Tosches became a contributing editor to Vanity Fair in the mid-1990s, and expanded an article he wrote on Sonny Liston into the 2000 biography, The Devil and Sonny Liston.

Twenty-two-year-old Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, defeated reigning world boxing champ Sonny Liston on this day in history, Feb. 25, 1964, in Miami, Florida.

Liston was savagely beaten consistently by his father, Tobe, while growing up, with permanent scars on his back to show. Sonny once said: ‘The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating.’ ...

In 1964, Muhammad Ali was still known as Cassius Clay and was just 22 when he signed to fight Sonny Liston. Liston is somewhat forgotten now, but in his day, he was the most feared fighter in the ...

In the 1960s a young, brash fighter named Cassius Clay had his sights set on the heavyweight championship of the world. Standing in his way was the most intimidating fighter of his time Sonny Liston.

On July 22, 1963, Sonny Liston took on Floyd Patterson at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the undisputed heavyweight title.

Sonny Liston's decision to quit before the seventh round of his fight against Cassius Clay raised red flags for the FBI, which at the time suspected the fight had been fixed by a Las Vegas gambler ...

UK company Mad As Birds, which has credits including Poms and The Vanishing, will adapt book The Murder Of Sonny Liston into a feature.

Don Elbaum, one of the all-time Runyan-esque characters, lighter-weights boxer with a flattened nose as proof, boxing ...