Word: liston
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...very confident Sonny Liston took the heavyweight championship of the world from Floyd Patterson last night in just 2:06 minutes of the first round with an awesome barrage of body blows that tore the defending champion apart. Weighing twenty-five pounds more than his opponent, the immense Liston never gave anyone the idea that he was going to lose. He missed a couple of tremendous swings against the quicker person as the round opened. After 2:00 minutes, however, he connected with a short right to the head, putting the former champ off balance...
...Liston then started raking Patterson's body with lefts, and the New Yorker began to crumble. The overpowering body blows of the exconvict signaled the finish, and a left to the temple ended the fight...
...Anaconda Vice President Justice Lockwood, Phelps Dodge Copper President Edgar P. Dun-laevy, Cerro Vice President Richard H. Lewin, Scovill Sales Manager Maurice Liston, Mueller Vice President Alfred C. Dappert, Bridgeport Brass Vice President Richard L. Allen, and John M. Dumser, assistant to the president of Bridgeport Brass...
...Music. Highlight of Liston's day is his public afternoon workout−as smoothly organized as a Broadway musical. The air is heavy with tension and dank with sweat; fans jam the 100-seat outdoor bleachers (at $1 a seat), and rock 'n' roll blares from a portable phonograph. Precisely at 2:30 p.m., Liston announces his arrival with an electrifying rat-a-tat on the lightweight "speed bag." He begins to shadowbox, sliding lithely about the ring, huge fists darting out at imaginary opponents. "Time!" calls a handler, and Liston begins to whale away in earnest...
Bigger and slower than Champion Patterson, Liston is working hard on speed, stamina and agility: he is well aware that he must catch Patterson before he can hit him. Once he gets within range, Liston is supremely confident of the result. At least he talks a great fight in advance. "I don't care when, where, or how we fight," he says. "I don't even care if Patterson's manager referees the fight. Just so long as he can count...