Thanks for the replies. Like wouter said i think he could have been born in 1930 and not in 1919 or 1920the article gives some good points which suggest that.

I wanted to say that the birthdate of Sonny Liston as listed on wikipedia is 1932 and on boxrec is 1930 and certainly both of them are wrong. Sonny Liston didn't even know when he was born himself neither did his parents. It was because he was born in his home or somewhere near Johnson Township St. ...