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Heavyweight Boxing

Floyd Patterson vs Sonny Liston

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston met 2 times (1962, 1963). Sonny Liston won in 1963 by ko; Sonny Liston won in 1962 by ko.

Side by side

Floyd PattersonSonny Liston
71″ (180.3 cm)Reach84″ (213.4 cm)
72″ (183 cm)Height73″ (185.4 cm)
-1.48%Reach advantage+15.1%
55–8Record50–4
73%Finish rate78%
20Longest unbeaten run30
62Recorded bouts52
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentFloyd PattersonSonny Liston
Muhammad Ali L L
Eddie Machen W W

Careers side by side

Floyd Patterson

1960 1970 win vs Lalu Sabotin (1952)win vs Lester Johnson (1952)win vs Sammy Walker (1952)win vs Eddie Godbold (1952)win vs Dick Wagner (1953)win vs Wes Bascom (1953)win vs Gordon Wallace (1953)win vs Chester Mieszala (1953)win vs Jimmy Slade (1954)win vs Joe Gannon (1954)win vs Esau Ferdinand (1954)win vs Tommy Harrison (1954)win vs Jacques Royer Crecy (1954)loss vs Joey Maxim (1954)win vs Jesse Turner (1954)win vs Alvin Williams (1954)win vs Sammy Brown (1954)win vs Yvon Durelle (1954)win vs Jimmy Slade (1955)win vs Calvin Brad (1955)win vs Dave Whitlock (1955)win vs Alvin Williams (1955)win vs Archie McBride (1955)win vs Yvon Durelle (1955)win vs Esau Ferdinand (1955)win vs Don Grant (1955)win vs Willie Troy (1955)win vs Archie Moore (1956)win vs Tommy Jackson (1956)win vs Alvin Williams (1956)win vs Jimmy Walls (1956)win vs Pete Rademacher (1957)win vs Tommy Jackson (1957)win vs Roy Harris (1958)loss vs Ingemar Johansson (1959)win vs Brian London (1959)win vs Ingemar Johansson (1960)win vs Tom McNeeley (1961)win vs Ingemar Johansson (1961)loss vs Sonny Liston (1962)loss vs Sonny Liston (1963)win vs Charlie Powell (1964)win vs Eddie Machen (1964)win vs Santo Amonti (1964)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1965)win vs Tod Herring (1965)win vs George Chuvalo (1965)win vs Henry Cooper (1966)loss vs Jerry Quarry (1967)win vs Bill McMurray (1967)win vs Willie Johnson (1967)loss vs Jimmy Ellis (1968)win vs Charley Green (1970)win vs Charlie Harris (1971)win vs Vic Brown (1971)win vs Charley Polite (1971)win vs Terry Daniels (1971)win vs Roger Russell (1971)win vs Levi Forte (1971)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1972)win vs Pedro Agosto (1972)win vs Oscar Bonavena (1972)
winlossdraw / NC1952–1972

Sonny Liston

1960 1970 win vs Bennie Thomas (1953)win vs Ponce de Leon (1953)win vs Don Smith (1953)loss vs Marty Marshall (1954)win vs Johnny Summerlin (1954)win vs Stanley Howlett (1954)win vs Martin Lee (1954)win vs Larry Watson (1955)win vs Johnny Gray (1955)win vs Calvin Butler (1955)win vs Emil Brtko (1955)win vs Marty Marshall (1955)win vs Neal Welch (1955)win vs Marty Marshall (1956)win vs Ernie Cab (1958)win vs Bert Whitehurst (1958)win vs Frankie Daniels (1958)win vs Wayne Bethea (1958)win vs Julio Mederos (1958)win vs Ben Wise (1958)win vs Billy Hunter (1958)win vs Willi Besmanoff (1959)win vs Niño Valdés (1959)win vs Cleveland Williams (1959)win vs Mike DeJohn (1959)win vs Eddie Machen (1960)win vs Zora Folley (1960)win vs Roy Harris (1960)win vs Cleveland Williams (1960)win vs Howard King (1960)win vs Albert Westphal (1961)win vs Howard King (1961)win vs Floyd Patterson (1962)win vs Floyd Patterson (1963)loss vs Cassius Clay (1964)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1965)win vs Amos Johnson (1966)win vs Gerhard Zech (1966)win vs Elmer Rush (1967)win vs Dave Bailey (1967)win vs Amos Lincoln (1968)win vs Roger Rischer (1968)win vs Willis Earls (1968)win vs Sonny Moore (1968)win vs Henry Clark (1968)win vs Billy Joiner (1968)win vs Bill McMurray (1968)loss vs Leotis Martin (1969)win vs Sonny Moore (1969)win vs George Johnson (1969)win vs Billy Joiner (1969)win vs Chuck Wepner (1970)
winlossdraw / NC1953–1970

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