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Jeffrey Sussman

Boxing and the Mob

2019

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8 Sonny Liston’s Blues S. 141-164

„… heavyweight contender namedCharles ‘Sonny’ Liston?”“I take the fifth amendment.”“Were you the on-the-record …” „… person, John Vitale, was the undercover manager ofboxer Sonny Liston?”“I decline to answer.”“You are …” „… Liston.SONNY LISTON’S BLUES 151With Carbo and Palermo in prison, next on board was notoriouslawyer Roy Cohn …”

Notes S. 181-186

„… Beach: The Mob, the Fights, the Fifties (NewYork: Pegasus, 2010), 277.NOTES 1858. SONNY LISTON’S BLUES1 …” „… . Nick Tosches, The Devil and Sonny Liston (New York: Little, Brownand Company, 2000), 34.2. Tosches, The …” „… Devil and Sonny Liston, 53.3. Rob Steen, Sonny Liston: His Life, Strife, and the Phantom Punch (Lon-don …”

Index S. 189-196

„… ; Palermo and, 92Leonard, Jackie, 91A Life of Damon Runyon (Breslin), 77Liston, Charles “Sonny”: Ali and …” „… ; reputation of, 162; withStevens, 144; training of, 144; Vitaleand, 145–146Liston, Sonny, 117loan sharks, 9 …” „… ; fighterof, 155; Liston and, 155, 156–159; asMuslim, 159; sabotage of, 158; inspotlight, 154; white America …”

Bibliography S. 187-188

„… , Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Checkmark Books, 1999.Steen, Rob. Sonny Liston: His Life …” „… . Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield,2018.Tosches, Nick. The Devil and Sonny Liston. New York: Little …”

2 From Boxer to Bagman to Gambler S. 23-34

„… the time of Sonny Liston.And Abe Attell touched all of their careers. The millions of dollars theymade …” „… RayRobinson, Jake LaMotta, Willie Pep, Carmen Basilio, Gene Fullmer,Muhammed Ali, Sonny Liston, and others …”

Preface

„… from the Mucklands 1198 Sonny Liston’s Blues 1419 Why Give Up a Good Thing? 165Notes 181Bibliography …”

5 The Gray Czar of Boxing S. 73-98

„… the government learned that Carbo had been involvedin fixing some of Sonny Liston’s matches. Liston …” „… enforcement speculated that Liston had been cheatedout of much of his earnings by Carbo and others, and when …”

4 The Machiavelli of Promoters S. 59-72

„… , for example, heavyweight boxer Sonny Liston.In Jacobs Beach, Kevin Mitchell writes that Frankie Carbo …”

6 The Big Fix S. 99-118

„… lose to Sonny Liston. Mob bossTony Salerno paid for the promotion of that bout and so continued …”

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Margueritte Shelton

Muhammad Ali

2023

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3: Crowning Glory S. 35-52

„… seemingly indomitable reigning champion Charles “Sonny” Liston at the Miami Convention Center. Armed with …” „… Cosell say, “Wait a minute! Wait a minute! Sonny Liston is not coming out! Sonny Liston is not coming out …” „… Sister James Ellen wrote her letter, the day after his title win against Sonny Liston, Clay announced his …”

2: Scientific Aptitude S. 17-34

„… Photograph18 Chapter 2top- ranked contender to face reigning world champion Charles “Sonny” Liston for …” „… readiness to face champions Floyd Patterson and top contender Sonny Liston. Clay hyped his perfor-mances to …” „… champion. Leading up to the 1964 title fight against Charles “Sonny” Liston, they were united in a …”

7: Oracles and Magic in Kinshasa S. 83-94

„… Sonny Liston.The universe expanded exponentially at the highly publicized moment Ali stepped off the …” „… look—he got that from his idol, Sonny Liston.” Ali continued to slip away within inches of powerful blows …” „… first won the title against Sonny Liston. He was awarded the Hickok Belt, given to America’s most …”

Notes S. 183-226

„… - life - boxing - joe - frazier - george - foreman - sonny - liston/.Page 87 The King . . .Hauser …” „… have a dream . . .Ibid.CHAPTER 3Page 36 He should be . . .Nick Tosches, The Devil and Sonny Liston (New …” „… Sonny Banks . . .Ibid., 43.Page 28 My strategy . . .Ali with Ali, Soul of a Butterfly, 119.Page 29 This …”

Bibliography S. 227-236

„… February 25, 1964: Cassius Clay Beats Sonny Liston.” Sports Illustrated, November 29, 1999.Hoffer, Richard …” „… .” Sports Illustrated, March 9, 1964.Maule, Tex. “Cassius Clay vs. Sonny Liston: Cassius to Win a Thriller …”

Index S. 237-244

„… , 140Liebling, A. J., 14, 20Lifetime Achievement Award, 169Liston, Charles “Sonny,” 18, 26, 29–30, 32 …” „… “Art of Ali” (Kane), 67Attica prison riots, 66Baldwin, James, 25, 42Banks, Sonny, 28Barone, Joseph “Pep …”

6: Comeback Fortitude S. 75-82

„… champion Sonny Liston, but now he would have to go the brutal distance to win back his rightful place on …”

12: Journey of the Heart S. 141-148

„… indoctrinated by the Black Muslims and within a year he had taken the world heavyweight title from Sonny Liston …”

9: Dangerous Crossroads S. 107-116

„… heavy-weight title against the fiercest prizefighter in history, Charles “Sonny” Lis-ton. By 1978, Spinks had …”

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Ian Phimister, David Patrick - A Boxing Legacy

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Ian Phimister (ed.), David Patrick (ed.)

A Boxing Legacy

2023

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Preface

„… is Liston?” asked an article in October 1963, after Sonny Boy had demolished Patterson in less than …” „… , Carroll had earlier picked Patterson over Sonny Liston in their upcoming “battle of the century” scheduled …” „… Liston’s part. The last real match in which Sonny engaged was the [Eddie] Machen affair in September 1960 …”

3 African American Boxing S. 101-174

„… flattened in less than a round by a AfricAn AmericAn Boxing 105 very different character, Charles “Sonny …” „… ” Liston, whose fearsome scowl so in-timidated opponents at the weigh-in that most of them fell quavering …” „… , Liston’s pole-axing left jab and crushing left hook took him all the way to the championship. After his …”

4 Brains vs. Brawn S. 175-204

„… plodding Sonny Liston in February 1964, a fighter deemed unbeatable on the basis of his two crushing …” „… 31.198every fisTic greAT hAs sTyLe nemesisclay Proved That Again as he ran and Jabbed Liston out of …” „… TitleThe Clay-Liston fight again demonstrated that fighting styles make the surest of “sure-things” and the …”

1 Profiling the Greats S. 1-48

„… defended the heavyweight title he had taken from Sonny Liston in 1964, against Liston in a one-minute …” „… slow or too small!”Harkening back just a few short years to the time of Sonny Liston, when many fistic …” „… denouement of Sonny Liston, the future may make such analyses seem ridiculous.Were Henry Cooper to land a …”

Index S. 267-282

„… ; most defences, 173Lil Artha. See Johnson, JackListon, Charles “Sonny,” xii, 34, 36, 105, 148, 159–60 …”

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James L. Neibaur - The Essential Jack Nicholson

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James L. Neibaur

The Essential Jack Nicholson

2016

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Ch07. HEAD S. 24-27

„… , Ray Nitschke, Sonny Liston, Rona Barrett, Toni Basil, Dennis Hopper, Tor Johnson, Tiger Joe Marsh …” „… Pictures logo. There are some ugly scenes, too—mock fights in which Sonny Liston badly beats one of the …”

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Anna-Lea Düppe - William Klein. Der Fotograf als Filmemacher

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Anna-Lea Düppe

William Klein. Der Fotograf als Filmemacher

2011

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4 Von der Fotografie zum Film S. 77-176

7 Anhang S. 193-205

„… Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Sonny Liston, Malcom X, The Black Muslims, The Beatles, Joe Louis, Beau Jack …”

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