“The Worst Mess in the History of Sports.” “The Phantom Punch.” In May 1965 Muhammad Ail fought Sonny Liston for boxing’s heavyweight championship title in a match that was moved from Boston to Lewiston.
We featured an MPBN Community Film about the fight, “Raising Ali: A Lewiston Story,” in May 2015, which can be watched — in full — below. The director, Maine filmmaker Gary Robinoff of White Dog Arts, was interviewed earlier this week on All Things Considered, and MPBN alumnus Tom Porter wrote a feature on the film in May 2015.
