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LISTON "ALIVE AND WELL", CONFIRMS TRAINER
Tuesday 26 February 2002
Willie "Red" Reddish, trainer of Heavyweight boxer Sonny Liston, has revealed today that the St. Louis-based slugger made contact with him on Monday afternoon.
Exactly one week since Reddish made it known in the pages of the St. Louis Courier that Liston was missing, the trainer was interviewed on a local sports news program and stated that Liston had spoken to him.
"He's alive and well," Reddish said. "He didn't want me to reveal where he has been, but he said not to worry about him. He's not in any sort of danger. He also said that he's been able to train much more effectively during the past twelve days."
The news that Liston - the #2 seed in the Heavyweight Boxing Federation's World Championship tournament - is okay will surely bring some relief to HBF officials, with Liston's next bout in the tournament scheduled to be held on Saturday the 9th of March in Scotland. The Arizona-born fighter is scheduled to fly out to Britain on Friday.
"Sonny guaranteed me that he'll be at the airport on Friday," Reddish said. "And I've got no reason to doubt him on that."
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