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.
Roger Rischer (2-4 across 6 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.
Roger Rischer vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sonny Liston leads 1–0- Sonny Liston wonListon vs RischerNov 12, 1968 · KO · R3
The Numbers
- 2-4
- Record
- 50-4 (edge)
- 33.3%
- Win %
- 92.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 39 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 78%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 78% (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 3 (edge)
- 0.5
- Bouts per year
- 3.4 (edge)
- 6
- 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)
- —
- Age
- 94
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyRoger Rischer · 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 (6 and 57 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Roger Rischer
LWLWL
L1 streak · last fought Nov 12, 1968
Sonny Liston
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 29, 1970
Common Questions
- Have Roger Rischer and Sonny Liston ever fought each other?
- Yes. Roger Rischer and Sonny Liston met once on November 12, 1968, and Sonny Liston won by KO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Roger Rischer or Sonny Liston?
- Roger Rischer is 2-4 across the 6 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, Roger Rischer or Sonny Liston?
- Roger Rischer has 0 knockout wins and Sonny Liston has 39. Sonny Liston has more.
- Do Roger Rischer and Sonny Liston have any common opponents?
- Roger Rischer and Sonny Liston share 1 common opponent: Cleveland Williams. Sonny Liston fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Roger Rischer and Sonny Liston?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Roger Rischer and 57 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.