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, McMurray or Liston?

Bill McMurray is 1-8 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, McMurray or Liston?

Bill McMurray has 1 knockout win and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.

Do McMurray and Liston have any common opponents?

Bill McMurray and Sonny Liston share 2 common opponents: Floyd Patterson and Eddie Machen. Sonny Liston fared better against 2 of them.

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

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

Bill McMurray vs Sonny Liston — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Bill McMurray

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Sonny Liston

Bill McMurray (1-8 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 2 common opponents.

McMurray

Tracked record

1–8

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

Bill McMurray and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met	1968Mar 16	Series
Bill McMurrayFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR4Liston vs McMurray	1Meeting

Liston vs McMurray · Mar 16, 1968

The Numbers

McMurray 1 · Liston 6 of 7 measurable rows

McMurrayEdge = longer wingListon

Record^†: 1-850-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 11.1%
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^‡max 6: 6
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3: 0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3.2: 1.2
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: Bill McMurray: No height on file; Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held: Bill McMurray: No reach on file; Sonny Liston: 84″
Stance: Bill McMurray: Not recorded; Sonny Liston: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Bill McMurray1 win · from 9 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 — Bill McMurray 9, Sonny Liston 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Liston better on 22 shared · Sonny Liston better on 2

McMurrayBill McMurray

Opponent

ListonSonny Liston

Bill McMurray
Loss, KO 1
1967Mar 1967
PattersonFloyd PattersonUnited States 55–8–1Liston betterSonny Liston better — 2–0 to 0–1
Sonny Liston
2–0 against
Win, KO 1
1963Jul 1963
Win, KO 1
1962Sep 1962
Bill McMurray
Loss, KO
1963Nov 1963
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

Bill McMurray last boxed on Jul 13, 1971 — 20,188 days ago. McMurray had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Kirkman Sep 1968Norton Jul 1969Lewis Nov 1969Kirkman Apr 1970Shavers Jul 19711.2 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 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, McMurray or Liston?: Bill McMurray is 1-8 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, McMurray or Liston?: Bill McMurray has 1 knockout win and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
Do McMurray and Liston have any common opponents?: Bill McMurray and Sonny Liston share 2 common opponents: Floyd Patterson and Eddie Machen. Sonny Liston fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McMurray and Liston?: This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Bill McMurray and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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