Taking sides: Ali vs. Liston

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In terms of cultural significance OR technique OR whatevah

― dave q, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ali said the best 6 words on vietnam so he wins ( I aint got no quarrel with those vietcong)

― anthony, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

D'you do anything but watch documentaries on TV, daver?

― mark s, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Busted!

― dave q, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ali - because he is getting Will Smith to play him in a movie. Sonny Liston would probably get Martin Lawrence, who would hilariously fall over loads.

― Pete, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Isn't Tom Cruise making a Sonny Liston film? He'd probably get Penelope Cruz to play Sonny.

― Martin, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ali is getting played by WILL SMITH!? No, surely this must be a Baranism?

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This be fact, which sometimes really is stranger than fiction.

― Martin, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Blimey. Are they going to alter Ali's life story so he's world bantamweight champion or something then? Because Mr Smith is no heavyweight.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

He's been in training for ages apparently.

And Liston is my pick, as he was hated for being a thug in a boxing ring. Which seems a bit odd to me. If I wanted to see dancing like butterflies and stinging like bees I'd sit in the garden coated in honey.

― Martin, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Liston, 'cos he got Nick Tosches, whereas Ali got Norman Mailer.

― Andrew L, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ali got Ali G & Mohammed Al Fayed to rap - and of course, there's ally.

― Geoff, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yo? Mark S is calling Dave Q Daver?

I am chagrined!

And, of course, Ali! Der.

― David Raposa, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"They are Canadian = they are called Daver"

Also Davo: but this is confuzing, as being New Cognomen of TAFKAP...

― mark s, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

six years pass...

LONNIE LISTON SMITH.

― El Tomboto, Sunday, 27 April 2008 07:37 (eighteen years ago)

sonny then, sonny now, sonny forever

― gershy, Sunday, 27 April 2008 09:30 (eighteen years ago)

Let's see. Ali ranks right up there with Pele as one of the most popular athletes of the 20th century.

Sonny Liston, when he is remembered, is remembered mostly for losing the title to Ali. His lifetime achievements after losing the title consisted mainly in being forgotten. I think of him as being a sad figure. He did know how to box, though.

Who to pick? Who to pick?

― Aimless, Sunday, 27 April 2008 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

Fuck Ali, fuck Pele, sportsmen who don't piss their godgiven talent away on drugs and connections with organised crime don't deserve to win imho

― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 27 April 2008 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

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