Justice for Sonny Liston - MR Philip Brown

Sonny Liston was born into abject poverty yet rose to be a World Champion. He is chiefly remembered for his two defeats by Muhammad Ali - but there was a lot more to Sonny than that. In his time boxing was dominated by the Mafia and he paid a heavy price for that. This book follows the intriguing story of a boxing career born in prison that rose to the heights. Follows a man who was a hero and a victim, condemned for Mafia links that were often overlooked in the rise of JFK and which also brought him an early, mysterious death