Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303982984 Format: Black & White, Color, Dolby, NTSC ISBN: 6303982980 Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Hbo Home Video Release Date: April 01, 1997 Running Time: 60 minutes Sales Rank: 23929 Studio: Hbo Home Video
Description: He was called ' 'The Heavyweight Nobody Likes' ' and ' 'King of the Beasts' ' - but what was the truth behind the image? A look at the rise and fall of a Heavyweight Champion, his life and times and the investigation into his mysterious death.
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Rating: - Great Insight on Sonny Liston - the Person
As I was growing up, I always considered myself a quasi-Boxing historian. One part of my interest in Boxing was the lineage that followed the champions in the various weight classes. Of course, the lure of the Heavyweight Division was too much to resist - therefore I sought to learn about the various champions. Sonny Liston, who was Heavyweight Champion from 1962 through 1964 was someone who was well known to me. Being a Muhammad Ali fan, I knew him as the man who Ali (then Cassius Clay) dethroned for the Heavyweight title. I also knew him as the fighter who defeated the first two-time Heavyweight Champion, Floyd Patterson. There was also a wealth of stories that were told about Sonny Liston- namely his alleged connections to organized crime, his alleged participation in both of his fights with Ali, and of course his mysterious death. What I didn't know was much about Sonny Liston the person. This ... Read More
Rating: - GREAT VIDEOGRAPHY OF A GREAT FIGHTER
I had seen this particular piece on cable years ago and found it very compelling and well put together. When I saw that it was available here on Amazon.com, I snatched it up immediately. Just watching how this supremely talented and much maligned fighter lived (and died) is both entertaining and saddening. The home movies interspersed with TV and fight footage along with the haunting jazz music in the background makes for a "package" well worth the money. It's hard to say that Liston wasn't one of the greatest boxers ever, after watching this.
Rating: - A MUST Have For Anyone Interested In Sonny Liston
A MUST Have For Anyone Interested In Sonny Liston
4.75 Stars
It's hard to know Sonny Liston - most people's first introduction to him is by way of Muhammad Ali and the 2 fights they had, but Sonny is so much more.
He was more feared and more tuff in the ring than Mike Tyson and the first incarnation of Big George Foreman. Sonny was the first. It was said that his opponents would start to bleed just from receiving his stare.
Most of the story of Sonny Liston is sad - no one knows for sure when he was born. No one knows for sure when he died.
This is a great video. Finally we're able to get clips of the champ and witness his presence and power in the ring, we get to hear him speak, see the scowl and actually see him smile too.
I wish this was longer. I would like to see more than just fight clips, but don't get me wrong - it's great to see anything with ... Read More
Rating: - RIP Champ
As this video proves Sonny Liston was more than the mob affiliated thug that the media painted him to be. In fact he is one of boxing's most compelling person's and by far it's saddest tragic figure. For all those interested in learning about the man behind the scowl and the power punches this video is required viewing. And for boxing fans it has a decent selection of footage of Sonny at his best. "Someday they will write a blues song just for fighters. It'll be with slow guitar, soft trumpet, and a bell,"-Sonny Liston.
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