On This Day In Boxing History!

1970: Sonny Liston, Dies Mysteriously!

Sonny Liston

Born: No Official Record

Birth Place: Johnson Township, Arkansas

Residence: Saint Louis, Missouri

Pro-Debut: September 2nd, 1953

Division: Heavyweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height: 6′ 1″  

Reach: 84″  

Record: 50-4, 39Ko’s

Bouts: 54

Rounds: 265

Kos: 72%

Died: Found dead by his wife, Geraldine, in their Las Vegas home on January 5, 1971 official date of death declared December 30th, 1970.

World Heavyweight Title

9/25/1962 – 2/25/1964

Inducted International Boxing Hall of Fame - Class of 1991

December 30th

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