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Rhames climbs into ring for Liston biopic


October 30, 2007 Ving Rhames will portray the infamous heavyweight fighter Sonny Liston in the biopic "Phantom Punch," which Robert Townsend will direct. "Phantom" will chronicle Liston's rise to fame as a boxer and the single "phantom punch" he took at the hands of Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) that many believe led to the demise of his career. Prone to violence, he at one point served prison time for robbing a gas station and another for beating up a police officer.

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