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Frequently asked questions When was Sonny Liston's birthdate?
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here,
here,
here, and
here, the current consensus is to say
c. 1930. If after reading these discussions and discovering new
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Jersey Joe Walcott: A Boxing Biography, James Curl, 2012. Page 194 "Liston stood just slightly over six feet, ... an incredibly long reach of 84” Sonny also had massive fists that measured over 15” around". The 6'1 height currently given is a rounded up figure (It rounds up Ali to 6'3). The article's long established height for Liston was 6 ft and half an inch, that is what the main boxing sites have him at too, and soI am going to put it back to that. Overagainst ( talk) 21:25, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Sonny Liston's nickname was "The Big Bear2 and yes it was widely used as stated in the source i linked. TheManTheyCallAdam ( talk) 09:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
Also, on the topic of the nickname, I believe the wiki guideline WP:THE suggests that 'The' is not to be capitalized in the middle of the lead sentence including this nickname. I'm not going to engage in an edit conflict over this, but I have to register my disagreement with the guideline being broken. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 23:47, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
This can be found in the banners at the top of the talk page. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 08:14, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
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Frequently asked questions When was Sonny Liston's birthdate?
This is not exactly known. Through previous discussion
here,
here,
here,
here,
here, and
here, the current consensus is to say
c. 1930. If after reading these discussions and discovering new
reliable sources, you see a necessity to re-open this discussion in a new topic, feel free to proceed. But please do not change the article text before doing so. |
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Jersey Joe Walcott: A Boxing Biography, James Curl, 2012. Page 194 "Liston stood just slightly over six feet, ... an incredibly long reach of 84” Sonny also had massive fists that measured over 15” around". The 6'1 height currently given is a rounded up figure (It rounds up Ali to 6'3). The article's long established height for Liston was 6 ft and half an inch, that is what the main boxing sites have him at too, and soI am going to put it back to that. Overagainst ( talk) 21:25, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
Sonny Liston's nickname was "The Big Bear2 and yes it was widely used as stated in the source i linked. TheManTheyCallAdam ( talk) 09:02, 17 March 2024 (UTC)
Also, on the topic of the nickname, I believe the wiki guideline WP:THE suggests that 'The' is not to be capitalized in the middle of the lead sentence including this nickname. I'm not going to engage in an edit conflict over this, but I have to register my disagreement with the guideline being broken. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 23:47, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
This can be found in the banners at the top of the talk page. Stefen Towers among the rest! Gab • Gruntwerk 08:14, 4 June 2024 (UTC)