Have Ben Wise and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?

Yes. Ben Wise and Sonny Liston met once on March 11, 1958, and Sonny Liston won by TKO in round 4.

Who has the better record, Wise or Liston?

Ben Wise is 0-3 across the 3 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, Wise or Liston?

Ben Wise has 0 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.

Do Wise and Liston have any common opponents?

Ben Wise and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Eddie Machen. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ben Wise and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Ben Wise vs Sonny Liston — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Ben Wise

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Sonny Liston

Ben Wise (0-3 across 3 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.

Wise

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Ben Wise and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met	1958Mar 11	Series
Ben WiseFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR4Liston vs Wise	1Meeting

Liston vs Wise · Mar 11, 1958

The Numbers

Wise 1 · Liston 5 of 6 measurable rows

WiseEdge = longer wingListon

Record^†: 0-350-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
92.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39: 0
39 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —78%
Times stopped^‡max 3: 2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3: 0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3.2: 1.3
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54: 3
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: Ben Wise: No height on file; Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held: Ben Wise: No reach on file; Sonny Liston: 84″
Stance: Ben Wise: Not recorded; Sonny Liston: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Ben Wise0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Wise yet.

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 — Ben Wise 3, 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

WiseBen Wise

Opponent

ListonSonny Liston

Ben Wise
Loss, UD
1955Dec 1955
MachenEddie MachenUnited States 50–11–3 · HeavyweightListon betterSonny Liston better — 1–0 to 0–1
Sonny Liston
Win, UD
1960Sep 1960

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

Ben Wise last boxed on Mar 11, 1958 — 25,060 days ago. Wise had lost three straight.LLL

Machen Dec 1955Satterfield Apr 1957Liston Mar 19581.3 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 Ben Wise and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?: Yes. Ben Wise and Sonny Liston met once on March 11, 1958, and Sonny Liston won by TKO in round 4.
Who has the better record, Wise or Liston?: Ben Wise is 0-3 across the 3 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, Wise or Liston?: Ben Wise has 0 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
Do Wise and Liston have any common opponents?: Ben Wise and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Eddie Machen. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wise and Liston?: This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ben Wise and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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