The Phantom Punch: The Story Behind Boxing's Most Controversial Bout,Used

The Phantom Punch: The Story Behind Boxing's Most Controversial Bout,Used

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The two bouts between Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston are widely considered the most anticipated and controversial fights in heavyweight boxing. Cassius Clay won the first bout in Miami Beach in February 1964, when Liston refused to come out for the seventh round. The second fight took place in Lewiston, Maine, fifteen months later in May 1965. Halfway through the first round, Ali countered a left from Liston with a fast right, knocking Liston down. He did not get up. Alis right was so fast many spectators never even saw it. It was quickly dubbed the Phantom Punch and rumors began to swirl that Liston had thrown the fight. Many who believed Listona brutal fighter who picked up boxing in prisonhad also thrown the first fight the year before in Miami were now vindicated.Journalist and sports historian Rob Sneddon takes a fresh look at the infamous Muhammad AliSonny Liston fight of May 25, 1965, which ended in chaos at a high school hockey rink in Lewiston, Maine. Sneddon digs deep into the fights background and comes up with fascinating new takes on boxing promotion in the 1960s; on Alis rapid rise and Listons sudden fall; on how the bout ended up in Lewiston and, of course, on Alis phantom punch. That single lightningquick blow triggered a complex chain reaction of events that few people understood, either then or now.Even if youve seen films of the fight and think you know what happened, this book will change your perspective on boxings greatest controversy.

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