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Roger Rischer vs Sonny Liston — record, stats and common opponents compared

Roger Rischer

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Sonny Liston

Roger Rischer (2-8 across 10 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 3 common opponents.

Rischer

Tracked record

2–8

counted from 10 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

Roger Rischer and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.

Roger Rischer and Sonny Liston have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met1968Nov 12Series
Roger RischerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sonny ListonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Rischer 0 · Liston 7 of 7 measurable rows
RischerListon
Record†
2-850-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
92.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 39
0
39 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—78%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
78% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
0.8
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
10
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
Roger Rischer: No height on file
Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Reachnot held
Roger Rischer: No reach on file
Sonny Liston: 84″
Stance
Roger Rischer: Not recorded
Sonny Liston: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Roger Rischer2 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Roger Rischer: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 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 — Roger Rischer 10, Sonny Liston 54 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Liston better on 3

Rischer

Opponent

Liston

  • Roger Rischer

    Loss, KO 3

    1963

    WilliamsListon better

    Sonny Liston

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 2

    1960

    Win, TKO 3

    1959

  • Roger Rischer

    Loss, UD

    1962

    MachenListon better

    Sonny Liston

    Win, UD

    1960

  • Roger Rischer

    Loss, UD

    1956

    FolleyListon better

    Sonny Liston

    Win, KO 3

    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

Roger Rischer last boxed on Jan 21, 1969 — 21,089 days ago. Rischer had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Spencer Apr 1965London Sep 1965Corletti Sep 1968Liston Nov 1968Foster Jan 19690.8 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 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.
The meeting

LNov 12, 1968 · Liston · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rischer or Liston?
Roger Rischer is 2-8 across the 10 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 %

Rischer2–820%

Liston50–492.6%

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

Rischer0

Liston3978%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rischer and Liston have any common opponents?
Roger Rischer and Sonny Liston share 3 common opponents: Cleveland Williams, Eddie Machen and Zora Folley. Sonny Liston fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Cleveland WilliamsLW

Eddie MachenLW

Zora FolleyLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rischer and Liston?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Roger Rischer and 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rischer10bouts

Liston54bouts

How They Win ↓

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