Charles (Sonny) Liston
(50-4) 39 Ko's
1953
Sept 2nd- Don Smith, St. Louis- KO 1
Sept 17th- Ponce Deleon, St. Louis- W 4
Nov 21st- Ben Thomas, St. Louis- W 6
1954
Jan 24th- Martin Lee, St. Louis- KO 6
Mar 31st- Stanley Howlett, St. Louis- W 6
June 24th- John Summerlin, Detroit- W 8
Aug 10th- John Summerlin, Detroit- W 8
Sept 7th- Marty Marshall, Detroit- L
8
1955
Mar 1st- Neil Welch, St. Louis- W 8
Apr 21st- Marty Marshall, St. Louis- KO 6
May 5th- Emil Brtko, Pennsylvania- KO 5
May 25th- Calvin Butler, St. Louis- KO 2
Sept 13th- Johnny Gray, Indiana- KO 6
Dec 13th- Larry Watson, Missouri- KO 4
1956
Mar 6th- Marty Marshall, Pennsylvania- W 10
1957
(Inactive)
1958
Jan 29th- Billy Hunter, Illinois-
KO 2
Mar 11th- Benjamin Wise, Illinois- KO 4
Apr 3rd- Bert Whitehurst,
Missouri- W 10
May 14th- Julio Mederos, Illinios- KO 3
Aug 6th- Wayne Bethea, Illinois-
KO 1
Oct 7th- Frankie Daniels,
Florida- KO 1
Oct 24th- Bert Whitehurst,
Missouri- W 10
Nov 18th- Ernie Cab, Florida- KO 8
1959
Feb 18th- Mike DeJohn, Florida-
KO 6
Apr 15th- Cleveland Williams,
Florida- KO 3
Aug 5th- Nino Valdes, Illinois-
KO 3
Dec 9th- Willi Besmanoff,
Ohio- KO 7
1960
Feb 23rd- Howard King, Florida- KO
8
Mar 21st- Cleveland Williams,
Texas- KO 2
Apr 25th- Roy Harris, Texas-
KO 1
July 18th- Zora Folley, Colorado-
KO 3
Sept 7th- Eddie Machen, Washington-
W 12
1961
Mar 8th- Howard King, Florida- KO
3
Dec 4th- Albert Westphal,
Pennsylvania- KO 1
1962
Sept 25th- Floyd Patterson, Chicago-
KO 1
(Won World Heavyweight Title)
1963
July 22nd- Floyd Patterson, Las
Vegas- KO 1
(Retained World Heavyweight
Title)
1964
Feb 25th- Cassius Clay, Miami Beach-
KO
by 7
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)
1965
May 25th- Muhammad Ali, Lewiston, ME-
KO
by 1
(For World Heavyweight Title)
1966
May 29th- Gerhard
Zech, Sweden- KO 7
Aug 19th- Amos
Johnson, Sweden- KO 3
1967
Mar 30th- Dave
Bailey, Sweden- KO 1
Apr 28th- Elmer
Rush, Sweden- KO 6
1968
Mar 16th- Billy
McMurray, Nevada- KO 4
May 23rd- Billy
Joiner, California- KO 8
July 6th- Henry
Clark, California- KO 7
Oct 14th- Sonny
Moore, Arizona- KO 3
Nov 3rd- Willis
Earls, Mexico- KO 2
Nov 12th- Roger
Rischer, Pennsylvania- KO 3
Dec 10th- Amos
(Big Train) Lincoln, Maryland- KO 2
1969
Mar 28th- Billy
Joiner, Missouri- W 10
May 19th- George
Johnson, Nevada- KO 7
Sept 23rd- Sonny
Moore, Texas- KO 3
Dec 6th- Leotis
Martin, Nevada- KO by 9
1970
June 29th- Chuck
Wepner, New Jersey- KO 10