Sonny Liston Record

Sonny Liston (The Big Bear) was an American professional boxer. He was a heavyweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years, 9 months, and 27 days, Liston amassed a record of 50-4, which includes 39 wins via KO—2 in world-title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1991.

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LEGEND

Boxing Career

Sonny Liston was born in Sand Slough, Arkansas, U.S. on May 8, 1932. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on September 2, 1953 against Don Smith. Liston defeated Smith via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Liston became a world champion fight at the age of 30 after 34 professional fights. He challenged Floyd Patterson for the WBA and The Ring heavyweight titles and stopped the champion in the 1st of the 15-round fight, winning his first world titles.

He then went on to successfully win the WBC heavyweight world title as well — and undisputed at heavyweight.

Liston's last fight was a 9th-round RTD victory over Chuck Wepner at age 38, on June 29, 1970.

Some of Sonny Liston's best fights were against Floyd Patterson (HOFer), Cleveland Williams, Zora Folley, and Chuck Wepner. For a top-10 list of Liston's best performances, refer to "Best fights of Sonny Liston".

Liston has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Sonny Liston Losses".

Fight Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
54	Jun 29, 1970	38	Chuck Wepner 31 21-5-2	win	RTD 9
53	Dec 06, 1969	37	Leotis Martin 30 30-5	loss	KO 9
52	Sep 23, 1969	37	Sonny Moore	win	KO 3
51	May 19, 1969	37	George Johnson	win	TKO 7
50	Mar 28, 1969	36	Billy Joiner	win	UD 10
49	Dec 10, 1968	36	Amos Lincoln	win	KO 2
48	Nov 12, 1968	36	Roger Rischer	win	KO 3
47	Nov 03, 1968	36	Willis Earls	win	KO 2
46	Oct 14, 1968	36	Sonny Moore	win	TKO 3
45	Jul 06, 1968	36	Henry Clark	win	TKO 7
44	May 23, 1968	36	Billy Joiner	win	RTD 7
43	Mar 16, 1968	35	Bill McMurray	win	TKO 4
42	Apr 28, 1967	34	Elmer Rush	win	TKO 6
41	Mar 30, 1967	34	Dave Bailey	win	KO 1
40	Aug 19, 1966	34	Amos Johnson	win	KO 3
39	Jul 01, 1966	34	Gerhard Zech	win	KO 7
38	May 25, 1965	33	Muhammad Ali 23 20-0	loss	KO 1
37	Feb 25, 1964	31	Cassius Clay 22 19-0	loss	RTD 6
36	Jul 22, 1963	31	Floyd Patterson 28 38-3	win	KO 1
35	Sep 25, 1962	30	Floyd Patterson 27 38-2	win	KO 1
34	Dec 04, 1961	29	Albert Westphal	win	KO 1
33	Mar 08, 1961	28	Howard King	win	TKO 3
32	Sep 07, 1960	28	Eddie Machen	win	UD 12
31	Jul 18, 1960	28	Zora Folley 29 51-3-2	win	KO 3
30	Apr 25, 1960	27	Roy Harris	win	TKO 1
29	Mar 21, 1960	27	Cleveland Williams 26 45-3	win	TKO 2
28	Feb 23, 1960	27	Howard King	win	RTD 7
27	Dec 09, 1959	27	Willi Besmanoff	win	RTD 6
26	Aug 05, 1959	27	Niño Valdés	win	KO 3
25	Apr 15, 1959	26	Cleveland Williams 25 43-2	win	TKO 3
24	Feb 18, 1959	26	Mike DeJohn	win	TKO 6
23	Nov 18, 1958	26	Ernie Cab	win	RTD 7
22	Oct 24, 1958	26	Bert Whitehurst	win	UD 10
21	Oct 07, 1958	26	Frankie Daniels	win	KO 1
20	Aug 06, 1958	26	Wayne Bethea	win	TKO 1
19	May 14, 1958	26	Julio Mederos	win	RTD 2
18	Apr 03, 1958	25	Bert Whitehurst	win	PTS 10
17	Mar 11, 1958	25	Ben Wise	win	TKO 4
16	Jan 29, 1958	25	Billy Hunter	win	TKO 2
15	Mar 06, 1956	23	Marty Marshall	win	UD 10
14	Dec 13, 1955	23	Larry Watson	win	TKO 4
13	Sep 13, 1955	23	Johnny Gray	win	TKO 6
12	May 25, 1955	23	Calvin Butler	win	TKO 2
11	May 05, 1955	22	Emil Brtko	win	TKO 5
10	Apr 21, 1955	22	Marty Marshall	win	TKO 6
9	Mar 01, 1955	22	Neal Welch	win	PTS 8
8	Sep 07, 1954	22	Marty Marshall	loss	SD 8
7	Aug 10, 1954	22	Johnny Summerlin	win	SD 8
6	Jun 29, 1954	22	Johnny Summerlin	win	UD 8
5	Mar 31, 1954	21	Stanley Howlett	win	PTS 6
4	Jan 25, 1954	21	Martin Lee	win	TKO 6
3	Nov 21, 1953	21	Bennie Thomas	win	SD 6
2	Sep 17, 1953	21	Ponce de Leon	win	PTS 4
1	Sep 02, 1953	21	Don Smith	win	TKO 1