Liston
Britishnoun
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He also penned a variety of books including biographies on David Gower and Sonny Liston.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
After defeating Sonny Liston in 1964, an ecstatic Muhammad Ali declared: “I shocked the world.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025
"It's difficult to think of a disease, injury or infection that doesn't involve some kind of immune response, and our finding really changes the way we could control this response," said Liston.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2024
In October 2018, less than three months after Mr. DeWine hired Liston & Deas, he traveled to Washington to visit Mr. Barbour’s lobbying firm for several hours, according to calendar records.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
The third round automatically began the tiring of the aging Liston, who was overconfidently trained to go only two rounds.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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