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Amos Lincoln vs Buster Mathis — record, stats and common opponents compared

Amos Lincoln

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Buster Mathis

Amos Lincoln (3-6 across 9 tracked bouts) and Buster Mathis (30-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Lincoln

Tracked record

3–6

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Mathis

30

Wins21 KO · 70%

4

Losses

0

Draws35 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Mathis leads 1–0

Amos Lincoln and Buster Mathis have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.

Amos Lincoln and Buster Mathis have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.
Met1968Sep 5Series
Amos LincolnFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Buster MathisFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Lincoln 0 · Mathis 6 of 6 measurable rows
LincolnMathis
Record†
3-630-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
88.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
2
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
67%
71% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
1.1
4.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
9
35

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Amos Lincoln: No height on file
Buster Mathis: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Amos Lincoln: No reach on file
Buster Mathis: 76″
Agenot held
Amos Lincoln: No date of birth
Buster Mathis: Died aged 52
Stance
Amos Lincoln: Not recorded
Buster Mathis: Orthodox

Amos Lincoln left, Buster Mathis right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Amos Lincoln3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Amos Lincoln: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 on the cards (33%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

Buster Mathis31 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

Buster Mathis: 31 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (71%) and 9 on the cards (29%). Counted from 35 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 71%9 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Amos Lincoln 9, Buster Mathis 35 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Amos Lincoln last boxed on Jul 9, 1970 — 20,556 days ago. Lincoln had lost five straight.LLLLL

Mildenberger May 1967Spencer Jun 1967Mathis Sep 1968Liston Dec 1968Kirkman Jul 19701.1 tracked bouts per year

Buster Mathis had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Ron Lyle. Mathis last boxed on Sep 29, 1972.WLLWL

Chuvalo Feb 1969Quarry Mar 1969Ali Nov 1971McBride Sep 1972Lyle Sep 19724.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Amos Lincoln and Buster Mathis ever fought each other?
Yes. Amos Lincoln and Buster Mathis met once on September 5, 1968, and Buster Mathis won by SD.
The meeting

LSep 5, 1968 · Mathis · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lincoln or Mathis?
Amos Lincoln is 3-6 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Buster Mathis is 30-4. Buster Mathis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lincoln3–633.3%

Mathis30–488.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lincoln or Mathis?
Amos Lincoln has 2 knockout wins and Buster Mathis has 21. Buster Mathis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lincoln2

Mathis2170%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lincoln and Mathis have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Amos Lincoln and Buster Mathis have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lincoln and Mathis?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Amos Lincoln and 35 bouts tracked for Buster Mathis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lincoln9bouts

Mathis35bouts

How They Win ↓

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