Somehow a cake and candles seem out of place but...

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 08 May 2006, 21:34

May 8th is Sonny Listons Birthday.Supposedly 1932 conflicting reports on this. Seems as though he would get a little salty if pressed on this issue.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 08 May 2006, 21:44

happy birthday sonny, one of the greatest and most physically gifted heavyweights of all time

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 09 May 2006, 01:22

..sonny's way of responding to reporters who questioned his age was ..."my mother says that's when i was born. are you calling my mother a liar?" there were never any follow ups.

Tantum · Post by **Tantum** » 09 May 2006, 03:49

Decagon wrote:Well, he wasn't born by the time the Census was taken, in Autumn of 1930.

Or he could have used a sibling's name.

wouter · Post by **wouter** » 09 May 2006, 04:42

Tantum wrote:Or he could have used a sibling's name.

Sonny was just a twinkle in his daddy's eyes at the time