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Sonny Liston, in black trunks, is seen just before Muhammad Ali's "phantom punch" that knocked him out in 1 minute, 42 seconds of the first round during their heavyweight championship bout in Lewiston, Maine on May 25, 1965. (AP Photo/stf)

LOVERRO: Bo Belinsky, Sonny Liston share a cemetery - one found peace, the other didn’t

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Cassius Clay's handlers hold him back as he reacts after he is announced the new heavyweight champion of the world on a seventh round technical knockout against Sonny Liston at Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Fla., on Feb. 25, 1964. (AP Photo)

LOVERRO: FBI files add to mystery of Sonny Liston, but Ali’s legacy untarnished

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Muhammad Ali (Formerly Cassius Clay) in action against Sonny Liston. Ali was the winner in Miami Beach, Florida on February 25, 1964. (AP Photo)

FBI suspected iconic 1964 Ali-Liston fight was rigged by mob

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 23, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1964 file photo, Cassius Clay, left, who later became Muhammad Ali, fights Sonny Liston during their heavyweight title match in Miami Beach, Fla. They met as the nation was on the eve of massive change. Still deep in mourning over the assassination of President John F. Kennedy just three months earlier, the country would be rocked by race riots in major cities in the long, hot summer ahead. Civil rights activism was gearing up, the conflict in Vietnam was moving into U.S. headlines, there was new music in the air. (AP Photo)

Becoming Ali: Fight 50 years ago launched icon

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, FEB. 23, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1964 file photo, Cassius Clay, left, who later became Muhammad Ali, fights Sonny Liston during their heavyweight title match in Miami Beach, Fla. They met as the nation was on the eve of massive change. Still deep in mourning over the assassination of President John F. Kennedy just three months earlier, the country would be rocked by race riots in major cities in the long, hot summer ahead. Civil rights activism was gearing up, the conflict in Vietnam was moving into U.S. headlines, there was new music in the air. (AP Photo)

Becoming Ali: Fight 50 years ago launched icon

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

Trainer Angelo Dundee, shown in 2010, helped mold Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard into world champions. He died Feb. 1 at age 90 in Hollywood, Fla. (Associated Press)

HELLER: Dundee transformed Ali from boxer to icon

By Dick Heller - The Washington Times

Boxing great Muhammad Ali is helped by his wife, Lonnie (right), as he looks down from a balcony at friends attending a celebration honoring his 70th birthday at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. He turned 70 on the following Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Boxing great Ali honored at 70th-birthday bash

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press