Time - 09:00 - 10:00 (1 hour long)



When - Sunday 13th May on BBC Prime



The Champion That Nobody Wanted.
Charles 'Sonny' Liston - World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, intimidating, illiterate and 'one of the hardest hitters who ever lived' - attracted more controversy and hostility in his time than any other fighter. This documentary chronicles his intriguing life - his involvement with the Mob, his controversial title fights with Cassius Clay, and his mysterious death in 1970.