muhammad ali's phantom punch

[lanzacash]

That was the most blatantly obvious dive ever recorded. Liston the 40 something turd (yeah yah, we know he claimed to be 32, but take one look at his ancient mug and truthfully admit to yourself that he was a day under 40) was even more blatant at throwing the second fight than he was in the 1st, where he performed a lesson in pacifism, throwing love taps and forgetting how to cut off a ring. What a bum.

[jopvu]

It is a totally Fake!!! Even Ali himself was heard asking his staff afterwards if he had hit him. And years later, Liston admitted he had feared for his safety from Black Muslims who supported Ali.

[czap45]

The overall state of boxing at this time was total corruption. No one was spared. Note the arm angle and quick pullback. That punch had nothing on it but theatrics. And Richard Pryor was so high most of the time in this period who could not see reality if it kicked him and it caused him to his set his face on fire freebasing.

[EinsteinEMP826]

This fight took place literally 5 minutes from where I live, the multipurpose center where it happened is still open for hockey games, concerts, etc. Only heavyweight championship fight ever to take place in Maine.

[Beretverde]

It's not FAKE!!!!!!!!!! And Wrassssling is real and OJ didn't do it!

[utarian7]

It's the ANCHOR punch, not the phantom ;)

[MetalBeetle]

It's the punches that you DON'T see that hurts most. To doubters, search "10 Greatest KOs" in YouTube and see for yourself.

Even the comedian Richard Pryor who had a mock/exhibition fight against Ali said "Ali's punches were so fast, you only see it when it's returning."

[bryanzellar]

I can't believe people are still saying this was a fixed fight. When has Ali ever before or after this had anything that could possibly be considered fixed? Why is it that he is seen as one of the greatest fighters in history, are these people really discrediting his technique and athleticism to say his whole career is a lie? Conspiracy theorists much. anyone who knows anything about boxing knows the chin is the button and that punch could easily knock out anyone who didn't see it. Let it go.

[Jarvisdoctor]

As much as I respect and admire Ali's talent, I never cared too much for the man. I found his brashness and cocky demeanour obnoxious rather than endearing unlike so many others. That's not to say I don't think he was capable of being nice and had his human side but sometimes I think he could have shown a bit more humility towards his opponents. Some will defend him saying it was just all an act but to me personally I think he was merely being a jerk.

[askaboutRudyV]

That was no dive, matter of fact it was a dive, hahaha, because he got hit so good that it caused his body to dive. And no his was trying not to fall, he was using all his might to stay up, it's hard when your brain knocks around a little in your skull and losing most functional capabilities, your body just won't function for a lil' moment, or longer depending on how bad the trauma is, sometimes just 2 seconds, sometimes 2 or more minutes.

[deezlesteezle]

looks like he caught him on the chin pretty crisp

[fvaldez100]

muhammad ali was a bitch! fights set up. whos the suddering fuck now?

[TheNotthead]

It was a dive, Liston for what ever reason took a dive. This stuff of a Glove hurting your face is crap. Liston was used to being hit by Heavyweights all the time. He did not go down for real on a arm punch. Liston had Mob ties. It was suggested that he was forced to go down or face the consequences. It may have hurt but it was not a Knockout punch at all. He also went on to fight other heaves's of the day winning all but one with Leo-tis Martin.

[NerdCaveLPs]

@TheNotthead He didnt dive . He may have been used to punches but that was not a normal punch , it was , more or less , Alis finishing blow

[Iamatreee]

@NerdCaveLPs He admitted diving in an interview

[DaGoldC]

can some1 explain this punch to me i cant see it that good

[carmodifire]

@DaGoldC ali hit liston with a right over the hand counter. It was so fast, on a few people noticed it in the crowd; some thought that liston got shot. thrown at 0.04 sec.

[DaGoldC]

@carmodifire o i get it now thx

[tripillthreat]

Anyone who has read The Dao of Jeet Kun Do will know what Ali did here. Like the crack of a whip.

[dibosh80]

'4/100 of a second'

[RNOB]

In "When We Were kings" Muhammad Ali talked about that punch and he called it "The Anchor Punch", once I read that the ''Phantom Punch'' was the one that he used to knock out George Foreman in The Rumble in The Jungle.

If you write "anchor punch" in the youtube's search you will find the video where Ali explains the Anchor Punch and is this one!!

[TheBamBamBoom]

to the uneducated eye the punch doesnt look that devastating, but ali is one of few people that can coordinate power while moving backwards. You can see his right foot hit the floor as his counterpunch lands

[Cameljockey213]

His attacks are discombobulatingly devastating.. oh, wrong boxer. Works either way.

[drjimiboy69]

Ali had a style that perplexed Sonny Liston, and he may have worn him down and then taken him out with combinations when Sonny tired. That said, there's no way Liston is getting taken out with a short punch delivered with little leverage. He was a strong man who could knock you down with a jab. Look what he did to Cleveland Williams in his prime, before Williams was shot in the stomach. Williams was tall, rangy, powerful, first class fighter. Liston destroyed him twice. Liston was an all timer.

[RastafariPoet]

Bruce Lee always said balance was the key. His style depended on balance. Now... look at Sonny Liston. Out..

[MortalSyntax]

Its like taking a punch to the gut while not waiting for it.

[nvccpuller]

Ali was the greatest . it only takes 3 pounds of preasure in the right spot or ( button ) and out go's the lights. and the bear would not have rolled over. also critics have no glory they only get to say $hit .

[hubert128]

he wanted to stay down because that shit don't fill good and if you recall he lost his belt to Ali be for by not getting up to answer the bell in the 7th Ali is still know as one of the only men in the sport who can knock your ass out backing up.

[davidleealford]

It wasn't a fake punch and it may have even momentarily put Liston down, but he wanted to stay down when he could have gotten up. All that rolling around was b.s.

[ThePaliforever]

Anybody who calls it fake is misinformed. Have you ever felt a glove hit your face? it hurts with even the slightest amount of force applied. Now add the shear power and speed of The Greatest and well....you're gonna get laid out!!

[phrikaphrak40k]

@ThePaliforever pretty much

[alexvoce]

@ThePaliforever wot power ali had no power it was a dive why couldnt he knock any1 else out with 1 punch? but manage to do it to one of the greatest of all time

[alexvoce]

@ThePaliforever wot power ali had no power it was a dive why couldnt he knock any1 else out with 1 punch? but manage to do it to one of the greatest of all time no chance

[mS28811]

@alexvoce The punches you don't see are the one's that hurt you the most, it was a short right over the top, you can see he got hit by it when his left foot picks up off the floor.

[MikeLovesTacosXD]

@ThePaliforever Liston said himself he intentionally lost.

[bruteforss1689]

he called it the anchor punch

[mercfan74]

Ali is directly across from the camera with Liston blocking the view. If you pause it just before he goes down, there is a photographer's flash - you can see Ali lands a direct hit to the head, then he goes down. It's no dive.

[neneshubby]

I still don't know. Sonny took the secret to his grave. The punch clearly landed so i'd have to go with a legit knockout.

[willminkorea]

Liston took a dive

[reznick8]

LOL

everyone do yourselves a favor and go watch the HD slow mo version of this.

[amirhashman123]

its the anchor punch not the phantom punch idiot

[aaron11892]

i dont understand how he had the power to knock him out while that punch came while ali was on the back foot...

[RehmanRizvi]

It was a greatest puch i think. ALI shows his power, his greatness as a BOXER

[SZSearcher]

Real punch. Notice how Liston's head wobbles when Ali hits hit.

[faunfoto1]

A couple of sportswriters watched the ali punch against Liston tape 150 times, and came to the conclusion it was a true knockout. You have to consider velocity and placement.

[NilezII]

I believe that the punch is real, but I also think that Liston couldn't win without the Fear Factor. Every other opponent was intimidated (with good reason), but Ali was too brash, young, and crazy to be intimidated.

[makpak]

the fight was a fix, in my opinion. but their nexy fight Ali outclassed him and sonny quit.

overall its not that Ali is better than him, its just Sonny was a sore loser, quiter and a criminal. He along with foreman and Tyson can make up a group called "sore loosers" they were great when it were their day, but when they met their match, they quit.

but i still love these guys and every other fighter.

GOD BLESS BOXING.

[awsomeing]

dis was da anchor punch it so fast ali sed it took 4 hundres of a second cuz if u blink u think its fake

[makpak]

Ali said that as a joke, but its funny how he came up with that.

[mikeywikeylikey]

cmon, this was no throw, it wasnt a powerful punch, but anyone who knows anything bout fighting know speed equals power, and it was quite fast...

[Gsterrr]

Only someone who was never in a fight before would call that fake. You get hit hard enough by a good fighter when you're not expecting it, and you try to keep standing but your legs literally give out from under you. Of course Liston was bear crawling after being punched, he was trying NOT to go down!

[Seguris]

@Gsterrr what this guy said.

[Rasta19856]

@Gsterrr i hae it when people say that he couldnt have been kod in 1 punch cause Muhammad ali isnt strong enough and like you said his boudy wasnt even ready for it he couldnt see it and he just got kod

[MikeLovesTacosXD]

@Gsterrr Liston said himself he intentionally lost.

[dalepickapeter88]

i hate white people

[kumitetom]

who cares? retard.

[harhainen]

then go to the africa! sucker!

[priapus56]

@dalepickapeter88 Oh well..that's about half of the world's population written off then...anyone else you don't like?

[a9200]

dude whoever thinks this is fake and liston took a dive is retarded liston would never throw a fight boxing was way too big back then and the reason he bear crawled is because well idk if any of you have actually been in a fight but when you get hit hard enough you dont always go down right away your wondering what the hell just happened and ali could make you wonder his hand speed was incredibly fast and liston didnt see it so now you know and knowing is half the battle

[da1benzo]

If you have ever studied martial arts you know this isn't fake. It came at an unexpected angle when Liston was fully extended and unaware that he was about to get hit. Plus, Liston was turning into the punch s it connected which created opposing force. It looks fake, but it's very real....

[shiloh812]

Watch Ali Frasier 1 and see how both fighters absorbed hugh shots for 15 rounds. A little jab moving away is going to floor Liston? Let's call it what it was the "Shame in Maine" and leave it at that.

[cyber1234567891011]

It was a right cross, not a jab! And Ali was a lot faster and sharper here then when he fought Frazier. Ali in that time had lots of knock outs where it looked like he just taped the guys. It's because his punches where very well placed and timed. Because of this you couldn't see the punches coming and then they do lots of damage. We'll never know the truth cause Liston is long gone.

[mizofan]

@cyber1234567891011 Yes, people forget Ali had lots of kos and stoppages, in the mid 60s he was incredible. Later he was slower after his time out of the ring. Yet he still destroyed Foreman when well past his prime. The greatest for sure.

[mjhaan]

You can't compare those punches. Like Ali said himself: "Its not the power behind the punch its the speed"

[HikoSeijuroXIII]

Clay got his jaw, dude. Now, when someone nabs you at the tip of the jaw it tilts your head and you lose the control of your limbs EVEN though you're still sober and not the least bit dizzy or anything.

[PUGCAT]

Yup, that is a fairly prolonged bear crawl and dog roll over; Liston couldn't play act!

[PUGCAT]

It was a fix. Liston wasn't a good play actor. Why unfold card chairs in a drill hall and have a heavyweight title match? You're not making money the gate; someone made a lot on betting on Ali the underdog. Ref Jersey Joe taking instructions from the peanut gallery at ring side, what was that?

[BballOlanre1]

yup he took a dive, i can tell. if he really got hit hard he would went down straight but he did a little bear crawl before going down. Liston had bet against himself and "took a dive" because he owed money to the Mafia.

[swivelhipsmcgee1]

Normally a punch like that would not knock out a beast like liston but he did not see it coming and was infact twisting his body into the punch (the opposite of rolling with it). His bodies own torque is what knocked out liston.

[Gonkafied]

Wing Chun...

[ellycat]

Dived

[rileythe11223311]

the punch dislocated his jaw if you watch it in slo mo from another angle it was so real

[quigleyfox]

amen! amen!

[corytclark]

I'll have all these dumbasses know that the "G Spot" or "the hidden button on a mans skull" is not the temple, its the chin. Or, if you're a good bodypuncher, (which Ali wasn't), the left hook to the body always does good too!

[corytclark]

What the fuck are you guys talking about???

First off, I'm the world's biggest boxing fan. I know the sport very well. That fight was fixed. I cant see any "punch on the temple". Yes it landed. But Liston was waiting for that oppurtunity.

[quigleyfox]

amen! corytclark

[bossudude420]

yeaP, hit em on the temple, the sweet spot, the knockout G spot, the hidden button on a mans skull.

[cream68]

ali is using his inner power...his faith and concentration made him hit hard, focusing his energy, believe it or not

[philh37]

Obviously Sonny Liston didn't have much practice taking dives. His head never snapped back at all, and he doesn't fall, he gently lowers himself to floor, crawls on all fours and then rolls over. Liston was a BAMF who probably would have killed Clay if he hadn't had a gun to his head.

[IveGotTheNuts]

Straight to the bottom of the JAW. Once your lower jaw moves, you can feel it, natural muscle reaction is to crumble. Trust many the guys ive hit right on the bell (lower chin tip) bang down like a sack. Then usually a few quik boots to the head before you lock on with one arm and starting dropping haymakers on the poor fool till he either says stop or you wake him up. Ali couldnt hit a guy once hes down. Nice shot lower chin everytime. Its like a rabbit punch (shot to back of head KO )

[Insultatron4000]

You attack people while they are down?

Not got the balls to let them get back up again?

What a pussy.

[IveGotTheNuts]

Dude stfu I only fight when someone starts with me. Ive trained MMA for ten years and trust me I dont pick fights. But if somneone touches my girlfriends ass or starts something I usually tell them to leave or they gonna get hurt. And yes I hit you till you pass out. Sorry but im not lettin any ass who starts shit get a chance back on his feet so he can beat me., And yes I will boot you in the head when your down.And yes I wont stop till you either say GIVE or you P{ASS out

[Insultatron4000]

Wow, you've trained MMA for 10 years!

I always laugh at people like you. This is the internet mate! You aren't hard. I've trained Muay Thai, Brazilian JuJitsu and Judo for 8+ years.

Does that make me able to kick the shit out of anyone? No. But sure as hell would touch your girlfriends ass and laugh as I slam your ass to the floor, break your neck and shit in your mouth while you do fuck all about it.

Peace.

[IveGotTheNuts]

PSS ur a goof clown face. You go play crickeyt FAG We play Hockey. Whos tuffer your a poofta will call em here or a wanker like you wank everynight POOFTA> LMAO HAHAHAH POOFTA

[Insultatron4000]

Oooh, Hockey!

Because thats more violent than Rugby Union!

Go and put your crash helmet back on your head, pads back on your shoulders, and stop trying to be a man.

Do that, and I'll take my cock out of your girlfriends nice tight ringpiece, and maybe she'll finally give you some. Then you won't be so cranky, right?

[IveGotTheNuts]

Poof ur a goof. U play cricket faggot we play hockey. Your national sport is cricket FAG> Ur a poofta. Our national sport is Lacrosse trust me u would get PWNED> Ur used to playing Cricket and drinking TEA loser. And ur teeth are fucked your pasty white and the best thing that ever camer outta your shitty country Was the SPICE GIRLS HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH LOSER HAHAHAH

[Insultatron4000]

Tell me - Who is head of your state?

Do you know anything ABOOT your country? Do you realise its part of the BRITISH commonwealth?

ABOOT the best thing that has come out of it is Celine Dion. You steal sports from the Americans, and are owned by Britain. Bow down and learn some lessons ABOOT Canada.

Oh, and fucking Moose is illegal, so I suggest you stop doing that before you give your manwhore of a girlfriend AIDS. Well, it would be one less Canadian, so on second thoughts, go ahead.

[IveGotTheNuts]

Say what how old are you. Did you go to school or what. we may be members but we pay you nothing. Basically were independant of you POMIS> Prisoner of Mother England. A Pomi Poofta haha. Either way moose are scary animals and I doubt youd have the guts to shoot one. Go play polo and cricket after that go on a 100 man fox hunt.. Then go sip ur tea while I have A rye . !1 fox against 100 hunters. HAHAH> HAHAHA> HAHAH

[Insultatron4000]

What?

Are you in a wheelchair? Do you type by headbutting your keyboard?

I can honestly say I have no idea what you are talking ABOOT.

Bow down to your superiors. Now go stand 500ft away from that animal you want to shoot. Is dead moose better at sex than a live one? I.E, is a dead moose better than your mother?

Find out, and then tell me all ABOOT it.

Bye!

[IveGotTheNuts]

Your a tard with bad teeth bad breath bad manners and bad Boyfriends. You and Chris Crocker and Jeffrey Star should get together go to hyde park and make out. Better yet go to gay pride parade and find your mate HAHAHAH> Bad tooth man

[IveGotTheNuts]

Go listen top Sex Pistols GOD SAVE THE QUEEN> You Have NO FUTURE even a drugged out punk knew that people like you had NO FUTURE that is why he wrote the song. And A POMI IS (Prisoner of mother England) That is what everyone around the world calls English people POMIS> Which means exactly what it is A prisoner of mother England. were called Canucks and americans are Septos HAHAHA POMI>

[T3hSk1llz]

Wow..ive read your posts...not impressed...your post leyout is bad at best and going: POOFTA> LMAO HAHAHAH POOFTA and all that rubbish doesnt make you look hard...

"10 Years in MMA" Yeah and im a millionair

[emceemike]

i'm sure nobody would want to touch your mom's ass.

[MickeyLove01]

An uppercut.

[nahferals]

Liston never saw it coming! "I am the greatest!"

[kevin12abcde]

sheesh