Sonny Liston vs. Mike DeJohn - Revision history

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	~~"Sonny Liston of Philadelphia floored Mike DeJohn of Syracuse~~, ~~N.Y.~~, ~~twice last night with solar-plexus punches for a TKO in the 6th round of their televised fight. After referee Jimmy Peerless stopped the bout at 2~~:~~43 of the 6th at the Miami Beach Exhibition Hall, the fight was almost resumed in DeJohn~~'s corner. When Liston danced across the ring to shake hands with the vanquished Mike, DeJohn refused to shake and angrily accused Sonny of uppercutting him when down on one knee the second time. Their handlers separated them." -United Press International		'''United Press International, February 19, 1959:'''

	~~Post~~ fight ~~comment~~		Heavyweight contender Sonny Liston, with 16 straight victories under his belt, apologized today for uppercutting Big Mike DeJohn while he was "down," and yelled for a fight with a higher ranking contender. "I want Eddie Machen, Zora Folley or Nino Valdes for my next fight," declared Liston of Philadelphia, who floored DeJohn of Syracuse, N.Y., twice Wednesday night with solar-plexus punches for a technical knockout in the sixth round of their TV fight. After referee Jimmy Peerless had stopped the bout at 2:43 of the sixth round before 3,858 at the Miami Beach Exhibition Hall, the fight was almost resumed in DeJohn's corner. When the victorious Philadelphian danced across the ring to shake hands with vanquished Mike, DeJohn refused to shake and angrily accused Sonny of uppercutting him when down on one knee the second time. Mike called Sonny a name. Liston swung at him and missed. Then their handlers separated them. Liston, weighing 209¼ pounds and standing 6-feet-1, admitted later, "Yes, I uppercutted him all right, but I didn't know he had a knee on the floor. I thought he was just squattin' like he did a couple of times earlier. I'm sorry about it but he's so tall, I didn't realize he had a knee down." Sonny was favorite at 12-5.

	* "Yes, I uppercutted him, but I didn't know he had a knee on the floor. I'm sorry about it but he's so tall I didn't realize he had a knee down." -~~Sonny Liston~~

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"Sonny Liston of Philadelphia floored Mike DeJohn of Syracuse, N.Y., twice last night with solar-plexus punches for a TKO in the 6th round of their televised fight. After referee Jimmy Peerless stopped the bout at 2:43 of the 6th at the Miami Beach Exhibition Hall, the fight was almost resumed in DeJohn's corner. When Liston danced across the ring to shake hands with the vanquished Mike, DeJohn refused to shake and angrily accused Sonny of uppercutting him when down on one knee the second time. Their handlers separated them." -United Press International

Post fight comment

* "Yes, I uppercutted him, but I didn't know he had a knee on the floor. I'm sorry about it but he's so tall I didn't realize he had a knee down." -Sonny Liston