Sonny Liston and the other half of sport's most famous photograph
It depicts Muhammad Ali [then Cassius Clay] standing imperiously above long-time foe Sonny Liston, who lays strewn across the canvas in Round 2 of their 1965 rematch.
On today's episode of Indo Sport, we take A Closer Look at the story behind that photograph, and why the picture it paints is not quite what it seems.
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