Like Thunder and Lightning

In Will Grimsley's "Thunder and Lightning" he explains Muhammad Ali's bizarre 50th knockout. The author first explains on how the fight was basically a waste of one-hundred dollars because the fight was only a minute long. The fight started off fine, Ali was "moving like a butterfly and stinging like a bee," until suddenly he came out with a ginormous right hook to bring Liston to the ground. For a moment he layed there then attempted to get back up, but fell again. Walcott the referee confused looking for the time table rushed around the ring looking for him, yet he couldn't be found. As the ref was searching, Ali hit Liston three more times before the ref came and officially stopped the fight. Finally the announcer raised the microphone and announced the winner of the fight was Muhammad Ali with a stunning one minute knockout. It then became the quickest knockout in boxing history. After the fight was done and over with Liston was complaining about how he could have gotten up but he didn't hear the count. In boxing the rule is that its the ref's duty to start the count as soon as the fighter is knocked down, but it never occurred.