I've had this song stuck in my head all day, so why not pass it along: Mark Knopfler, "Song for Sonny Liston", Shangri-La (2004)

I can't fill in any details about Sonny Liston—before my time, etc.—but the song paints a mean, tragic figure. I've queued this one up to read: William Nack, "O Unlucky Man: Fortune never smiled on Sonny Liston", Sports Illustrated (2014-08-22).