He also had a cameo in the film Ali as a sports reporter before the first fight against Sonny Liston.
"Sonny Liston Takes the Fall" in The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2008, Del Rey).
With the aid of his super-empowering lollipops, Herbie punches out Sonny Liston, confronts Fidel Castro and gets sent on a secret mission by U Thant.
In his 2000 book, The Devil and Sonny Liston, author Nick Tosches noted that Forrest's music was a favorite of heavyweight boxer Sonny Liston, also from St.Louis, who would listen to "Night Train" and other Forrest music during training sessions and before fights.
Sand Slough is a small community in St. Francis County, Arkansas, notable for being the birthplace of boxing heavyweight champion Sonny Liston.
Sonny Liston, World heavyweight boxing champion, was born in Johnson Township, St. Francis County.
The Devil and Sonny Liston is a biography of world heavyweight champion boxer Sonny Liston by Nick Tosches.
The fight is noted for Ali's so-called "phantom punch", that knocked out Sonny Liston, as well as for a photo of Ali standing over a fallen Liston, one of the most famous photos in sports history.
Sonny Bono | Sonny Rollins | Sonny Perdue | Sonny Liston | Sonny | Sonny & Cher | Sonny Corleone | Sonny Boy Williamson II | Sonny Bill Williams | Sonny with a Chance | Sonny Tufts | Sonny Landreth | Sonny Fortune | James "Sonny" Crockett | Sonny West | Sonny Sandoval | Sonny Jurgensen | The Education of Sonny Carson | Sonny with a Chance (soundtrack) | Sonny Werblin | Sonny Throckmorton | Sonny Thompson | Sonny Smith (musician) | Sonny Smith | Sonny Rhodes | Sonny Nickle | Sonny Mehta | Sonny Knowles | Sonny James | Sonny Fox |
The film features archival footage of people associated with Ali, such as Angelo Dundee, Malcolm X, and Drew Bundini Brown, and clips of his fights with Sonny Liston, Henry Cooper, George Chuvalo and Floyd Patterson.
Cassius Clay (David Ramsey), winner of the gold medal for boxing in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics, rises in the professional ranks and defeats heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston in a stunning upset to capture the title in 1964.
Leotis Martin (March 10, 1939–November 20, 1995) was an American boxer, the first ever NABF heavyweight champion and best known for his victory over former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston.
He continued boxing, losing to heavyweight contenders Zora Folley, Eddie Machen, and Sonny Liston.
The cover art for the DVD is Neil Leifer's iconic photograph from their controversial second fight in Lewiston, Maine in which many, such as George Chuvalo, allege that Sonny Liston deliberately lost.