Ebook {Epub PDF} The Murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas Heroin and Heavyweights by Shaun Assael

A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days. On January 5, , Sonny Liston was found dead in his home--of an apparent heroin overdose. BOXING legend Sonny Liston was murdered by the MAFIA in a death staged to look like an overdose, a new documentary has claimed. The former heavyweight champion is Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. On January 5th , former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston was found dead at his Las Vegas home. Liston’s death, labelled an overdose, has long hung over Las Vegas and the boxing world, leaving unanswered questions about his ties to mob kingpins, drug lords, billionaire hoteliers and powerful promoters.

The Murder of Sonny Liston: Las Vegas, Heroin, and Heavyweights. by. Shaun Assael (Goodreads Author) · Rating details · ratings · 60 reviews. A re-examination of the circumstances surrounding former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston's death in Las Vegas in Author/Creator: Assael, Shaun, author. Publication: New York: Blue Rider Press, [] Format/Description: Book pages: illustrations ; 24 cm Subjects: Liston. The Murder of Sonny Liston has it all. Investigative reporter Shaun Assael's account of the death and life of one of boxing's biggest and saddest characters crackles with drama, tension, and suspense. It's part The Wire, part Chinatown, part The Professional—but unlike those works of fiction, all remarkably true.

A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days. Author/Creator: Assael, Shaun, author. Publication: New York: Blue Rider Press, [] Format/Description: Book pages: illustrations ; 24 cm Subjects: Liston. A fascinating deep dive into the life and death of Sonny Liston. The depravity of the former champ's life in a late s Las Vegas awash in drugs and official corruption is a compelling tale even though the multiple mysteries of Liston's death and his two championship losses to Muhammed Ali will never be satisfactorily resolved.