BOXER

Sonny Liston

1932 - 1970

Photo of Sonny Liston

Icon of person Sonny Liston

Charles L. "Sonny" Liston (c. 1930 – December 30, 1970), nicknamed "The Big Bear", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1953 to 1970. A dominant contender of his era, he became the world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out Floyd Patterson in the first round, repeating the knockout the following year in defense of the title; in the latter fight he also became the inaugural WBC heavyweight champion. Often regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, Liston was particularly known for his immense strength, formidable jab, long reach, toughness, and is widely regarded as the most intimidating man in the history of the sport.Although Liston was widely regarded as unbeatable, he lost the title in 1964 to Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay), who entered as an 8:1 underdog. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonny Liston has received more than 6,407,647 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sonny Liston is the 11th most popular boxer (down from 10th in 2019), the 1,224th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,148th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Boxer.

Sonny Liston was a boxer who was most famous for his heavyweight title fight against Cassius Clay in 1964. Liston was a heavyweight champion from 1962 to 1964, but he lost his title to Clay in the first round.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sonny Listons by language

Over the past year Sonny Liston has had the most page views in the with 907,959 views, followed by Italian (72,253), and Russian (59,881). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (827.30%), Simple English (111.29%), and Ukrainian (92.41%)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Sonny Liston ranks 11 out of 496. Before him are George Foreman, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Max Schmeling, and Jake LaMotta. After him are Carlos Monzón, Evander Holyfield, Jack Dempsey, Primo Carnera, Roberto Durán, and Larry Holmes.

Most Popular Boxers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Sonny Liston ranks 73. Before him are Nagisa Oshima, Gunter Sachs, Hiroaki Sato, Benigno Aquino Jr., Little Richard, and Pier Angeli. After him are Vladimir Ivashko, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Marisa Pavan, Fernando Arrabal, and Gyula Horn. Among people deceased in 1970, Sonny Liston ranks 47. Before him are Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, Richard Neutra, Italo Gariboldi, Lázaro Cárdenas, Pedro Cea, and B. H. Liddell Hart. After him are Jean Giono, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, E. M. Forster, Lev Kuleshov, Maud Lewis, and Erich Heckel.

Others Born in 1932

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1970

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Sonny Liston ranks 1,224 out of 20,380. Before him are Jake LaMotta (1922), Snoop Dogg (1971), Mike Portnoy (1967), Dave Brubeck (1920), Allen Dulles (1893), and Tess Gerritsen (1953). After him are Izzy Stradlin (1962), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Scarlett Johansson (1984), Tyrone Power (1914), Robert Noyce (1927), and Edna Purviance (1895).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Sonny Liston ranks 10. Before him are Mike Tyson (1966), George Foreman (1949), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), Joe Louis (1914), Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977), and Jake LaMotta (1922). After him are Evander Holyfield (1962), Jack Dempsey (1895), Larry Holmes (1949), Rubin Carter (1937), Floyd Patterson (1935), and Ken Norton (1943).

American born Boxers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous