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Please brace yourselves for a long answer.Index:Countries with “The” in their abbreviated namesEnclaves and exclaves: covering countries, parts of countries and special casesCountries with name having “And” in abbreviated/official namesGuineasCountries named after rivers and Countries named after peopleCaliforniasPlaces with same names as the entities they are inPlaces having “New” in their name and the story behind itThe United KingdomOverseas FranceTerritories of USARealm of New ZealandPlaces with very long namesThe Bahamas and The Gambia:There are two countries in the world that have the word “The” as a formal part of the abbreviated name: The Bahamas[1] and The Gambia[2]. They are officially known as Republic of the Gambia and Commonwealth of the Bahamas respectively.Location of The Bahamas (Source: The Bahamas - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas#/media/File:LocationBahamas.svg))Location of The Gambia (Source: The Gambia - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia#/media/File:Gambia_(orthographic_projection_with_inset).svg))Also, The Gambia is peculiar in that in its entirety, it is located on the two banks of the downstream half of Gambia river and its mouth.Enclaves and Exclaves:[3]There are three landlocked countries in the world entirely surrounded by just one country. They are called true enclaved countries:Vatican City State[4][5] surrounded by Italy, the smallest country in the worldRepublic of San Marino[6] surrounded by ItalyKingdom of Lesotho[7] surrounded by South Africa, which also is the only country lying completely more than 1000m above sea levelExclaves: There are some regions that belong to one country but are completely surrounded by one more foreign countries.Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, surrounded by Armenia, Iran and Turkey entirely, belongs to Azerbaijan[8]Llívia, belonging to Spain is entirely surrounded by France[9]Campione d'Italia belongs to Italy and is surrounded by Switzerland[10]Büsingen am Hochrhein belongs to Germany and is surrounded by Switzerland[11]Likoma and Chizumulu Islands in Lake Malawi are enclaves and exclaves of Malawi, surrounded by Mozambique territorial waters[12] [13]UAE presents a peculiar case regarding enclaves and exclave:Hatta in Dubai emirate borders Oman to the east and the south, the Ajmani exclave of Masfut to the west, and Ras al-Khaimah to the north[14]Masfut surrounded by Ras al-Khaimah, the Dubai exclave of Hatta, and Oman, is part of Ajman emirate[15]Nahwa, part of Sharjah emirate is enclaved by Omani territory of Madha, itself surrounded by Sharjah[16][17]. This is an example of counter-enclave.Map showing the non-contiguous Belgian exclaves of Baarle-Hertog in Netherlands which, in turn, has Dutch enclaves within it.Dutch municipality of Baarle-Nassau has seven exclaves in two exclaves of the Belgian municipality of Baarle-Hertog[18][19]Third Order Enclave: Dahala Khagrabari[20] was an Indian enclave belonging to the District of Cooch Behar in West Bengal. This was a piece of India within a piece of Bangladesh within a piece of India within Bangladesh.The name has and:There are 7 nations in the world that have “and” in their name, signifying that they are composed of 2 (or more) distinct regions:Bosnia and Herzegovina[21]→ Approximate borders between two modern-day regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia (marked dark brown) and Herzegovina (marked light brown) [Source: File:Bosna regija update.jpg - Wikipedia]Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe[22]: It consists of 2 archipelagos around the two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe→ Source: File:São Tomé and Príncipe - Location Map (2013) - STP - UNOCHA.svg - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_STP_-_UNOCHA.svg)Trinidad & Tobago (officially Republic of Trinidad and Tobago)[23]: It consists of two islands Trinidad and Tobago, ceded to Britain in 1802 under Treaty of Amiens as separate states and unified in 1889.→ Source:File:Trinidad and Tobago - Location Map (2013) - TTO - UNOCHA.svg - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trinidad_and_Tobago_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_TTO_-_UNOCHA.svg)Saint Vincent & the Grenadines[24]→ Source: File:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Location Map (2013) - VCT - UNOCHA.svg - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_VCT_-_UNOCHA.svg)Antigua and Barbuda[25]: It is named after its major islands→ Source: File:Antigua and Barbuda - Location Map (2013) - ATG - UNOCHA.svg - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Antigua_and_Barbuda_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_ATG_-_UNOCHA.svg)Saint Kitts & Nevis (Federation of Saint Christopher & Nevis)[26]→ Source: File:Saint Kitts and Nevis - Location Map (2013) - KNA - UNOCHA.svg - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis_-_Location_Map_(2013)_-_KNA_-_UNOCHA.svg)United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland→ The 4 countries of UKGBNI with 3 ltying on Great Britain island and the remaining one comprising northern part of Ireland island [Source: United Kingdom - Wikipedia]Guineas:Guinea is the traditional name of coastal western Africa. The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained independence in that order and subsequently named themselves after the region.French Guinea became Guinea[27] in 1958.Spanish Guinea became Equatorial Guinea[28] in 1968.Portuguese Guinea became Guinea-Bissau[29] in 1973; Bissau is its capital.New Guinea island was named after this region and subsequently gave the name to the country Papua New Guinea.[30][31]Whats in a name? An entire riverThere are many rivers whose names are source of names of places.Countries:Belize river - Belize[32][33]Paraguay river - Republic of Paraguay[34][35]Jordan river - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan[36][37]Moldova river - Republic of Moldova[38][39]Uruguay river - Oriental Republic of Uruguay[40][41]Zambezi river - Republic of Zambia[42][43]Niger: Niger river[44] lends its name to 2 nations: Niger (Republic of the Niger)[45] and Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria)[46], which are neighbours.The largest state in Nigeria is also called Niger.[47]Congo: Congo river[48] lends name to 2 nations: Democratic Republic of the Congo[49] and Republic of the Congo[50]. (No that is not a typo).The former Belgian colony of Congo, named Belgian Congo became Republic of the Congo[51] after its independence in 1960, renamed to Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1964, renamed to Zaire in 1971 with the Congo river’s named changed to Zaire[52], finally being renamed to Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.Senegal river - Senegal[53][54]Indus (Sindhu, Hindu): [55] Things get interesting here. In Saṁskr̥ta, the river is called Sindhu, in Avestan it was called Hindu which was adopted as the name of the region to east of it in Iran. The name was passed on to Greeks as Indus, lending its European name to the region as India.The present day country and the historical region India (and Hindustan) are named after the river, as is Indian Ocean, Indian Plate and Indian Subcontinent.The inhabitants of the region were called Hindus, and the name was applied to their collective faiths as well i.e. Hindu/Hinduism, now used in a much narrower sense. The language[56] developed as the intended lingua franca of the region was named Hindustani (later Hindavi, and finally Hindi — It is the official language of Republic of India but doesn’t have nationwide usage in terms of speakers)The Sindh province in Pakistan is also named after the river.When Columbus set sail, he was trying to find India. He mistook the region he landed on as India and subsequently the inhabitants were called Indians; the region was in fact Americas. The islands he landed on were later named West Indies (now Caribbean Basin) when the mistake was identified, and the original region as East Indies.[57][58] West Indies is also the name of the cricket team that represents the countries in that region.[59]Indonesia’s name means Indian islands - it is a country named after a country named after a river.Regions of countries:Bosna river is the source of the name of Bosnia region of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[60]Whats in a name? This time a personThere are many places named after people, usually cities like Gandhinagar, Washington etc. (Some have been discussed in one of the succeeding sections) There are countries named after people too.Americas and USA:The continents North America & South America and the country United States of America are all named after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, deriving from his first name’s Latin version - Americus.[61] Vespucci first demonstrated in about 1502 that Brazil and West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Europeans.Countries named after local ruler/chieftains:Republic of Mozambique - Mussa Bin Bique, the 1st known ruler of the country[62]Kingdom of Eswatini (Swaziland) - King Mswati II[63]Republic of Uzbekistan - Sultan Mohammed Öz Beg, better known as Uzbeg or Ozbeg Khan[64]Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - The country is technically named after the founder Mohammad ibn Saud’s father Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Muqrin[65][66]Nicaragua - Nicarao, said to be the name of an indigenous chieftain who presided over a territory in southwestern Nicaragua during early 16th century CEBolivia and Venezuela (as in its official name: Bolivarian Republic of) - Simon Bolivar, Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as sovereign states, independent of Spanish ruleCountries named after European explorers/colonialists/rulers:USA has already been discussedThe Philippines - King Philip II of Spain[67][68]Colombia - Christopher Columbus[69]Mauritius - Maurice, Prince of Orange[70]Kiribati - British mariner Thomas Gilbert (The name is the pronunciation of Gilbert in the native language Gilbertese)[71]Seychelles - Jean Moreau de Séchelles, a French official and politician[72]Marshall Islands - British explorer John Marshall[73]Countries named after Abrahamic saints or legendary figures:El Salvador - The name means The Saviour, and refers to Jesus[74]The capital is named San Salvador, meaning Saint Saviour, also referring to JesusDominican Republic - Saint Dominic[75]Saint Lucia - Saint Lucy[76]San Marino - Saint Marinus[77]Solomon Islands - King Solomon of Israel and Judah[78]Israel - Jacob, also called Israel in Bible[79]Countries named after local legendary figures:The founding myth of Slavic countries involves three brothers - Rus, Czech and Lech who founded, respectively Russia, Czechia (Czech Republic) and Lechia (now called Poland)[80]Norway - Nór[81]Denmark - legendary king DanDemocratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe:São Tomé - Portuguese for Saint Thomas[82]Príncipe - Portuguese for Prince's island in honor of Afonso, Prince of Portugal[83]Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:Saint Vincent - Saint Vincent of Saragossa[84]Edit 16–12–2018Cook Islands[85]: James Cook[86], a British navigatorThis answer of mine: Aditya Garg (आदित्य गर्ग)'s answer to How many islands does India have? discusses the islands of India named after people as a part of it.So many places, same names:Victoria: [87] There are a hell lot of places named Victoria. The list seems endless, so I will llist only a few:Australia has Victoria state[88] and Province of Victoria[89] that happen to be neighborsVictoria, the capital of British Columbia, Canada[90]. [Please also see: List of electoral districts in Greater Victoria - Wikipedia]Hong Kong has Victoria city, Victoria harbour and Victoria peak [91][92][93]Lake Victoria, one of the African Great Lakes[94]The capital of Seychelles is called Victoria[95]There is a Victoria in each of the states Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, West Virginia, Virginia and Missouri in USA.Kansas:[96]There is Kansas city in the state of Kansas, USAThere is also Kansas city in Missouri, and happens to be the state’s largest city.Then, there is Kansas city in OregonBirmingham:[97]Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England.There is Birmingham in each of Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey and Illinois, 2 in Pennsylvania and 3 in Ohio in USA.Virginia:[98]Virginia and West Virginia are states of USA. Then there is a place named Virginia in each of California, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska. And there is Virginia Beach in Virginia state.There is Virginia in Queensland and in South Australia in AustraliaWashington:[99] The places named Washington are almost all named after George Washington, the 1st President of USA.The capital of USA is Washington D.C. There is a state of USA named Washington.Then there is 1 Washington each in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia states and 2 in California. There are multiple Washington named places in Wisconsin state.[100]Image: The Californias (Source: The Californias - Wikipedia)The Californias:[101]The state of California of USA and the 2 states of Baja California and Baja California Sur (again, not a typo) of Mexico form the region called The Californias.Place-ception:Panama the nation has a province named Panama which has Panama City, the country’s and the province’s capital. In 2014, 5 districts of Panama province were separated to create Panama Oeste province.[102]Guatemala the nation has the province Guatemala, housing the capital of both the province and country, Guatemala City.[103]Belize, the nation has a district named Belize whose capital is named Belize City.[104]Puducherry, Yanam, Mahe and Karaikal are municipalities which are the capitals of eponymous districts: Puducherry, Yanam, Mahe and Karaikal. Puducherry district is the capital of the Union Territory of India comprised of these 4 districts, itself called Puducherry.[105]Grand Duchy of Luxembourg[106] has a canton (division) named Luxembourg[107] in the former district Luxembourg, having Luxembourg City[108], the capital of the canton and the nation.In the new:Many places on being founded were simply named after an existing place, with New (or similar word) prefixed:New Delhi, Navi Mumbai and Naya Raipur were named after Delhi, Mumbai and Raipur respectively - all lying in India.USA:New Hampshire is named after Hampshire County, England. It lies in the geographical area named New England.[109][110]New Jersey was named after Jersey island in English Channel [discussed below under UK][111]New Mexico recieved its name long before the country Mexico was established; it was named by Spanish as Nuevo Mexico[112]Papua New Guinea has the provinces called East New Britain[113], West New Britain[114] and New Ireland[115]. The island on which it lies, New Guinea, is named after Guinea region of Africa.New Zealand’s name is the anglicised name of Novo Zeelandia given by Dutch explorers to the region after Zeeland province of Netherlands.[116]United Kingdom: (Topic’s name changed as part of edit - read after the end of images)Source: British Isles - WikipediaImage: Euler Diagram of British Isles (Source: Datei:British Isles Euler diagram 15.svg – Wikipedia (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:British_Isles_Euler_diagram_15.svg))Edit: 05–07–2018United Kingdom’s official name: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.UK comprises 4 countries (although UK would be classified as a country by most standards, a better term is sovereign state) -Scotland[117]Wales[118]England[119]Northern Ireland[120] - the only part of UK to have a land boundary (with Republic of Ireland)Crown Dependencies[121]: 3 islands which are part of British Islands but not part of UK - they are non-sovereign and are self governing possesions of UK’s crown (marked in black in first image):Bailiwick of Guernsey - comprising the islands of Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Brecqhou, Herm, Jethou and LihouBailiwick of Jersey - comprising the island of Jersey, the largest of Channel Islands, and uninhabited islets such as Minquiers and ÉcréhousIsle of Man or Mann, an island located in Irish SeaThe Bailiwicks are located in English Channel, and as such form part of Channel Islands.British Overseas Territories:[122] In addition to the 4 countries and 3 Crown Dependencies, UK also has sovereignity over 14 territories which are parts of British Empire that have not been granted independence or have voted to remain British territories. With exception of Gibraltar, they are not part of European Union.British Overseas Territories (Source: British Overseas Territories - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories#/media/File:United_Kingdom_(%2Boverseas_territories)_in_the_World_(%2BAntarctica_claims).svg))Territories with some permanent population:Anguilla - located in CaribbeanBermuda - located in North Atlantic OceanBritish Virgin Islands (BVI), officially simply "Virgin Islands" - located in Caribbbean regionCayman Islands - located in CaribbeanFalkland Islands - located in South Atlantic Ocean on Patagonian ShelfGibraltar - located in Iberian PeninsulaMontserrat - located in CarribbeanPitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands - a group of four islands in the southern Pacific OceanSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha - located in South AtlanticTurks and Caicos Islands - located in North AtlanticSovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia - located in Cyprus island in Mediterranean SeaTerritories with with temporary population only:British Antarctic TerritoryBritish Indian Ocean TerritorySouth Georgia and South Sandwich Islands - located in South AtlanticOverseas France:Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer) consists of all French-administerd territories outside the Europe. Just like UK, France has sovereignity over many territories that lie outside Europe.Source: Overseas France - WikipediaThese territories are themselves divided into collectivities and departments.Overseas Departments - they have powers equal to metropolital France:French Guiana[123] in South AmericaGuadeloupe[124] in Caribbean (North America)Martinique[125] in Caribbean (North America)Mayotte[126] in Indian Ocean (Africa)Réunion[127] in Indian Ocean (Africa)Overseas Collectivities (official names are in parenthesis) - they have a particular status and high degree of autonomy:French Polynesia[128] in South PacificSaint Barthélemy[129] (Territorial collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy) in West IndiesSaint Martin[130] (Collectivity of Saint Martin) in CaribbeanSaint Pierre and Miquelon[131] (Overseas Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon) in Northwestern AtlanticWallis and Futuna[132] (Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands) in South PacificNew Caledonia[133] lying in southwest Pacific is a special collectivity - as a result of the 1998 Nouméa Accord, it gained a special status (statut particulier or statut original) in 1999. A New Caledonian citizenship was established, and a gradual transfer of power from France to New Caledonia was begun, to last from 15 to 20 years.France also posseses uninhabited overseas territories:Clipperton Island[134] in eastern PacificFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands[135] - itself consisting of 5 group of islands:Kerguelen Islands (Archipel des Kerguelen), a group of volcanic islands in southern Indian OceanSt. Paul and Amsterdam islands (Îles Saint Paul et Amsterdam), a group north of KerguelenCrozet Islands (Îles Crozet), a group in southern Indian Ocean, south of MadagascarAdélie Land (Terre Adélie), French claim on AntarcticaScattered Islands (Îles Éparses), a scattered group of islands around the coast of Madagascar[Yep, there is a group of scattered islands called Scattered Islands.]Edit 22–07–2018:Well USA can’t be left behind, right?Territories of USA:USA has 16 non-soveriegn territories directly administered by federal government instead of any state government, although 2 of them are actually administered by Republic of Colombia.[136]Territories of USA (Source: Territories of the United States - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States#/media/File:US_insular_areas.svg))Permanently inhabited territories:Puerto Rico in Caribbean and North AtlanticUS Virgin Islands in Caribbean and North AtlanticGuam in Micronesia and North PacificNorthern Mariana Islands in Micronesia and North PacificAmerican Samoa in Polynesia and South PacificUninhabited Territories:Baker Island in North PacificHowland Island in North PacificJarvis Island in South Pacific and PolynesiaJohnston Atoll in North PacificKingman reef in North Pacific and PolynesiaMidway Atoll in North PacificNavassa Island in North Atlantic and CaribbeanPalmyra Atoll in North Pacific and PolynesiaWake Island in Micronesia and North PacificBaja Nuevo Bank and Serranilla Bank are adminstered by Colombia but claimed by USAThere are many previous territories of USA that later became independent sovereign countries:PhillippinesMarshall IslandsPalauMicronesia (the nation: Federated States of Micronesia)Realm of New Zealand:Realm of New Zealand [Source: File:NZL orthographic NaturalEarth labelled en.svg - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NZL_orthographic_NaturalEarth_labelled_en.svg)]Realm of New Zealand is the region where Queen of New Zealand (presently the Queen of UKGBNI) is the head of the state.[137]This region comprises:one sovereign nation - New Zealand, along with its Antarctic claim - Ross Dependencydependent territory named Tokelau[138]2 associated states[139] - Cook Islands and Niue.[Note: Associated statehood is a complex statehood, it is better to make a separate reading about the topic]Places with very long names:Certain places have such long names that pronuncing them is really difficult.Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu[140], New Zealand: the names means - “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one”. This is listed in Guinness World Records as the place with longest official name.The ceremonial name of Bangkok, Thailand is even longer than the previous entry - Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit. It means - “City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of deities incarnate, erected by Viśvakarman at Indra's behest”.Then there are some names that not so long but their names have weird meanings:Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein[141] in North West province, South Africa.Its name means: Two-Buffalos-Shot-Totally-Dead-with-One-Shot FountainMamungkukumpurangkuntjunya[142] in South Australia, Australia.Its name means: Where the devil urinatesSee others answers by me related to geography:Guinea (region and the countries): Aditya Garg (आदित्य गर्ग)'s answer to Why do so many countries have "Guinea" in their name?Indian subcontinent: Aditya Garg (आदित्य गर्ग)'s answer to What is the Indian subcontinent?Footnotes[1] The Bahamas - Wikipedia[2] The Gambia - Wikipedia[3] List of enclaves and exclaves - Wikipedia[4] Vatican City - Wikipedia[5] Holy See - Wikipedia[6] San Marino - Wikipedia[7] Lesotho - Wikipedia[8] Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic - Wikipedia[9] Llívia - Wikipedia[10] Campione d'Italia - Wikipedia[11] Büsingen am Hochrhein - Wikipedia[12] Likoma Island - Wikipedia[13] Chizumulu Island - Wikipedia[14] Hatta, United Arab Emirates - Wikipedia[15] Masfut - Wikipedia[16] Nahwa - Wikipedia[17] Madha - Wikipedia[18] Baarle-Nassau - Wikipedia[19] Baarle-Hertog - Wikipedia[20] Dahala Khagrabari - Wikipedia[21] Bosnia and Herzegovina - Wikipedia[22] São Tomé and Príncipe - Wikipedia[23] Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia[24] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Wikipedia[25] Antigua and Barbuda - Wikipedia[26] Saint Kitts and Nevis - Wikipedia[27] Guinea - Wikipedia[28] Equatorial Guinea - Wikipedia[29] Guinea-Bissau - Wikipedia[30] New Guinea - Wikipedia[31] Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia[32] Belize - Wikipedia[33] Belize River - Wikipedia[34] Paraguay - Wikipedia[35] Paraguay River - Wikipedia[36] Jordan - Wikipedia[37] Jordan River - Wikipedia[38] Moldova - Wikipedia[39] Moldova River - Wikipedia[40] Uruguay - Wikipedia[41] Uruguay River - Wikipedia[42] Zambia - Wikipedia[43] Zambezi - Wikipedia[44] Niger River - Wikipedia[45] Niger - Wikipedia[46] Nigeria - Wikipedia[47] Niger State - Wikipedia[48] Congo River - Wikipedia[49] Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia[50] Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia[51] Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) - Wikipedia[52] Zaire - Wikipedia[53] Senegal River - Wikipedia[54] Senegal - Wikipedia[55] Indus River - Wikipedia[56] Hindustani language - Wikipedia[57] East Indies - Wikipedia[58] West Indies - Wikipedia[59] West Indies cricket team - Wikipedia[60] Bosna (river) - Wikipedia[61] Amerigo Vespucci - Wikipedia[62] Mussa Bin Bique - Wikipedia[63] Mswati II - Wikipedia[64] Öz Beg Khan - Wikipedia[65] Muhammad bin Saud - Wikipedia[66] Saud ibn Muhammad ibn Muqrin - Wikipedia[67] Philip II of Spain - Wikipedia[68] Philippines - Wikipedia[69] Colombia - Wikipedia[70] Maurice, Prince of Orange - Wikipedia[71] Thomas Gilbert (sea captain) - Wikipedia[72] Jean Moreau de Séchelles - Wikipedia[73] John Marshall (British captain) - Wikipedia[74] El Salvador - Wikipedia[75] Saint Dominic - Wikipedia[76] Saint Lucy - Wikipedia[77] Saint Marinus - Wikipedia[78] Solomon - Wikipedia[79] Jacob - Wikipedia[80] Lech, Czech, and Rus - Wikipedia[81] Nór - Wikipedia[82] São Tomé - Wikipedia[83] Príncipe - Wikipedia[84] Vincent of Saragossa - Wikipedia[85] Cook Islands - Wikipedia[86] James Cook - Wikipedia[87] Victoria - Wikipedia[88] Victoria (Australia) - Wikipedia[89] Province of Victoria - Wikipedia[90] Victoria, British Columbia - Wikipedia[91] Victoria, Hong Kong - Wikipedia[92] Victoria Harbour - Wikipedia[93] Victoria Peak - Wikipedia[94] Lake Victoria - Wikipedia[95] Victoria, Seychelles - Wikipedia[96] Kansas City (disambiguation) - Wikipedia[97] Birmingham (disambiguation) - Wikipedia[98] Virginia (disambiguation) - Wikipedia[99] Washington - Wikipedia[100] Washington, Wisconsin - Wikipedia[101] The Californias - Wikipedia[102] Panama - Wikipedia[103] Guatemala - Wikipedia[104] Belize - Wikipedia[105] Puducherry - Wikipedia[106] Luxembourg - Wikipedia[107] Luxembourg (canton) - Wikipedia[108] Luxembourg City - Wikipedia[109] New Hampshire - Wikipedia[110] New England - Wikipedia[111] New Jersey - Wikipedia[112] New Mexico - Wikipedia[113] East New Britain Province - Wikipedia[114] West New Britain Province - Wikipedia[115] New Ireland Province - Wikipedia[116] New Zealand - Wikipedia[117] Scotland - Wikipedia[118] Wales - Wikipedia[119] England - Wikipedia[120] Northern Ireland - Wikipedia[121] Crown dependencies - Wikipedia[122] British Overseas Territories - Wikipedia[123] French Guiana - Wikipedia[124] Guadeloupe - Wikipedia[125] Martinique - Wikipedia[126] Mayotte - Wikipedia[127] Réunion - Wikipedia[128] French Polynesia - Wikipedia[129] Saint Barthélemy - Wikipedia[130] Collectivity of Saint Martin - Wikipedia[131] Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Wikipedia[132] Wallis and Futuna - Wikipedia[133] New Caledonia - Wikipedia[134] Clipperton Island - Wikipedia[135] French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Wikipedia[136] Territories of the United States - Wikipedia[137] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realm_of_New_Zealand[138] Tokelau - Wikipedia[139] Associated state - Wikipedia[140] Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu - Wikipedia[141] Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein - Wikipedia[142] Mamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill - Wikipedia

Experts - like Ali, Mike Tyson, and Floyd Patterson - said Liston was a great technical boxer, better than anyone of that age except perhaps Ali. Johnny Tocco, who trained Tyson, Liston and Foreman, said Liston was the best of the three.Record wise, he also dominates Tyson. He dominated the sport twice as long as Tyson did, and beat better competition.Only one fighter in history has knocked out an undisputed heavyweight champion in the first round.Only one fighter in history has knocked out a sitting or former undisputed heavyweight champion twice in the first round.That man was the Great Sonny Liston.CREDIT PICTURE YOU-TUBEIron Mike used to put flowers on Sonny’s Liston’s grave every time he was in Las Vegas. He admired Liston, who he considered not just a great fighter, but a fearless, ferocious, man.Mike Tyson never had a “Prime” - he had during and after RooneyMost folks when they talk about a “Prime” Tyson do not realize there never was a Prime Tyson. Fighters enter their prime later than in other sports because boxing is so difficult to master. Mike never got there. Mike was 23 when he abandoned everything that got him to the top and went on a magic party ride. The difference in his career comes down to Rooney trained Tyson and the Don King 24-hour-Party-Tyson.People can only speculate how good Mike might have gotten had he continued to progress…Sonny Liston never had a prime eitherUnlike Mike who started at 13 as a boxer, Sonny was at least 23 when he first put on gloves. Sonny was incarcerated and out of boxing for two years when he was probably 26 till when he was 28. Sonny never had a classic prime period.His dominant and peak period was from 1957 when he returned from exile, to his march to the title, and defeat of Patterson in 1962 and 1963.Which of the two men, had the best record?Anthony Mason, boxing writer, said:“I think the only way to fairly rank a boxer's place in history is by comparing their résumés. And that does not mean just wins and losses - it is too easy today to fight only has beens or never will be's, and run up the record.”And the numbers show he was far better than Mike Tyson…#4 of all time Sonny Liston faced the following top 100 fighters#2 Muhammad Ali (lost twice)#13 Floyd Patterson, (beat him twice)#23 Cleveland Williams (beat him twice)#27 Eddie Machen#33 Zora Foley#58 Nino Valdes#96 Leotis MartinSonny faced 7 top 100 fighters in 10 fights, beating 5 of the 7, losing only to Ali and Leotis Martin, when he was at least 42.Sonny had a winning percentage against top 100 fighters of 71%.Sonny beat a Hall of Fame top 15 heavyweight twice, when he was in his prime.What about Mike Tyson’s record?#5 Lennox Lewis#7 Mike Spinks (ranked as light heavyweight but he was heavyweight champion too)#11 Evander Holyfield#15 Larry Holmes#64 Buster Douglas#70 Frank Bruno#98 Tony TuckerMike fought 7 ranked in the top 100 of all time in 8 fights, beating 3 of the 7 top 100 fighters he faced. He faced 4 Hall of Fame fighters, only beating 2, one was 38, had been retired 2 years, and was only given 6 weeks to lose 40 pounds to fight Tyson, and the other is ranked in the Hall as a light heavyweight. More importantly, he never beat a Hall of Fame heavyweight in his prime.Mike beat 57% of the top 100 fighters he faced, 4 of the 7.Mike never beat a Hall of Fame top 15 heavyweight when he was in his prime.Sonny fought better competition and won more against better competition.Boxing is not just who you fought, it is who you didn’t fight. Mike legitimately avoided fighters, Liston not only never ducked anyone, 14 top 150 fighters ducked him!Who Mike Tyson avoided:Lennox Lewis, who he paid off to not fight him;Evander Holyfield, who became his mandatory challenger in 1988 and whom he ducked for years;Riddick Bowe, who Mike never wanted to fight, ever.Who Sonny Liston avoided:NO ONE, EVER.Who ducked Sonny Liston? There are 14 fighters in the top 150 of all time who flatly refused to fight Liston:#13 Joe Frazier (Joe accepted, his management said hell no, and vetoed it)#16 Ingemar Johannson (who said he would promote Liston’s fight but not fight him#20 Bob Foster (ranked as light heavyweight but fought for heavyweight title twice)#36 Bob Baker#43 Henry Cooper#45 Ernie Terrell#48 Jimmy Ellis#51 Karl Mildenberger#68 Jerry Quarry (his father refused to make the fight)#95 Tommy Jackson#119 Doug Jones#120 Harold Carter#127 Joe Erskine#149 Bob ClerouxThat is 10 top 100 fighters, and 14 top 150 fighters, who refused to fight Sonny Liston.Sonny is the most avoided fighter in boxing history.Which fighter was the most intimidating?One of Mike’s greatest strengths as a fighter was his ability to intimidate - and he would NOT be able to intimidate Sonny Liston.There is no question here, Sonny Liston was by far the more intimidating of the two. Mike Tyson based some of his ring persona off the deadpan, harsh look that Sonny brought to the ring.Emmanuel Steward said:“Sonny Liston was the most intimidating fighter of all time. Mike [Tyson] was intimidating, George [Foreman] was intimidating, but Sonny Liston invented intimidation because unlike George and Mike, he was as mean in real life as he appeared to be in the ring.”Ray Arcel dryly noted:“Sonny Liston didn't just look mean, he was mean, real mean, and he was happy to show folks.”Sir Henry Cooper, the European and British heavyweight Champion who twice fought Ali, and had a who's who of opponents in the 50's and 60's, had one name glaringly missing from his resume: Sonny Liston. When asked why, Sir Henry said:“I don't even want to see him walking down the street, let alone in a gym!”People who grew up in the 60's and 70's thought George Foreman was intimidating. but Chuck Wepner, who fought both men, said:“Sonny made George look like Mr. Friendly!”Chuck Wepner, who fought Liston and George Foreman, said no one ever hit him harder than Liston. Wepner once said getting hit by Liston was like getting hit with a baseball bat.Chuck wasn’t exaggerating, as he walked out of that fight with a broken nose, a broken cheek bone and 72 stitches! And Wepner said no one he had seen in his life was tougher, or meaner, than Sonny Liston.Nino Valdes, as he lay dying from cancer, drugged heavily with morphine, was asked by his family if it hurt, and said:“not as bad as getting hit by Sonny Liston!”Zora Foley, perennial heavyweight contender from Marciano's time to Ali's, who fought and was knocked out by Liston said:“I was lucky, Sonny didn't dislike me, so he just beat me up a little.”George Foreman said the 40's Sonny Liston he sparred with in the late 60's, early in his professional career was the only man who could ever force him backwards by sheer brute strength in the ring.Big George also said:“I was afraid of Joe Frazier, every man is afraid of a man like that, if he has sense. But with Sonny Liston I was always real careful to not make him mad. Sonny was something special.”Rocky Marciano said of Liston:“he isn't faking his toughness, and his strength is just something you got to see, and that jab, he can knock a man out with the jab!.”Interestingly, Sonny actually respected Marciano, and liked him as much as he did anyone in the fight game other than Joe Louis, who Sonny was extremely close friends with - but Sonny did not respect or like a lot of people. Sonny said of Marciano, "he was a great champion, he was never defeated, and he refused to be defeated." To Sonny, being tough made you a man.Patterson was asked once, who the hardest puncher he ever faced was. When he said "Johansson," the surprised reporter said "what about Sonny Liston?" Patterson smiled sadly and said:“Oh, I thought you meant fighters I thought I had any chance of beating.”When Patterson finally agreed to defend the title against Liston, he was asked about Liston deserving a title shot, being an ex-con. Floyd poured praise on, saying every man deserves a second chance, etc. When his turn came, Sonny said:“I’d like to kill him and run him over with a car - when the fight starts , I’m gonna get whats coming to me, and he’s gonna get what’s coming to him.”Fight City ranked the most intimidating fighters of all time - and there, at #1, is Sonny Liston.The Top 12 All-Time Most Intimidating Fighters In Boxing HistoryComparing the two fighters autobiographically:Sonny Liston:Charles "Sonny" Liston was born in a shack on a sharecropper’s plot on the rocky, poor quality land of Morledge Plantation near Johnson Township, St. Francis County, Arkansas.Sonny was born in a shack, with no medical help, to a mother with 11 other children, to a father, Toby Liston, who was twenty years older than his mother Helen Baskin, and already had 13 children of his own. Sonny was the second youngest of 25 siblings.No one knows when he was born or how old he was, and his childhood was terribleSonny never learned to read or write, because his father never let him go to school, instead working him on the land from the time he was old enough to toddle.Sonny Liston was the product of a harsh, unforgiving, life. When the family mule died, Sonny's father hitched his 9 year old son to the plow and made him the mule.Sonny said, confirmed by other family members, that his father inflicted beatings and whippings so severe on Sonny that the scars were still visible decades later.Liston said of his childhood:“The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating, "We hardly had enough food to keep from starving, no shoes, only a few clothes, and nobody to help us escape from the horrible life we lived,.”He added:“I had nothing when I was a kid but a lot of brothers and sisters, a helpless mother and a father who didn't care about any of us. We grew up with few clothes, no shoes, little to eat. My father worked me hard and whupped me hard."”Indeed, many days in his youth, Sonny Liston went without food. Sonny told Boxing Illustrated in 1964:“On the good days I ate. On the bad ones I told my stomach to forget it.”Sonny told his sister when he went to prison he thought things were better than he ever knew them - he had three square meals a day for the first time in his life.According to Tosches, Liston never complained about prison, saying he "had three meals every day for the first time in his life." The athletic director at Missouri State Penitentiary was a priest, Father. Alois Stevens, who took a liking to Liston and suggested to him he try boxing. Father Stevens saw Liston’s unbelievable strength and native athleticism, and saw him as perfect for the prison boxing team.And for the first time in his life, Liston found something he could not only do, and do well, but something he did better than anyone else.An interesting tidbit is that Father Stevens, an amateur boxing enthusiast and coach, had no idea how to train a southpaw - Sonny Liston was left handed - so he taught Sonny to box from an orthodox stance, as Mike Tyson would do in juvenile prison a half century later.This using his dominant hand as his lead led to Sonny developing the most formidable jab in boxing history, and the most powerful.Sonny showed incredible power his entire careerFather Stevens supported Liston in making parole, and brought him to the attention of boxing trainers on the outside. Bob Mee's book "Liston and Ali: The Ugly Bear and the Boy Who Would Be King" recounts that to help Liston show his potential to trainers, Father Stevens organized a sparring session with a local St. Louis heavyweight named Thurman Wilson, who was 5-2-1 as a pro, to showcase Liston's potential. The story is that after two rounds, Wilson quit saying:“Better get me out of this ring, he is going to kill me.”Wilson never fought again.The illiterate Sonny, who could neither read nor write, had finally found something he was good at, and could make a legitimate living at.Sonny LIston knocked out his first professional opponent, Don Smith, in 63 seconds. Smith, a prospect was 3–1 when he faced Liston, was unconscious for 3 minutes.Sonny Liston knocked out tough fringe contender Wayne Bethea in 1958 in 69 seconds of the first round? Liston dropped Bethea for the first time in his career, knocking out 7 teeth, with 9 more broken! 16 teeth knocked out or broken with one punch!Bethea, never the same again, said of Liston:“he must have hit me with a horseshoe in his glove!.”Nor was that the only time Sonny hit men with unbelievable power that eclipse's anything anyone else has done - in the mid 60's, Sonny sparred with Ray Shoeninger in Denver, and he hit him with a jab so hard, the stitching in Ray's protective headgear literally tore and the headgear came apart with the blow, which getting through, knocked out three teeth!But Sonny could also box, and box beautifullyThe fights which best exemplify Liston’s strengths are his two short contests with Cleveland Williams. Monte Cox said it best:“Liston used beautiful head movement and what may be the division’s greatest ever jab to avoid most of Williams’ punches and to keep him off balance. Williams does occasionally land with extraordinarily powerful shots, but Sonny shakes each one off. In their combined five rounds of boxing over the course of their two fights, Liston is only shaken briefly once, and never in danger of being dropped. The most astounding thing about his approach is that he is equally comfortable coming forward or retreating—which he does whenever he feels pressured. This runs entirely contrary to the perceived wisdom about Sonny Liston. Although he was a finisher of comparable stature to Dempsey, Louis, Marciano, and Frazier, he was the only member of this shark-like group who was a boxing conservative.”A good barometer of how good Sonny Liston really was with his twice destroying a very good heavyweight champion, Floyd Patterson, in the first round each time, the first in 126 seconds - when he was already way past prime, and Floyd was only 27!Boxing writer and historian Bobby Franklin said, while marveling at Liston's skills at such an advanced age:“It is interesting to note that while the fights were blow outs, Liston did not come out swinging wildly. He took Floyd apart methodically, setting his man up with left jabs and solid body shots. Sonny showed fast hands, using an accurate left jab, along with hooks and uppercuts. He had a definite game plan and executed it perfectly. If they fought a hundred times during that period the result would have been the same”Ray Arcel said:“Sonny Liston was a great boxer. Lot of people never recognized that, because of his power, but Sonny really could box.”Sonny Liston - Skills - Reemus BoxingListon was a great boxer, a truly great one.Mike Tyson:Mike had a terrible childhood as well, though was living at the Ritz next to Liston.Mike was born to a pimp father he never knew, and a mother who died when he was 16. Locked up at 13, Cus D’Amato took him in to teach him to fight.Mike was a prodigy at boxingD’Amato turned over Mike at 16 to trusted trainer Kevin Rooney, who stayed with Mike the next 7 years. With Rooney, Tyson was more than a puncher as the youngest heavyweight champion ever. He was a boxer-puncher of appalling speed, hand-speed, constant movement and power, who threw "punches in bunches" with bad intentions while maintaining superb defense. People who never saw him fight, or who never understood boxing in the first place, cannot tell the difference between a volume boxer-puncher, and a single shot headhunter like Wilder.Kevin Rooney, who worked with Tyson, from the start of his career up to the Spinks fight, describes the 1985–1988 Tyson better than anyone else. Tyson was trained to be, and was, a volume combination boxer-puncher. Rooney says:“he punched fast and hard. That’s a difficult combination to deal with. Especially when those fast punches come in bunches, in good, solid, combinations.”Rooney goes on to talk about Mike's defense in those days, saying:“he was elusive. The best thing about it was these guys couldn’t hit him. When you can’t hit somebody, that becomes very frustrating. In boxing, I’m trying to hit you, you’re moving your head and I can’t hit you. And I’m like, what the ****. That’s what happened in a lot of Mike’s fights. They couldn’t hit him. speed kills, and Mike had speed, f****** unbelievable speed!”Mike’s great period was based entirely on his being ready and able to fight.Mike entire fight game was based on constant movement, including side to side head movement, bob and weave, slip and duck punches. In addition, his defense was partially based on his offense. He was constantly attacking, throwing punches, volume power punching, working off his jab, while moving, slipping and ducking.All of the above required incredible conditioning. Constant movement, slipping and ducking, volume punching, requires huge energy output.There is a reason that fighters like Joe Frazier do not have a long shelf life, and contrary to what people believe, it is not punishment that they take. In fact, Joe Frazier had the best slip and duck rate of any heavyweight champion in history - and he did it with constant movement and throwing power shots inside. Joe was in such good shape in his Prime that he got steadily stronger as a fight progressed. Mike was not in Joe’s class energy wise, but a Rooney trained Mike was impressive indeed.But that kind of conditioning requires a monk-like devotion that gets harder and harder to do as a fighter ages and experiences celebrity, money, and success.Marvin Hagler said it best:“It’s tough to get out of bed to do roadwork at 5am when you’ve been sleeping in silk pajamas”Joe Frazier wrote in Smokin’ Joe his autobiography, that he simply could not keep his conditioning up later in his career, and:“that little slippage, that small inability to fight as hard in the later rounds, it caught up with me.”As to Tyson, the slippage happened way earlier than it normally would have.Mike paid the price to stay in tip-top shape…until he didn’t…Tale of the tape:SizeSonny was 6′ 1/2 inch weighed 210, and had an 84 inch reachTyson was 5′9 1/2 weighed 215 at his best, and had a 71 inch reachSize advantage: Liston by a mile, especially the foot plus advantage in reachSpeed:Liston was far quicker in the 1950’s than most people knowTyson is incredibly quick for a heavyweight, especially hand speed but his foot speed was nowhere near as quickSpeed advantage: Tyson’s handspeed, but in Liston’s peak years, not by as much as you might think, and footspeed they are equalStrength:Liston was quite simply the strongest man who ever set foot in a ring, and the only man who could ever force George Foreman back by sheer brute strengthTyson was pit bull strongAdvantage: Liston by a good dealPower:Liston had incredible power, perhaps the hardest hitter of all timeTyson had rare power from his volume power punchingPower advantage: ListonFundamentals and technique:Liston had some of the best fundamentals of any heavyweight, everTyson had great fundamentals and sound techniqueFundamentals and technique: Slight advantage to ListonDefense:Liston had a great defense, and a chin that only failed him twice, once at 36 and once at 42Tyson had a great defense at that point in his career, he used the bob and weave to slip and duck punches on his way in - but he was knocked out five timesDefense advantage: slight advantage to ListonIntangibles:Liston had a fighter’s heart, a great chin, a great ring IQ, and great intangibles stemming from his meeting, and beating, great competition. A miserable life had left him fighting for a better one, and he was as tough as old shoe leatherTyson never once got up off the canvas and beat a fighter. The truth of the matter is, Tyson never beat a great heavyweight in their prime. He had three shots. Twice against Holyfield and once versus Lewis. In all three bouts, he wasn’t just beaten, he was spanked like a baby. Tyson never got a shot at Bowe. It’s fair to say that every time Tyson took on a man unafraid of him, not only did he lose, he often got beat up. No matter how hard you look at his resume, Tyson never once beat a truly great fighter.Intangibles: advantage: Liston by a mileA Tyson versus Liston fight:Boxing Historian Monte Cox wrote that:“Liston was made to be a fighter. His physical attributes bordered on the freakish. At barely six-foot, one-inch, he had an eighty-four inch reach—longer than that of all other champions with the exception of Primo Carnera. His neck was a massive eighteen inches. But the number that leaps off the page—the statistic that looks initially like a typo—is that which corresponds to his hands. When closed into a fist, they measured fifteen inches around, virtually twice the size of an average man’s. To contemplate the impact of a fist that large, delivered over a distance that great, from a man so determined to do damage, would give even the bravest opponent pause..”A Case for Sonny Liston by Monte Cox.Springs Toledo said in Gods of War:“A young Sonny Liston was the best and most talented heavyweight who ever lived, with the possible exception of a young Muhammad Ali.”Tyson had his gifts as well, hand speed, and power. But his competition was inferior to Liston’s, and he lost more fights against top competition.Better hand speed and volume punching against far greater strength, power, and reach and against a better boxer.Johnny Tocco, who worked with Foreman, Tyson and Sonny Liston, said of the three, Liston hit the hardest, and was the strongest, and the best pure boxer. So did Emmanuel Steward, who said of Liston, "he was unbelievably strong, and his punching like a wreaking machine."Liston would do to Tyson what Foreman did to Frazier, only worse. Tyson would have to come to Liston, and he would get pushed back by Liston’s telephone pole jab, and then knocked out by long rights and hooks.Liston by early KO or TKO - he was just a better fighter, bigger stronger, and a better boxer.Sonny would have done to Mike what Foreman did to Frazier, only worse.In the three days greatness and being better can be defined, Sonny takes all 3 over MikeBetter can be defined in three ways:better in technique, form, and regard as a boxer;better as in record, as in who was more dominant over time; and finally:better as in who would defeat who, head to head.Sonny was a better boxer with better technique than Mike.Sonny was the overwhelmingly dominant heavyweight for six years, Mike for three, Sonny was the more historically dominant.Finally, Sonny would have eaten Mike alive in a mythic fight between the two.In all three ways that better can be defined in, Sonny was the better of the two and the greater boxer...CREDIT TO:Boxrec for Records and statisticsA Blues Song Just for Fighters: The Legend of Sonny Liston by JJ ParkerA Case for Sonny Liston by Monte Cox.Ali: A Life by Jonathan EigBad Intentions : The Mike Tyson Story by Peter HellerCox’s Corner and Monte CoxGods of War by Springs ToledoIron Ambition: My Life with Cus D'Amato by Larry Sloman and Mike TysonListon and Ali: The Ugly Bear and the Boy Who Would Be King by Bob MeesSonny Liston: His Life, Strife and the Phantom Punch by Rob SteenSonny Liston in a New Light: With 4 Excerpts from Sonny Liston by Paul GallenderSonny Liston - Skills - Reemus BoxingThe Devil and Sonny Liston by Nick ToschesThe Phantom Punch: The Story Behind Boxing's Most Controversial Bout by Rob SneddonThe Rise of Mike Tyson, Heavyweight by William F. McNeilThe Top 12 All-Time Most Intimidating Fighters In Boxing HistoryTyson-Douglas : The Inside Story of the Upset of the Century by Bill Long and John JohsnonUndisputed Truth by Mike Tyson

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