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.
Bill McMurray (1-4 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.
Bill McMurray vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sonny Liston leads 1–0- Sonny Liston wonListon vs McMurrayMar 16, 1968 · TKO · R4
The Numbers
- 1-4
- Record
- 50-4 (edge)
- 20%
- Win %
- 92.6% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 39 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 78%
- 4 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 1
- Bouts per year
- 3.4 (edge)
- 5
- 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
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- Height
- 6′1″ (185 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 84″ (213 cm)
- —
- Age
- 94
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBill McMurray · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
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 (5 and 57 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Bill McMurray
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Jul 13, 1971
Sonny Liston
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 29, 1970
Common Questions
- Have Bill McMurray and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
- Yes. Bill McMurray and Sonny Liston met once on March 16, 1968, and Sonny Liston won by TKO in round 4.
- Who has the better record, Bill McMurray or Sonny Liston?
- Bill McMurray is 1-4 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, Bill McMurray or Sonny Liston?
- Bill McMurray has 1 knockout win and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
- Do Bill McMurray and Sonny Liston have any common opponents?
- Bill McMurray and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Floyd Patterson. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bill McMurray and Sonny Liston?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Bill McMurray and 57 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.