Anyone familiar with boxing might recognize the infamous photograph of Muhammad Ali standing over a fallen Sonny Liston during their 1965 heavyweight title bout, imploring him to get up only so he can knock him down again.
A former champion who lost only four of 54 fights — two to Ali — Liston stayed on the canvas in what has become a metaphor for handling life’s many and difficult challenges. Despite his many victories in the ring and the 883 days he spent as world heavyweight champion after beating Floyd Patterson in 1962, that defeat, thanks in part to that dramatic photo of the victorious Ali, has come to overshadow Liston’s accomplishments and define his career.
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