They never proved it, but this is a pretty good story,

That hotel is the one that show Magic City was based on.


FBI suspected iconic 1964 Ali-Liston fight was rigged by mob
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...rigged-by-mob/

The documents show no evidence that Ali was in on the scheme or even knew about it.......

the FBI suspected Ash Resnick, a Las Vegas gambler with organized crime connections, of fixing multiple boxing matches, including the first Clay-Liston fight.........

........there was an article in Sports Illustrated writing up Resnick as a big loser because of his backing of Liston. Later people ‘in the know’ in Las Vegas told Magids that Resnick and Liston both reportedly made over $1 million betting against Liston on the fight and that the magazine article was a cover for this.............

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