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.
Johnny Gray (2-7 across 9 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.
Johnny Gray vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sonny Liston leads 1–0- Sonny Liston wonListon vs GraySep 13, 1955 · TKO · R6
The Numbers
- 2-7
- Record
- 50-4 (edge)
- 22.2%
- Win %
- 92.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 39 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 78% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 0.2
- Bouts per year
- 3.4 (edge)
- 9
- 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
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- Height
- 6′1″ (185 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 84″ (213 cm)
- —
- Age
- 94
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohnny Gray · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Sonny Liston · 51 wins
KO/TKO
40
Decision
11
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (9 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
Johnny Gray
WWLLL
W2 streak · last fought Feb 25, 1959
Sonny Liston
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 29, 1970
Common Questions
- Have Johnny Gray and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
- Yes. Johnny Gray and Sonny Liston met once on September 13, 1955, and Sonny Liston won by TKO in round 6.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Gray or Sonny Liston?
- Johnny Gray is 2-7 across the 9 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, Johnny Gray or Sonny Liston?
- Johnny Gray has 0 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
- Do Johnny Gray and Sonny Liston have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Gray and Sonny Liston have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Gray and Sonny Liston?
- This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Johnny Gray and 57 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.