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Billy Early vs Matthew Saad Muhammad — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Early

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Matthew Saad Muhammad

Billy Early (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Matthew Saad Muhammad (39-16-3) 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.

Early

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Muhammad

39

Wins29 KO · 74%

16

Losses

3

Draws59 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

Muhammad leads 1–0

Billy Early and Matthew Saad Muhammad have met 1 time; Muhammad leads 1–0.

Billy Early and Matthew Saad Muhammad have met 1 time; Muhammad leads 1–0.
Met1974Jan 14Series
Billy EarlyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Matthew Saad MuhammadFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Early 1 · Muhammad 4 of 5 measurable rows
EarlyMuhammad
Record†
0-139-16-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
69.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—74.36%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—75%
Times stopped‡max 8
1 (edge)
8
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
1
59

† 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
Billy Early: No height on file
Matthew Saad Muhammad: 5′11″
Reachnot held
Billy Early: No reach on file
Matthew Saad Muhammad: 75″
Agenot held
Billy Early: No date of birth
Matthew Saad Muhammad: Died aged 59
Stance
Billy Early: Not recorded
Matthew Saad Muhammad: Orthodox

Billy Early left, Matthew Saad Muhammad right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Early0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Billy Early: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Early yet.

Matthew Saad Muhammad40 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

Matthew Saad Muhammad: 40 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (75%) and 10 on the cards (25%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 75%10 on the cards 25%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Early 1, Matthew Saad Muhammad 59 — 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

Billy Early last boxed on Jan 14, 1974 — 19,281 days ago. Early had lost the most recent, to Matthew Saad Muhammad.L

Muhammad Jan 1974

Matthew Saad Muhammad has lost three straight, after one straight win. Muhammad last boxed on Mar 21, 1992.LWLLL

Josipović May 1991Chavers Aug 1991Green Oct 1991Maynard Oct 1991Waller Mar 19923.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Early and Matthew Saad Muhammad ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Early and Matthew Saad Muhammad met once on January 14, 1974, and Matthew Saad Muhammad won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LJan 14, 1974 · Muhammad · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Early or Muhammad?
Billy Early is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Matthew Saad Muhammad is 39-16-3. Matthew Saad Muhammad has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Early0–10%

Muhammad39–16–369.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Early or Muhammad?
Billy Early has 0 knockout wins and Matthew Saad Muhammad has 29. Matthew Saad Muhammad has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Early0

Muhammad2974.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Early and Muhammad have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Early and Matthew Saad Muhammad have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Early and Muhammad?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Billy Early and 59 bouts tracked for Matthew Saad Muhammad. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Early1bout

Muhammad59bouts

How They Win ↓

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