On May 25, 1965, Muhammad Ali took on Sonny Liston in a rematch of their 1964 fight. Held in the unlikely town of Lewiston, Maine, the event was clouded by by an atmosphere of fear and suspicion. The ...

Sonny Liston was one of the most dominant world champions in history and began his reign with a win over a man whose career was ended by Muhammad Ali. Outside of a rare loss in his eighth career fight ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

A lot of people think so, including boxing insiders. Many others don't believe it. Some think Liston may have thrown the second fight in Lewiston, Maine, but not the first one. In any case, ...

Muhammad Ali is one of the greatest fighters in the history of boxing, and February 25, 1964 marked a crowing moment in Ali's ...

Mark Rowlands writes about his father’s memory of watching the second Sonny Liston-Muhammad Ali fight on TV (“The Ghosts Within,” Books, Oct. 18). Perhaps that reinforces the author’s premise about ...

Cassius Clay had just beaten world champion Sonny Liston when he turned his wrath on the ringside reporters who had written him off as an underdog, shouting: "Eat your words!" Liston, nagged by a ...

Robert A. Legg had to huddle around a radio in May 1965 because the Sonny Liston-Muhammad Ali fight was available only on closed circuit (Letters, Oct. 29). I remember that day vividly—I was lucky ...

When Muhammad Ali knocked down Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965, a 22-year-old photographer named Neil Leifer was ringside. Decades later, the image he captured still has our attention. By Bill Shapiro ...

Muhammad Ali is held back by referee Joe Walcott, left, after Ali knocked out challenger Sonny Liston in the first round of their title fight in Lewiston. The Associated Press FILE – In this May 25, ...

In this week’s mailbag, top trainer Stephen Edwards ponders what happened to Charles Conwell, looks at the summer fight between Edgar Berlanga and Hamzah Sheeraz, the return of Manny Pacquiao, Tim ...