Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston in the first round of a heavyweight title fight at Lewiston’s Central Maine Youth Center. The decisive blow, a right-hand counter, was so quick ...

A rise-and-fall boxing tale that’s never quite as dark as its subject might require. By The Associated Press Austin Film Festival AUSTIN, Texas — Sonny Liston gets the biopic treatment in “Phantom ...

Ving Rhames will portray the infamous heavyweight fighter Sonny Liston in the biopic "Phantom Punch," which Robert Townsend will direct. By Carly Mayberry, The Associated Press Ving Rhames will ...

In the immediate aftermath, as chaos reigned, the small crowd of just over 4,000 fight fans in Lewiston, Maine, let their voices be heard. The most famous punch in boxing history had just secured ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — Was it a knockout punch or a fix? More than 50 years after the ...

The 45th anniversary of the infamous phantom punch is fast approaching, and boxing aficionados still argue about it. On May 25, 1965, at the unlikely venue of a recreation center in Lewiston, Maine, ...