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Chuck Wepner vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Chuck Wepner

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Sonny Liston

Chuck Wepner (36-14-2) 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.

Wepner

36

Wins17 KO · 47%

14

Losses

2

Draws53 tracked bouts

Liston

50

Wins39 KO · 78%

4

Losses

0

Draws54 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Liston leads 1–0

Chuck Wepner and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.

Chuck Wepner and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met1970Jun 29Series
Chuck WepnerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Wepner 1 · Liston 7 of 8 measurable rows
WepnerListon
Record
36-14-250-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
71.2%
92.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39
17
39 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
47.22%
78% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
47%
78% (edge)
Times stopped†max 10
10
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.7
3.7 (edge)
3.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
53
54

† 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

Height+4″
Chuck Wepner: 6′5″ (edge)
Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Chuck Wepner: No reach on file
Sonny Liston: 84″
Agenot held
Chuck Wepner: 87
Sonny Liston: No date of birth
Stance
Chuck Wepner: Orthodox
Sonny Liston: Orthodox

Chuck Wepner left, Sonny Liston right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Chuck Wepner36 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Chuck Wepner: 36 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (47%) and 19 on the cards (53%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 47%19 on the cards 53%

Sonny Liston50 wins · from 54 tracked bouts

Sonny Liston: 50 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (78%) and 11 on the cards (22%). Counted from 54 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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 — Chuck Wepner 53, Sonny Liston 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Wepner better on 1

Wepner

Opponent

Liston

  • Chuck Wepner

    Loss, TKO

    1975

    AliWepner better

    Sonny Liston

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1965

    Loss, RTD 6

    1964

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

Chuck Wepner last boxed on Sep 26, 1978 — 17,554 days ago. Wepner had won two in a row before losing a decision to Scott Frank.LLWWL

Schutte Feb 1977Geisler May 1977Blaine Apr 1978Healy Jun 1978Frank Sep 19783.7 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 Chuck Wepner and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
Yes. Chuck Wepner and Sonny Liston met once on June 29, 1970, and Sonny Liston won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

LJun 29, 1970 · Liston · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wepner or Liston?
Chuck Wepner is 36-14-2 and Sonny Liston is 50-4. Sonny Liston has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Wepner36–14–271.2%

Liston50–492.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Wepner or Liston?
Chuck Wepner has 17 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Wepner1747.2%

Liston3978%

The Numbers ↓
Do Wepner and Liston have any common opponents?
Chuck Wepner and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Muhammad Ali. Chuck Wepner fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Muhammad AliLL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Wepner or Liston?
Chuck Wepner is the taller fighter at 196 cm, 11 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Wepner196 cm

Liston185 cm213 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wepner and Liston?
This comparison is drawn from 53 bouts tracked for Chuck Wepner and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wepner53bouts

Liston54bouts

How They Win ↓

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