Turnbull is correct that Liston was hooked up with John Vitale in St Louis. Vitale retained a piece of Liston but had to share him with Bernie Glickman (Chicago), Frank Palermo (Philly) and Carbo when the fights (and purses) got big.

Liston liked Vitale, in part because Vitale took care of him and his family when he was dirt poor, and helped him get to the national stage. I think this comes from Liston's FBI file when he was interviewed by agents.

I have some of the newspaper articles on Liston and Vitale in my archives somewhere. Sandy Smith wrote one of them that pretty much was leaked to him by the FBI. I will try to dig them out.