Sonny Liston according to some members of what Rush Limbaugh calls the drive by media a gangland member to the end. I won't comment but I will say this, Liston was not book smart but when you consider the fact that he was a champion and coming up he was better than many boxers he encountered. He did not as well as the fighters coming up today pick his opponents. Liston fought with a style that you learn in the gym, traditional. Liston did not do many things right outside the ring but he knew how to destroy an opponent in that square. His jab and his hook were thrown the way he was taught in the gym and he was consistent no matter who was in front of him he battered with movement and proper balance and just enough animal instinct for getting to the next round. Haye is erratic but athletic but his style with his hands at his side and his pulling back his head is not indicative of a trained fighter yet he wins. In the end and this is where the confusion takes place we don't really know how old Liston was when he beat Patterson and some say he did not know either. Liston would probably beat Haye to the body provided they were the same age as the early destructive Liston. Many people only remember Liston-Patterson and Liston Ali. With Patterson two fights in two years and the same continuing with Ali and quite a few birthdays. Got that? A `younger Liston before Patterson is the winner by UD or late KO. We are now in another era and it is unfair to make comparisons without all the facts in but he was a terror and George Foreman's hero and you have to dig to find out why?