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Julio Mederos vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared

Julio Mederos

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Sonny Liston

Julio Mederos (3-8 across 11 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 1 common opponent.

Mederos

Tracked record

3–8

counted from 11 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

Julio Mederos and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.

Julio Mederos and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met1958May 14Series
Julio MederosFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR21Meeting

The Numbers

Mederos 1 · Liston 6 of 7 measurable rows
MederosListon
Record†
3-850-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
27.3%
92.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39
2
39 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
67%
78% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
2.7
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
11
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
Julio Mederos: No height on file
Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Julio Mederos: No reach on file
Sonny Liston: 84″
Stance
Julio Mederos: Not recorded
Sonny Liston: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Julio Mederos3 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Julio Mederos: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 on the cards (33%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

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 — Julio Mederos 11, Sonny Liston 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Liston better on 1

Mederos

Opponent

Liston

  • Julio Mederos

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1956

    Loss, UD

    1956

    MachenListon better

    Sonny Liston

    Win, UD

    1960

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Julio Mederos last boxed on May 14, 1958 — 25,001 days ago. Mederos had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Jackson Dec 1956Satterfield Feb 1957Satterfield Jun 1957Chuvalo Jan 1958Liston May 19582.7 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 Julio Mederos and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
Yes. Julio Mederos and Sonny Liston met once on May 14, 1958, and Sonny Liston won by RTD in round 2.
The meeting

LMay 14, 1958 · Liston · RTD R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mederos or Liston?
Julio Mederos is 3-8 across the 11 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 %

Mederos3–827.3%

Liston50–492.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mederos or Liston?
Julio Mederos has 2 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mederos2

Liston3978%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mederos and Liston have any common opponents?
Julio Mederos and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Eddie Machen. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Eddie MachenLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mederos and Liston?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Julio Mederos and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mederos11bouts

Liston54bouts

How They Win ↓

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