JSA, PSA: Fake Sonny Listons piling up?

[JimStinson]

According to George Foreman in an interview he had this to say about Sonny Liston's signing

"I saw him sign autographs evidently he'd met a priest somewhere down the line who'd shown him how to DRAW his autograph , we'd both sign them and I'd be done and he was still signing, he always signed with his right hand"

Note the word DRAW, A genuine Liston signature is not signed it is drawn.

The following was explained to me personally by one of Liston's handlers

"Sonny could and did sign , But he would hover over the autograph and labor with it , it was uncomfortable to watch and took him a long time to sign his name he was unable to sign anything other than his name and once in awhile someone would ask that something be signed TO them and Sonny would ignore them or on rare occasions would have them PRINT what they wanted him to write and he would just write it in block letters"

For More information on Sonny Liston, I have attached a story I wrote in 1995. Since it was fairly recent maybe the information in the story has not made the rounds yet. Also did a detailed analysis in 1992 in USA TODAY which I think at the time had the largest circulation of any newspaper in the World.
Note in the story pictured here the signature on the first page is his wife Geraldine who insisted her entire life that she never signed for her late husband which simply is not true. The other Liston signatures in the article are in person examples. I hope everyone finds this helpful.
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