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.
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.
Don Smith vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sonny Liston leads 1–0- Sonny Liston wonListon vs SmithSep 2, 1953 · TKO · R1
The Numbers
- 0-2
- Record
- 50-4 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 92.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 39 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 78%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 0.1
- Bouts per year
- 3.4 (edge)
- 2
- 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)
- 62
- Age
- 94
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDon Smith · 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 (2 and 57 respectively), 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
Don Smith
LL
L2 streak · last fought Sep 2, 1953
Sonny Liston
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 29, 1970
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Don Smith or Sonny 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Don Smith or Sonny Liston?
- Don Smith has 0 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
- Do Don Smith and Sonny 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 Don Smith and Sonny Liston?
- This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Don Smith and 57 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.