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‘The Greatest’: Amin Joseph To Play Boxer Sonny Liston In Amazon’s Muhammad Ali Series
Amin Joseph (Snowfall) has been cast as a lead opposite Jaalen Best in The Greatest, Prime Video’s limited series about the life of Muhammad Ali.
Nicknamed “The Bear,” Liston had been considered unbeatable until he lost the title in 1964 to loud-mouthed underdog Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay). Watkins, Jordan and Outlier Society president Elizabeth Raposo executive produce alongside Ali’s widow, Lonnie Ali, Authentic Brand Group’s Corey Salter, Marc Rosen and Matthew Gross, Roc Nation, Michele Anthony, Boyd Muir and Josh Wakely via his Grace: A Storytelling Company. Other recent TV credits include The Royal, FX’s Justified: City Primeval and Max’s Tacoma FD.
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