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Don Smith vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Smith

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Sonny Liston

Don Smith (0-2 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Smith

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Liston

50

Wins39 KO · 78%

4

Losses

0

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

Don Smith and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.

Don Smith and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met1953Sep 2Series
Don SmithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 1 · Liston 5 of 6 measurable rows
SmithListon
Record†
0-250-4 (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
0.1
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
2
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
Don Smith: No height on file
Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Don Smith: No reach on file
Sonny Liston: 84″
Stance
Don Smith: Not recorded
Sonny Liston: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Don Smith0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Don Smith: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

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 — Don Smith 2, Sonny Liston 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Don Smith last boxed on Sep 2, 1953 — 26,717 days ago. Smith had lost two straight.LL

Shaw Sep 1930Liston Sep 19530.1 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 Don Smith and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Smith and Sonny Liston met once on September 2, 1953, and Sonny Liston won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LSep 2, 1953 · Liston · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Liston?
Don Smith is 0-2 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Smith0–20%

Liston50–492.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Liston?
Don Smith has 0 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smith0

Liston3978%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Liston have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Don Smith and Sonny Liston have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Liston?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Don Smith and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith2bouts

Liston54bouts

How They Win ↓

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