HISTORY: Sonny Liston won the Heavyweight Title in 1962 defeating Floyd Patterson by 1 round K.O. He knocked Patterson out again in one round the following year. Lost the title in 1964 to Cassius Clay. Always a person surrounded by controversy he died a mysterious death in 1970. Presented here is his early biography in hardcover, Sonny Liston: The Champ Nobody Wanted by A.S. "Doc" Young.
FULL DESCRIPTION: This hardcover first edition is copyrighted in 1963 by Johnson Publishing Co., Inc. Ex-library edition. 224 pages. Dust jacket has one tape repair and is taped to inside cover. Tight binding. Cloth covers. Clean copy. Hartley # 2056. Scarce, particularly in hardcover.
