Phantom Punch

Sonny Liston, the controversial former world heavyweight boxing champion is brought back to vivid life by actor *Ving Rhames* in the *Robert Townsend*directed biopic *Phantom Punch*. From his discovery by a priest while serving time at the Missouri State Penitentiary to the infamous 'Phantom Punch' by Cassius Clay which effectively ended his career, the movie spans the years from 1950 to Liston's mysterious and untimely death in 1971.