MIKE TYSON revealed the “scariest fighter that ever lived” – who would even knock out police officers. Tyson still stands as ...

Tyson is widely recognised as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history but admits Sonny Liston was scarier than Iron Mike.

Mike Tyson has named Sonny Liston as the scariest fighter to enter the ring as a professional boxer. Tyson rapidly rose to ...

Heavyweight legend Mike Tyson is regarded by many as the scariest boxer of all time. At the peak of his powers, ‘Iron Mike’ ...

Fifty year ago today, a brash 22-year-old named Cassius Clay stunned the boxing world with a technical knockout of Sonny Liston before the start of the seventh round at Convention Hall in Miami ...

Sonny Liston, pictured with the Kray twins, rose to fame thanks to his boxing skills, but was never far away criminals Credit: Getty Images When Liston became the top challenger to champion Floyd ...

Muhammad Ali 1942-2016 48 photos Hardly anyone gave the 22-year-old a chance in the championship fight against the fearsome Sonny "Big Bear" Liston, an ex-con with a devastating left hook.

Sonny Liston OD'd on heroin, but it may have been ordered by the mob, according to “Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston." The new doc premieres Friday on Showtime.

An artist carries away a painting of Muhammed Ali knocking out Sonny Liston after the hearse carrying Ali's body passed by his childhood home on June 10, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. Liston died ...