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.
Dave Bailey (0-6 across 6 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.
Dave Bailey vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sonny Liston leads 1–0- Sonny Liston wonListon vs BaileyMar 30, 1967 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 0-6
- Record
- 50-4 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 92.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 39 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 78%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 0.7
- Bouts per year
- 3.4 (edge)
- 6
- 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
- —
- Height
- 6′1″ (185 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 84″ (213 cm)
- 93
- Age
- 94
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- United States
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDave Bailey · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Sonny Liston · 51 wins
KO/TKO
40
Decision
11
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 57 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Dave Bailey
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Dec 7, 1971
Sonny Liston
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 29, 1970
Common Questions
- Have Dave Bailey and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
- Yes. Dave Bailey and Sonny Liston met once on March 30, 1967, and Sonny Liston won by KO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Dave Bailey or Sonny Liston?
- Dave Bailey is 0-6 across the 6 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, Dave Bailey or Sonny Liston?
- Dave Bailey has 0 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
- Do Dave Bailey and Sonny Liston have any common opponents?
- Dave Bailey and Sonny Liston share 2 common opponents: Leotis Martin and Cleveland Williams. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dave Bailey and Sonny Liston?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Dave Bailey and 57 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.