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Synopsis: Sonny Liston grew up in poverty, violence and illiteracy in Arkansas as one of 25 children, which left him poorly equipped to handle life outside the boxing ring. As a teenager, he turned to a life of crime and went to prison before becoming boxing's heavyweight champion by beating Floyd Patterson in 1962. Due to his prison background and glowering demeanor, Liston was widely reviled while he was champion and lost the title two years later in a stunning upset to Muhammad Ali. Liston then lost a rematch to Ali in the first round, became embittered and died of a heroin overdose in 1970 in Las Vegas under suspicious circumstances.

Comment: Based on Sonny Liston's life.