Lewiston celebrates Ali's legacy with 10-foot bronze statue

The 10-foot bronze figure was placed 60 years after Ali's historic title fight in the city ...
WLKY

'A privilege': Statue of Muhammad Ali unveiled in Maine

MUHAMMAD ALI NIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AT SLUGGER FIELD, A CITY IN MAINE UNVEILED A STATUE OF MUHAMMAD ALI THIS WEEKEND. IT CAPTURES ALI THE NIGHT OF HIS PHANTOM PUNCH IN 1965, WHEN HE KNOCKED OUT SONNY ...
Wall Street Journal

Uncle Leo and the Phantom Punch

Edward Bell’s letter “When I Saw Ali Drop Liston” (Oct. 31) made me laugh out loud: There’s a good chance the disgruntled man who missed the phantom punch was my uncle Leo Gagnon. Hoping to be ...
The Boston Globe

After 60 years, Lewiston’s place in boxing lore will be cast in bronze

In 2015, following the 50th anniversary of the Phantom Punch, Charlie Hewitt and Tom Platz started kicking the idea around. That punch was no phantom to Platz. He was there, a seventh-grader watching ...
Boxing Scene

The Clay-Liston Fights - Fake or Legitimate?

A lot of people think so, including boxing insiders. Many others don't believe it. Some think Liston may have thrown the second fight in Lewiston, Maine, but not the first one. In any case, ...