Sonny Liston vs Cleveland Williams, II

twenty first nineteen sixty and two extraordinary heavyweight punchers Sonny Liston and Cleveland Williams made in Houston Texas you're looking at one of the most formidable fighters in the entire history of the heavyweight division this is Sonny Liston contender for the heavyweight title in training for his upcoming fight against Cleveland Williams one look at Liston's huge arms leaves little question as to where he gets his devastating punching power even though past performances of shown listings opponents rarely go the limit Sonny is training diligently for this fight to be ready if it should go the full distance he's always in magnificent shape and for this upcoming contest Liston is in the finest condition of his entire career as he prepares to meet his extremely powerful opponent Cleveland Williams here is Sonny Liston to your left being introduced to a jam-packed Houston audience who have come to see two incomparable punchers slug it out to determine a logical challenger for Floyd Patterson's Heavyweight Championship here's the heavily muscled Cleveland Williams who has knockout power in either hand as the two fighters go to the center of the ring for the final instructions from the referee there is a tremendous excitement all throughout the arena for everyone knows this is a contest which either fighter could end with one punch there's no doubt in anyone's mind that this fight is going to end in a KO only the question of which fighter will be standing at the end that's Cleveland Williams to the right of your screen in black trunks who has the fantastic record of 37 knockouts in 47 professional prize fights one of the most extraordinary heavyweight fights in the past ten years in the second round of that contest Williams had listened with every punch in the book tremendous right hands jolting left hooks and while he was noticeably shaken Liston stood up through it all then in round three of that first fight Liston landed a blistering left hook to the jaw which put Williams down for the count of ten listen weighed in at 210 pounds this afternoon while Williams scaled to 13 it's interesting that these are the identical weights of their previous fight neither man has permitted himself the luxury of putting on any excess fat you'll notice Liston feigning and occasionally sticking out that powerful left jab he's looking for one opening to drop in that big left hook Liston is 26 years old and has been a professional fighter for seven years this is his 28th fight and he's 127 losing only one decision to Marty Marshall in 1954 which he later reversed by knocking Marshall out in the sixth round see these two giants exchanged strong left jabs those punches carry jolting power even though they're merely long left it's apparent that both fighters are content to carefully feel each other out here in round one these men have great respect for each other's punching power and apparently neither fighter is going to take any unnecessary chances watch sunny missed a tremendous left hook that's the punch which did the job in their last meeting and it looks like Liston hasn't forgotten neither man has an edge in round one as both men scored well with long powerful left to the head as the crowd anxiously waits for round two there's an atmosphere of tremendous suspense it was even money this contest wouldn't go four rounds such is the respect that the boxing experts had for the punching ability of these two fighters everyone knew this fight could be over at the very instant they might look away Cleveland Williams is 27 years old and has been a professional for nine years he's the fifth ranking heavyweight in the division and a win over Sonny Liston would definitely put him in line for a crack at the heavyweight championship held by Floyd Patterson Williams is one of the most imposing looking heavyweights the division has had since the beautifully proportioned max baer was seen in this same division 25 years ago Williams lands a devastating left foot and then a torrent of tremendous punches listen is taking them all now it's listed moving in looking for a chance to end it here in round two he'll and some blistering punches of his own Williams comes back with three punishing left hooks watch listen come on with a barrage of dynamite punches trying to end it right here here comes a tremendous overhand right by Liston sunny follows it up with a smashing right and let's hook to the jaw which puts Williams death Cleveland is up at the count of eight and listen wants to finish it he closes in on Williams in the corner and sends in a volley of Rights and West to the head Williams goes down for the second time from that barrage of punches Williams gets to his feet on the referee examines him closely and decides to stop the fight Liston moves in but the referee steps between the two fighters and wisely declares a knockout victory for Sonny Liston for the second time in 11 months Sonny Liston is knocked out the powerful punching Cleveland Williams Sonny Liston a great heavyweight takes one more step up the road to the heavyweight championship of the world Sonny walks over to shake hands with Williams Liston knows he's been in a tough fight and he doesn't hesitate to acknowledge it it's a great win for Sonny and proves conclusively that

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Length: 7min 45sec (465 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 29 2011