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Sonny Liston vs Willis Earls — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sonny Liston

Willis Earls

Sonny Liston (50-4) and Willis Earls (1-2 across 3 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.

Liston

50

Wins39 KO · 78%

4

Losses

0

Draws54 tracked bouts

Earls

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Sonny Liston and Willis Earls have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.

Sonny Liston and Willis Earls have met 1 time; Liston leads 1–0.
Met1968Nov 3Series
Sonny ListonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willis EarlsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Liston 6 · Earls 1 of 7 measurable rows
ListonEarls
Record†
50-4 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
92.6% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 39
39 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
78%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
78% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.2
3.2 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 54
54
3

† 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
Sonny Liston: 6′1″
Willis Earls: No height on file
Reachnot held
Sonny Liston: 84″
Willis Earls: No reach on file
Stance
Sonny Liston: Orthodox
Willis Earls: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Willis Earls1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Willis Earls: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Sonny Liston 54, Willis Earls 3 — 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

Oldest left · newest right

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

Willis Earls last boxed on Mar 30, 1970 — 20,657 days ago. Earls had won once since losses to Sonny Liston and Jerry Quarry.LLW

Liston Nov 1968Quarry Nov 1968White Mar 19702.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

WNov 3, 1968 · Liston · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Liston or Earls?
Sonny Liston is 50-4 and Willis Earls is 1-2 across the 3 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.
Records · win %

Liston50–492.6%

Earls1–233.3%

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

Liston3978%

Earls0

The Numbers ↓
Do Liston and 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 Liston and Earls?
This comparison is drawn from 54 bouts tracked for Sonny Liston and 3 bouts tracked for Willis Earls. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Liston54bouts

Earls3bouts

How They Win ↓

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