What is "phantom punch"

n. A punch of the fist that is not real, for whatever reason, to which there is a reaction as though it were, such as the final blow, according to ringside spectators who did not see it, in the 1965 rematch between http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Ali and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny%20Liston.

Phantom Punch is the fourth album by Norwegian singer/songwriter and guitarist Sondre Lerche. The album was released in the U.S. on February 6, 2007 and in Norway, Italy and Canada on February 19 that year.

The first single, "Phantom Punch", was released in August 2006. Norwegian Radio P3 held a contest to decide who would direct the video. Kristoffer Borgli won the contest, and the video he directed was released October 25, 2006. The next single to be released was "Say It All" (November 2006); the video for the single was also released in November. The third single is "The Tape" and was released in the UK in April.

Phantom Punch is a 2008 film directed by Robert Townsend. The film is a biopic of Sonny Liston, with Ving Rhames in the lead role. The film also stars Stacey Dash, Nicholas Turturro, Alan van Sprang, David Proval, and Bridgette Wilson.

Music was composed by Stephen James Taylor.

Phantom Punch may refer to:

• The punch that ended the second fight of Muhammad Ali versus Sonny Liston
• Neil Lefner's iconic sports photograph of Ali taunting the stricken Liston to "get up and fight"
• Phantom Punch (film), a 2008 Sonny Liston biopic starring Ving Rhames
• Phantom Punch (album), the fourth album by Sondre Lerchekinnendra