‘Fights smell bad’: A non-sportswriter covers Ali-Liston fight in Lewiston

"A Newsman Who Is Not A Sportswriter Ordinarily Finds Fights ‘Smell Bad,’" from the May 7, 1965, edition of the Lewiston Evening Journal.

The night Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston made Lewiston the center of the sports world

"'The Fight' Will Be Argued About For Many Weeks," by Lewiston Evening Journal Sports Editor Norman S. Thomas, as it appeared in the May 26, 1965, edition of the newspaper.

The Journal broke the news that the Ali-Liston fight was to take place in Lewiston

"Clay-Liston Championship Match Set for Lewiston’s CMYC May 25," from the May 7, 1965, edition of the Lewiston Evening Journal.

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Clay stops Liston in one minute of first round

‘That was a very, very disappointing performance. That little flick, a phantom punch. Bah!’

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