Were The Sonny Liston vs Clay/Ali Fights Fixed?

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I just watched both of them. In the first fight Ali was winning, but it didn't seem like enough to give up in between rounds.


And the second fight, I saw the so-called "phantom punch" when you watch it in slow motion you can definitely tell Ali hit him, but it doesn't seem like it was a knockout punch.


Hypothetically, if they were fixed, In the first fight Ali predicted a 7th round KO and Liston didn't get up for that round. If I were Liston I would have gone out there to prove that he's not gonna knock me out as he predicted.

In the second fight, if he was supposed to take a dive in the first round it sure looked like it.

Your thoughts?

 

[roi baptiste]

it's a known fact that Liston worked with the italian mafia.... i wouldn't doubt that the 2nd fight was fixed.

 

[Marc123]

The iconic pic of Ali standing over liston was basically Ali tellin liston "get up! you faker."

The iconic phantom or "rabbit" punch did connect but listen did take a dive