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Emil Brtko vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared

Emil Brtko

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Sonny Liston

Emil Brtko (1-4 across 5 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.

Brtko

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 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

Emil Brtko and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.

Emil Brtko and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met1955May 5Series
Emil BrtkoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Brtko 1 · Liston 6 of 7 measurable rows
BrtkoListon
Record†
1-450-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
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 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
1.6
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
5
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
Emil Brtko: No height on file
Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Emil Brtko: No reach on file
Sonny Liston: 84″
Stance
Emil Brtko: Not recorded
Sonny Liston: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Emil Brtko1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Emil Brtko: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — Emil Brtko 5, 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

Emil Brtko last boxed on Jun 23, 1958 — 24,956 days ago. Brtko had won once since four straight losses.LLLLW

Liston May 1955Turman Nov 1956Chuvalo Apr 1957Terrell Feb 1958Hunsaker Jun 19581.6 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 Emil Brtko and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
Yes. Emil Brtko and Sonny Liston met once on May 5, 1955, and Sonny Liston won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LMay 5, 1955 · Liston · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Brtko or Liston?
Emil Brtko is 1-4 across the 5 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 %

Brtko1–420%

Liston50–492.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Brtko or Liston?
Emil Brtko has 1 knockout win and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Brtko1

Liston3978%

The Numbers ↓
Do Brtko and Liston have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Emil Brtko and Sonny Liston have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Brtko and Liston?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Emil Brtko and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Brtko5bouts

Liston54bouts

How They Win ↓

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