Have Albert Westphal and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?

Yes. Albert Westphal and Sonny Liston met once on December 4, 1961, and Sonny Liston won by KO in round 1.

Who has the better record, Westphal or Liston?

Albert Westphal is 1-3-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sonny Liston is 50-4. Sonny Liston has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Westphal or Liston?

Albert Westphal has 1 knockout win and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.

Do Westphal and Liston have any common opponents?

Albert Westphal and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Willi Besmanoff. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Westphal and Liston?

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Albert Westphal and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Albert Westphal vs Sonny Liston — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Albert Westphal

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Sonny Liston

Albert Westphal (1-3-1 across 5 tracked bouts) and Sonny Liston (50-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Westphal

Tracked record

1–3–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Liston

Wins39 KO · 78%

Losses

Draws54 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Liston leads 1–0

Albert Westphal and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met	1961Dec 4	Series
Albert WestphalFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR1Liston vs Westphal	1Meeting

Liston vs Westphal · Dec 4, 1961

The Numbers

Westphal 1 · Liston 5 of 6 measurable rows

WestphalEdge = longer wingListon

Record^†: 1-3-150-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 30%
92.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39: 1
39 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
78%
Times stopped^‡levelmax 3: 3
3
Title reignsmax 3: 0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3.2: 0.6
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54: 5
54

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held: Albert Westphal: No height on file; Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held: Albert Westphal: No reach on file; Sonny Liston: 84″
Agenot held: Albert Westphal: 95; Sonny Liston: No date of birth
Stance: Albert Westphal: Not recorded; Sonny Liston: Orthodox

Albert Westphal left, Sonny Liston right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Albert Westphal1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Sonny Liston50 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

39 by KO/TKO 78%11 on the cards 22%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Albert Westphal 5, Sonny Liston 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Liston better on 11 shared · Sonny Liston better on 1

WestphalAlbert Westphal

Opponent

ListonSonny Liston

Albert Westphal
Loss, TKO
1956Sep 1956
BesmanoffWilli BesmanoffGermany 51–34–8Liston betterSonny Liston better — 1–0 to 0–1
Sonny Liston
Win, TKO 7
1959Dec 1959

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Albert Westphal last boxed on Mar 27, 1965 — 22,487 days ago. Westphal had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Eduardo Corletti.LWLLD

Besmanoff Sep 1956Hecht Nov 1958Liston Dec 1961Bygraves Feb 1965Corletti Mar 19650.6 tracked bouts per year

Sonny Liston has won once since losing by stoppage to Leotis Martin. Liston last boxed on Jun 29, 1970.WWWLW

Joiner Mar 1969Johnson May 1969Moore Sep 1969Martin Dec 1969Wepner Jun 19703.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Albert Westphal and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?: Yes. Albert Westphal and Sonny Liston met once on December 4, 1961, and Sonny Liston won by KO in round 1.
Who has the better record, Westphal or Liston?: Albert Westphal is 1-3-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sonny Liston is 50-4. Sonny Liston has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Westphal or Liston?: Albert Westphal has 1 knockout win and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
Do Westphal and Liston have any common opponents?: Albert Westphal and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Willi Besmanoff. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Westphal and Liston?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Albert Westphal and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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