Have Amos Lincoln and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?

Yes. Amos Lincoln and Sonny Liston met once on December 10, 1968, and Sonny Liston won by KO in round 2.

Who has the better record, Lincoln or Liston?

Amos Lincoln is 3-6 across the 9 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, Lincoln or Liston?

Amos Lincoln has 2 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.

Do Lincoln and Liston have any common opponents?

Amos Lincoln and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: George Johnson. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

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

This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Amos Lincoln and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Amos Lincoln vs Sonny Liston — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Amos Lincoln

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Sonny Liston

Amos Lincoln (3-6 across 9 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.

Lincoln

Tracked record

3–6

counted from 9 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

Amos Lincoln and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met	1968Dec 10	Series
Amos LincolnFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR2Liston vs Lincoln	1Meeting

Liston vs Lincoln · Dec 10, 1968

The Numbers

Lincoln 0 · Liston 7 of 7 measurable rows

LincolnEdge = longer wingListon

Record^†: 3-650-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 33.3%
92.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39: 2
39 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 67%
78% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 4: 4
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3: 0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3.2: 1.1
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54: 9
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: Amos Lincoln: No height on file; Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held: Amos Lincoln: No reach on file; Sonny Liston: 84″
Stance: Amos Lincoln: Not recorded; Sonny Liston: Orthodox

Amos Lincoln left, Sonny Liston right, as everywhere on this page. Stance is stated, not scored.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Amos Lincoln3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

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 — Amos Lincoln 9, Sonny Liston 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

LincolnAmos Lincoln

Opponent

ListonSonny Liston

Amos Lincoln
Win, KO
1965Aug 1965
JohnsonGeorge JohnsonUnited States 22–27–5EvenEven — 1–0 both
Sonny Liston
Win, TKO 7
1969May 1969

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

Amos Lincoln last boxed on Jul 9, 1970 — 20,558 days ago. Lincoln had lost five straight.LLLLL

Mildenberger May 1967Spencer Jun 1967Mathis Sep 1968Liston Dec 1968Kirkman Jul 19701.1 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 Amos Lincoln and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?: Yes. Amos Lincoln and Sonny Liston met once on December 10, 1968, and Sonny Liston won by KO in round 2.
Who has the better record, Lincoln or Liston?: Amos Lincoln is 3-6 across the 9 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, Lincoln or Liston?: Amos Lincoln has 2 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
Do Lincoln and Liston have any common opponents?: Amos Lincoln and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: George Johnson. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lincoln and Liston?: This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Amos Lincoln and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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