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 Willis Earls (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Sonny Liston vs Willis Earls — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sonny Liston leads 1–0- Sonny Liston wonListon vs EarlsNov 3, 1968 · KO · R2
The Numbers
- 50-4 (edge)
- Record
- 0-2
- 92.6% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 39 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 78%
- KO rate
- —
- 78%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 5
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 3.4
- Bouts per year
- —
- 57
- Bouts tracked
- 2
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
Willis Earls · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (57 and 2 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
Sonny Liston
WLWWW
W1 streak · last fought Jun 29, 1970
Willis Earls
LL
L2 streak · last fought Nov 19, 1968
Common Questions
- Have Sonny Liston and Willis Earls ever fought each other?
- Yes. Sonny Liston and Willis Earls met once on November 3, 1968, and Sonny Liston won by KO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Sonny Liston or Willis Earls?
- Sonny Liston is 50-4 and Willis Earls is 0-2 across the 2 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 Willis Earls?
- Sonny Liston has 39 knockout wins and Willis Earls has 0. Sonny Liston has more.
- Do Sonny Liston and Willis Earls have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Sonny Liston and Willis Earls have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sonny Liston and Willis Earls?
- This comparison is drawn from 57 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston and 2 bouts tracked for Willis Earls. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.