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 Night Train: A Biography of Sonny Liston - Nick Tosches
Newest Review: ... down to explaining that the name is of Norman origin and that in the twelth century the first people using the name Liston ... more  ... settled in Scotland etc. Eventually, after tracing Sonny's family tree in some detail, the book comes up to the birth of its subject.
Fittingly for the enigmatic Liston image, uncertainty surrounded his place of birth and age. Liston said he was born in Little Rock, Arkansas while a legal document once said he was born in Memphis. His mother said he was born in Forrest City while his managers once said he was born in Pine Bluff. Liston's age was always a source of scrutiny and rumour. "Concieved and born under sta...more |
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Pages: 272, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Penguin Last Update 25.11.2009 05:47
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Night Train: A Biography of Sonny Liston - Nick Tosches: Outlaw (1618 words)
by - written on 01/10/08 (Very useful, 258 readings)
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In the early sixties Charles 'Sonny' Liston was the most feared boxer in the world. Mike Tyson before Mike Tyson, but scarier. An ex-con who was seemingly always in trouble with the law, Liston was linked to shadowy mob figures who still flitted around the boxing world in the sixties. When the uneducated, outwardly surly Liston blasted out liberal media darling Floyd Patterson in one round to become world heavyweight champion, no one - even black people - seemed very happy to have Sonny as champion. The hulking Liston was considered an unstoppable force but quickly lost his title to a gyrating young upstart called Cassius Clay in two deeply controversial fights. He faded ... Read the complete review
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