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Born Charles L. LISTON
American professional boxer who became world heavyweight champion in 1962
Born on May 8, 1932 in Sand Slough, Arkansas, USA , United States
Died on December 30, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Liston was born the son of a sharecropper in the sector of Morledge Plantation that day in Johnson Township, St. Francis County, Arkansas. He was the 12th of 13 children born to Tobe Liston and Helen Baskin, and he endured frequent beatings as a child. At 13, he escaped from his father's control and hitchhiked to St. Louis by himself to reunite with his mother and his cousins.
... His mother believed he was born in January, 1928, but Liston would later claim his birth date to be May 8, 1932.
Liston was born the son of a sharecropper in the sector of Morledge Plantation that day in Johnson Township, St. Francis County, Arkansas. He was the 12th of 13 children born to Tobe Liston and Helen Baskin, and he endured frequent beatings as a child. At 13, he escaped from his father's control and hitchhiked to St. Louis by himself to reunite with his mother and his cousins.
After he was sentenced to prison, as a teenager, for taking part in the robbery of a gas station, his boxing talent was discovered by a Roman Catholic priest, and it was boxing that helped him leave jail early. On Halloween night in 1952, he was paroled, and during a brief amateur career that spanned less than a year, he won several amateur tournaments, including the Golden Gloves. One of his opponents was Olympic Heavyweight Champion Ed Sanders.
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