Sonny Liston ~ "I Negotiated Both Contracts For My Bouts With Cassius Clay"

[Bill Paxtom]

Wrong Master,

If Sonny loses to Cassius Clay on February 24, 1964 - he walks away with
about $1,000,000 - plus +

Sonny Boy gets a 'rematch' and his {I-C-P} gets to promote the bout, plus they
get to promote Cassius Clay's next Title Defense {which would be against Floyd Patterson}.

That's '3' with Egg Roll.

The money is in the Closed Circuit promotion, 'not' in the fight purse.

With Closed Circuit receipts

Sonny gets Money............ and a lot of it, plus a house in Las Vegas, '2' new Cadillac's
and all gambling debts 'washed away'.

His wife Geraldine, even got a 'fully' stocked clothes boutique at the Sands Hotel in
Las Vegas to operate. Worth another cool $50,000.

Yes, Sonny Liston was a smart businessman.

[Master]

Think about what you are saying!

If Sonny is a smart businessman then how can he have put himself in a situation where he would make more money losing the fight than winning.

Dumb, unless what you are saying is all the wrong end of the stick which it quite probably be.

[Bill Paxtom]

Mr. Master

Economics 101

If Sonny Boy demolished 21 year-old Cassius Clay in February 1964,

Just what bout would Sonny Boy have next in 1964.

The answer is 'None'.

Eddie Machen was the next Challenger in line, but that bout would have
drawn 'Zero' interest from the public.

And, with the United States Marginal Tax-Rate at the time, Sonny Boy
would have been fighting for 'nothing'.

But, if Sonny Boy 'loses' to Cassius Clay in a controversial manner, Bingo.

Sonny Boy gets the $$$ rematch money {guarantee} and the 'rights' to
the promotion, and more.

Be advised, that Sonny Boy got very little money in his '2' bouts with
Floyd Patterson.

[Master]

Sonny lost to the better man and there was no controversy.

The second one was and they did not have a third which blows away your theory again.

[Bill Paxtom]

Sonny lost to the better man and there was no controversy.

The second one was and they did not have a third which blows away your theory again.

I guess you never met Robert Nilon or William Faversham Jr.

Do you even know who they are ?

[brocktonblockbust]

Sonny lost to the better man and there was no controversy.

The second one was and they did not have a third which blows away your theory again.

I guess you never met Robert Nilon or William Faversham Jr.

Do you even know who they are ?

Robert J. Nilon

Robert J. Nilon, 66, “One day at a time” of Lynn Township, Lehigh County, died Friday, January 30, 2009 in Palmerton Hospital.

Born in Darby, Delaware County, PA, he was a son of the late John W. and Lillian E. (Douthwaite) Nilon. He was Roman Catholic. He was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War. For many years he was a truck driver for various companies. From 1988 until his retirement in 2003 he owned and operated Blue Mountain House of Hope, Inc., an inpatient facility for addiction recovery, now White Deer Run at Blue Mountain, Kempton, PA. He enjoyed racing sprint cars, sports and riding motorcycles.

[Bill Paxtom]

See below >

Robert Nilon ..... President of I-C-P
Jack Nilon ........ Manager of Charles 'Sonny' Liston
James Nilon ..... Treasurer of I-C-P

I-C-P was the promotional group that 'handled' Charles 'Sonny' Liston.

The Nilon Brothers started a concession business out of Chester {Delaware County}
Pennsylvania in the late-1940's,

By 1953, it had grown into a multi-million dollar a year business.

The last thing they wanted, was 'noise' from Charles 'Sonny' Liston after 1963.