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.
Amos Johnson (1-2-1 across 4 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Amos Johnson vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sonny Liston leads 1–0- Sonny Liston wonListon vs JohnsonAug 19, 1966 · KO · R3
The Numbers
- 1-2-1
- Record
- 50-4 (edge)
- 37.5%
- Win %
- 92.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 39 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 78% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 2.1
- Bouts per year
- 3.4 (edge)
- 4
- Bouts tracked
- 57
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 6′1″ (185 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 84″ (213 cm)
- —
- Age
- 94
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyAmos Johnson · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Sonny Liston · 51 wins
KO/TKO
40
Decision
11
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 57 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
Amos Johnson
LLWD
L2 streak · last fought Oct 22, 1966
Sonny Liston
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 29, 1970
Common Questions
- Have Amos Johnson and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
- Yes. Amos Johnson and Sonny Liston met once on August 19, 1966, and Sonny Liston won by KO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Amos Johnson or Sonny Liston?
- Amos Johnson is 1-2-1 across the 4 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, Amos Johnson or Sonny Liston?
- Amos Johnson has 0 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
- Do Amos Johnson and Sonny Liston have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Amos Johnson and Sonny Liston have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Amos Johnson and Sonny Liston?
- This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Amos Johnson and 57 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.