1953
Sep 2 Don Smith St. Louis, Mo TK 1
Sep 17 Ponce DeLeon St. Louis, Mo W 4
Nov 21 Ben Thomas St. Louis, Mo W 6
1954
Jan 25 Martin Lee St. Louis, Mo TK 6
Mar 31 Stan Howlett St. Louis, Mo W 6
Jun 29 John Summerlin Detroit, Mi W 8
Aug 10 John Summerlin Detroit, Mi W 8
Sep 7 Marty Marshall Detroit, Mi L 8
1955
Mar 1 Neil Welch St. Louis, Mo W 8
Apr 21 Marty Marshall St. Louis, Mo TK 6
May 5 Emil Brtko Pittsburgh, Pa TK 5
May 25 Calvin Butler St. Louis, Mo TK 2
Sep 13 Johnny Gray Indianapolis, In TK 6
Dec 13 Larry Watson East St. Louis, Mo TK 4
1956
Mar 6 Marty Marshall Pittsburgh, Pa W 10
1957
Jan -Liston began a 9-month sentence for beating up
a police officer in May 1956
Aug 24 -Liston was paroled from jail
1958
Jan 29 Billy Hunter Chicago, Il TK 2
Mar 11 Ben Wise Chicago, Il TK 4
Apr 3 Bert Whitehurst St. Louis, Mo W 10
May 14 Julio Mederos Chicago, Il TK 3
Aug 6 Wayne Bethea Chicago, Il TK 1
Oct 7 Frankie Daniels Miami Beach, Fl KO 1
Oct 24 Bert Whitehurst St. Louis, Mo W 10
Nov 18 Ernie Cab Miami Beach, Fl TK 8
1959
Feb 18 Mike DeJohn Miami Beach, Fl TK 6
Apr 15 Cleveland Williams Miami Beach, Fl TK 3
Aug 5 Nino Valdes Chicago, Il KO 3
Dec 9 Willi Besmanoff Cleveland, Oh TK 7
1960
Feb 23 Howard King Miami Beach, Fl TK 8
Mar 21 Cleveland Williams Houston, Tx TK 2
Apr 25 Roy Harris Houston, Tx TK 1
Jul 18 Zora Folley Denver, Co KO 3
Sep 7 Eddie Machen Seattle, Wa W 12
1961
Mar 8 Howard King Miami Beach, Fl TK 3
Jul 14 -Liston was suspended by the Pennsylvania Athletic
Commission after being arrested
Nov 6 Ernie Terrell Chicago, Il EX 4
Dec 4 Albert Westphal Philadelphia, Pa KO 1
1962
Sep 25 Floyd Patterson Chicago, Il KO 1
-Heavyweight Championship of the World
1963
Jul 22 Floyd Patterson Las Vegas, Nv KO 1
-Heavyweight Championship of the World
Aug -Liston went on an exhibition tour in Europe
Sep 10 an unnamed opponent Wembley, Eng SCH
Sep 12 an unnamed opponent Paisley, Scotland SCH
-The previous 2 bouts were scheduled;
The outcomes are not known
1964
Feb 25 Muhammad Ali Miami Beach, Fl LT 7
-Heavyweight Championship of the World
May 25 Muhammad Ali Lewiston, Me LK 1
-Heavyweight Championship of the World
1966
Apr 2 Brady Jackson Anchorage, Ak EX 2
Apr 2 George Gaston Anchorage, Ak EX 2
-Gaston substituted for "Herb Johnnie"
Apr 2 Fred Waldron Anchorage, Ak EX 2
-The previous 3 bouts were held the same date
Jun 29 Gerhard Zech Stockholm, Sweden KO 7
Aug 19 Amos Johnson Goteborg, Sweden KO 3
1967
Mar 30 Dave Bailey Goteborg, Sweden KO 1
Apr 28 Elmer Rush Stockholm, Sweden TK 6
1968
Mar 16 Bill McMurray Reno, Nv KO 4
May 23 Billy Joiner Los Angeles, Ca TK 7
Jul 6 Henry Clark San Francisco, Ca TK 7
Jul George Foreman Oakland, Ca EX 5
Jul George Foreman Oakland, Ca EX 5
Oct 14 Sonny Moore Phoenix, Az TK 3
Nov 3 Willis Earls Juarez, Mex KO 2
Nov 12 Roger Rischer Pittsburgh, Pa KO 3
Dec 10 Amos Lincoln Baltimore, Md KO 2
1969
Mar 28 Billy Joiner St. Louis, Mo W 10
May 19 George "Scrap Iron" Johnson Las Vegas, Nv TK 7
May George Foreman San Francisco, Ca EX
May George Foreman Las Vegas, Nv EX
Sep 23 Sonny Moore Houston, Tx KO 3
Dec 6 Leotis Martin Las Vegas, Nv LK 9
-NABF Heavyweight Championship
1970
Jun 29 Chuck Wepner Jersey City, NJ TK 10
Record courtesy of
Tracy Callis,
Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
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