Overcoming the seemingly insurmountable odds that life threw his way, Liston became heavyweight champion of the world when he knocked out Floyd Patterson in 1962. Eight years later, he died but friends questioned the cause of his death.
March 10, 1939 in Helena, Arkansas, USA
March 27, 1932 in Dillon, South Carolina, USA
20 April 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
September 10, 1930 in Neptune, New Jersey, USA
30 June 1966, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
16 January 1938, New York City, New York, USA
October 1, 1931 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
7 May 1967, South Africa
February 26, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
19 May 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
17 January 1942, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
11 February 1931, Brooklyn, New York, USA
January 25, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA