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Ponce de Leon vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ponce de Leon

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Sonny Liston

Ponce de Leon (0-3 across 3 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.

Leon

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Ponce de Leon and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.

Ponce de Leon and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met1953Sep 17Series
Ponce de LeonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leon 1 · Liston 4 of 5 measurable rows
LeonListon
Record†
0-350-4 (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
1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
3
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
Ponce de Leon: No height on file
Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Ponce de Leon: No reach on file
Sonny Liston: 84″
Stance
Ponce de Leon: Not recorded
Sonny Liston: Orthodox

Ponce de Leon left, Sonny Liston right, as everywhere on this page. Stance is stated, not scored.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ponce de Leon0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Ponce de Leon: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Leon 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 — Ponce de Leon 3, Sonny Liston 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Liston better on 1

Leon

Opponent

Liston

  • Ponce de Leon

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 2

    1953

    Loss, PTS

    1953

    WilliamsListon better

    Sonny Liston

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 2

    1960

    Win, TKO 3

    1959

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

Ponce de Leon last boxed on Sep 17, 1953 — 26,707 days ago. Leon had lost three straight.LLL

Williams Mar 1953Williams Mar 1953Liston Sep 1953

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 Ponce de Leon and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
Yes. Ponce de Leon and Sonny Liston met once on September 17, 1953, and Sonny Liston won by PTS.
The meeting

LSep 17, 1953 · Liston · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leon or Liston?
Ponce de Leon is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

Leon0–30%

Liston50–492.6%

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

Leon0

Liston3978%

The Numbers ↓
Do Leon and Liston have any common opponents?
Ponce de Leon and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Cleveland Williams. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Cleveland WilliamsLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leon and Liston?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ponce de Leon and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leon3bouts

Liston54bouts

How They Win ↓

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