The Sonny Liston Knockout Reel 1958-1968 (16mm Transfer)

The Sonny Liston Knockout Reel 1958-1968
Sonny Liston vs Wayne Bethea, David Bailey, Amos Johnson, Billy Joiner, Scrapiron Johnson, Elmer Rush, Gerhard Zech, Albert Westphal
16mm Sound, 17 Minutes

I wish Sonny Liston had lived long enough to have, or at least attempt an post-career resurrection. And even a chance to tell his story. Few boxers have risen so high and fallen so low. There was a strangeness about Liston's fights that's hard to describe. They resembled less that of boxing matches than they did gladiator executions.

The films bear this out to some extent. Among a collection I recently acquired is the 16mm reel simply titled Liston KOs. It is a compilation of Liston knockouts, mostly during his post-championship years.

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