The phantom punch : the story behind boxing's most controversial bout / Robert Sneddon.
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 Lewist...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Camden, Maine : Down East Books, [2016] |
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Table of Contents:
- PART ONE: Welcome to Lewiston, Where Life is Harder than It Looks
- 2 Every Heavyweight Champ and His Brother
- 3 A Different Kind of Promotion for a Different Kind of Fight
- 4 Goodbye JFK, Hello Cassius Clay
- 5 Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee, Play ’im Like a Fish
- 6 Liston Gets a Lickin’
- 7 (Grandma) Moses and Muhammad
- 8 Meet the Other Sam
- 9 Sonny Spars while Muhammad Speaks
- 10 A Ill-timed Bout of Illness
- 11 Meanwhile, Back in Lewiston PART TWO: 12 A Public Nuisance
- 13 “Guess What? My Dad’s Gonna Bring the Fight Here.”
- 14 Characters and Hoopla
- 15 Maine Awaits
- 16 “What Would Toots Shor Do in Poland Spring?”
- 17 From Boyhood to Manhood in a Year
- 18 Big Red Rides Again
- 19 “I Counted Him Out, I Counted Him Out!”
- 20 A Not-so-Instant Replay
- Epilogue
- Notes, Sources, and Bibliography
- Acknowledgments.