Muhammad Ali's 'phantompunch' that KO'd Sonny Liston was really quite a hit. Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, ... a lesson Jack Dempsey learned in his second fight with Gene Tunney.

Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney and the Long Count 1 of 6. When Gene Tunney defeated hard-punching Jack Dempsey in 1926, ... Cassius Clay stopped Sonny Liston to win the heavyweight title in 1964.

Jack Nilon, Liston's manager, ... Like the Dempsey-Tunney long count and Jack Johnson's infamous dive against ... Could a healthy Sonny Liston have made good his promise to cool Cassius in rounds ...