... liston has no options
@PJM454
@PJM454 2 жыл бұрын
No doubt about it, that was the biggest dive in boxing history. I'm sure a lot of people got very rich from that punch.
@Lord_Hillcrest
@Lord_Hillcrest 2 жыл бұрын
Yep
@eltoneagle8136
@eltoneagle8136 Жыл бұрын
100% true
@kendyjapri1559
@kendyjapri1559 Жыл бұрын
Its a fucking disgrace
@craigf7628
@craigf7628 2 жыл бұрын
I’m just scrolling down the comments to see who else was irritated by the music
@mohamadir5659
@mohamadir5659 Жыл бұрын
Ali 1962 - 1967 could have beat any fighter in any time, the combination of speed, power and strategy + head movement and his chinvs ability to recieve punches makes him able to face and defeat any kind of fighter at any level Ali 1972-1975 also was near of that but some fighters like marciano may have had some chance to beat him at that time Ali 1969- 1972 and 1976 - 1981 has done nothing but reducing Ali's invincibility, the first period was due to his 3 years being away from boxing and the last period was due to age and heavy punishment from frazier, foreman and norton by that tim
@douglasbeaulieu3016
@douglasbeaulieu3016 Жыл бұрын
I disagree....I think 1986 Mike Tyson beats him
@jesterthemad9708
@jesterthemad9708 2 жыл бұрын
That punch wouldn't haven't knocked nobody out, especially a big man like Liston. This was a set up, most sports are rigged anyways.
@mikeprevost8650
@mikeprevost8650 2 жыл бұрын
watch the slo-mo. That punch was all wrist, no power behind it. A short right like that from the shoulder can put your lights out--but not that one.
@MK_ULTRA420
@MK_ULTRA420 2 жыл бұрын
@@mikeprevost8650 Either that punch landed perfectly on the jaw or Ali had some secret Vulcan combat training.
@malachiisrael669
@malachiisrael669 2 жыл бұрын
People said the same thing about the Bernard Hopkins punch to Oscar Dela Hoya liver. That it was a phantom punch, Oscar took a dive and blah blah blah. It was a well timed lobbed grenade launcher that disconnected Sonny's cable service. It's the same punch that shut down George Foreman ten years later (followed by a volley of punches) and a fight announcer alongside Howard Cosell gave it the perfect description "a sneaky right hand". It's the same punch Jaun Marquez used to ko Manny Pacquiao. Pacman nor those of us viewing the fight🥊💥saw it coming.
@derekrushton1705
@derekrushton1705 2 жыл бұрын
Muhammad Ali is/was the greatest boxer of all time imo but this fight was fixed. No question whatsoever.
@kenp7814
@kenp7814 2 жыл бұрын
This is Ali's 1st fight with Liston The 1st fight he "IDENTIFIED" as Clay
@alparslantopal9898
@alparslantopal9898 2 жыл бұрын
Phantom punch or not. Ali is the Best boxer and a legend ever
@jonlanier_
@jonlanier_ 2 жыл бұрын
I'd disagree. But he had the greatest corner and promotional team ever. They sold him and he sold himself.
@jonpark6650
@jonpark6650 2 жыл бұрын
Boxing self-promoter that was not even close to being the best boxer though. I am thinking he lost at least 5 fights
@lwmson
@lwmson Жыл бұрын
Jersey Joe Walcott was a great fighter, but was the worst referee that I ever saw.
@jimilee4609
@jimilee4609 2 жыл бұрын
A total set up ! Sonny would have killed him !
@joseantoniobarboza8555
@joseantoniobarboza8555 2 жыл бұрын
Muhammad nunca achei nada demais nesse lutador, eu acho que o cara era muito lerdao, só sabia ficar pulando, não lutava nada, pra que viu tison lutar pra mim esse cara foi comedia
@herbfrye4934
@herbfrye4934 2 жыл бұрын
Every time I see my comment I leave the only thing I can think of is draft dodger
@joevandijk2284
@joevandijk2284 2 жыл бұрын
This was the beginning of the end for sportsmanship humality and respect towards other boxers. Thank you Cassius CLAY. You ended up getting what you deserved.
@paulwarner2231
@paulwarner2231 2 жыл бұрын
Phantom punch , Liston took a dive
@sandeepbaikar3119
@sandeepbaikar3119 2 жыл бұрын
100% fake fight..it was fixed
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304
@theshepardthewolfandtheshe5304 2 жыл бұрын
All boxing matches are 100% fake fight… and fixed. Smarten up.
@MMA-R-USS
@MMA-R-USS Жыл бұрын
It was an awful acting by Liston. Watch wen people go to get up after they been rocked. Wen they go to brace an put there arm out it isn’t even where they want it to be. Liston puts his arm out perfectly an then just goes back down. But. Wdik
@boblynnsr.7434
@boblynnsr.7434 Жыл бұрын
Should call it the ' Muslim ' punch.
@bozoadams4113
@bozoadams4113 Жыл бұрын
Computer music sure SUCKS
@joinme19831
@joinme19831 Жыл бұрын
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