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.
Sonny Liston (50-4) and Wayne Bethea (2-7 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Sonny Liston vs Wayne Bethea — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sonny Liston leads 1–0- Sonny Liston wonListon vs BetheaAug 6, 1958 · TKO · R1
The Numbers
- 50-4 (edge)
- Record
- 2-7
- 92.6% (edge)
- Win %
- 22.2%
- 39 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 78%
- KO rate
- —
- 78% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 3.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.3
- 57
- Bouts tracked
- 9
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
- 6′1″ (185 cm)
- Height
- —
- 84″ (213 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 94
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlySonny Liston · 51 wins
KO/TKO
40
Decision
11
Other
0
Wayne Bethea · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (57 and 9 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Sonny Liston
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 29, 1970
Wayne Bethea
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Jul 6, 1963
Common Questions
- Have Sonny Liston and Wayne Bethea ever fought each other?
- Yes. Sonny Liston and Wayne Bethea met once on August 6, 1958, and Sonny Liston won by TKO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Sonny Liston or Wayne Bethea?
- Sonny Liston is 50-4 and Wayne Bethea is 2-7 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. 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, Sonny Liston or Wayne Bethea?
- Sonny Liston has 39 knockout wins and Wayne Bethea has 0. Sonny Liston has more.
- Do Sonny Liston and Wayne Bethea have any common opponents?
- Sonny Liston and Wayne Bethea share 2 common opponents: Cleveland Williams and Nino Valdez. Sonny Liston fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sonny Liston and Wayne Bethea?
- This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston and 9 bouts tracked for Wayne Bethea. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.