LEWISTON, Maine — A city in Maine unveiled a statue of Muhammad Ali over the weekend. It captures Ali the night of his "phantom punch" in 1965, when he knocked out Sonny Liston.

LEWISTON, Maine (WMTW) - After 10 years of sculpting, the city of Lewiston unveiled a brand-new statue of Muhammad Ali. The sculpture immortalizes the boxing legend’s historic knockout of Sonny ...

Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali gestures and shouts May 25, 1965, while standing over challenger Sonny Liston, after dropping Liston with a right to the jaw in Lewiston.

Sculptor Zenos Frudakis with his Muhammad Ali statue in Lewiston, Maine. Photo Credit: Russ Dillingham ...

Tom Platz, an Auburn developer, and artist Charlie Hewitt worked for 10 years to bring the Muhammad Ali statue to Lewiston, site of a famous Ali-Sonny Liston fight in May 1965.

Ali knocked Liston down in 1 minute and 44 seconds into their bout at the Central Maine Youth Center on Birch Street, now The Colisee, with what became known as the phantom punch.

Lewiston’s Muhammad Ali statue, unveiled recently in front of Bates Mill No. 5, commemorates a famous rematch of two heavyweights, Ali and Sonny Liston, in May 1965. It also symbolizes the ...

The statue captures the famous fight between Ali and Sonny Liston in Lewiston, Maine ...

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LEWISTON, ME, UNITED STATES, June 3, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- A 10-foot bronze statue of boxing legend Muhammad Ali—the largest in the world—was unveiled Saturday, May 31, in downtown ...

The statue is well on its way toward being unveiled May 25 to mark the 60th anniversary of Ali's knockout of Liston at what is now called The Colisée, sculptor Zenos Frudakis said.