MIKE TYSON revealed the “scariest fighter that ever lived” – who would even knock out police officers. Tyson still stands as ...

Sonny Liston, pictured with the Kray twins, rose to fame thanks to his boxing skills, but was never far away criminals Credit: Getty Images When Liston became the top challenger to champion Floyd ...

Muhammad Ali 1942-2016 48 photos Hardly anyone gave the 22-year-old a chance in the championship fight against the fearsome Sonny "Big Bear" Liston, an ex-con with a devastating left hook.

Fifty year ago today, a brash 22-year-old named Cassius Clay stunned the boxing world with a technical knockout of Sonny Liston before the start of the seventh round at Convention Hall in Miami ...

Sonny Liston OD'd on heroin, but it may have been ordered by the mob, according to “Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston." The new doc premieres Friday on Showtime.

Before there was Muhammad Ali, there was Cassius Clay, a bombastic young boxer who was expected to lose to Sonny Liston when the two fought in 1964—but he didn't. A startling report sheds new ...

An artist carries away a painting of Muhammed Ali knocking out Sonny Liston after the hearse carrying Ali's body passed by his childhood home on June 10, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. Liston died ...