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Blakeney Kid Matthews vs Lionel Rose — record, stats and common opponents compared

Blakeney Kid Matthews

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA

Lionel Rose

Blakeney Kid Matthews (1-0 across 1 tracked bout) and Lionel Rose (42-11) 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.

Matthews

Tracked record

1–0

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Rose

42

Wins12 KO · 29%

11

Losses

0

Draws53 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

Matthews leads 1–0

Blakeney Kid Matthews and Lionel Rose have met 1 time; Matthews leads 1–0.

Blakeney Kid Matthews and Lionel Rose have met 1 time; Matthews leads 1–0.
Met1975Aug 29Series
Blakeney Kid MatthewsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Lionel RoseFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Matthews 3 · Rose 3 of 6 measurable rows
MatthewsRose
Record†
1-0 (edge)42-11
Win %0–100%
100% (edge)
79.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 12
0
12 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.57%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
29% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
0 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 53
1
53

† 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
Blakeney Kid Matthews: No height on file
Lionel Rose: 5′5″
Agenot held
Blakeney Kid Matthews: No date of birth
Lionel Rose: Died aged 62
Stance
Blakeney Kid Matthews: Not recorded
Lionel Rose: Orthodox

Blakeney Kid Matthews left, Lionel Rose right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Blakeney Kid Matthews1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Blakeney Kid Matthews: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Lionel Rose42 wins · from 53 tracked bouts

Lionel Rose: 42 tracked wins — 12 by KO/TKO (29%) and 30 on the cards (71%). Counted from 53 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

12 by KO/TKO 29%30 on the cards 71%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Blakeney Kid Matthews 1, Lionel Rose 53 — 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

Blakeney Kid Matthews last boxed on Aug 29, 1975 — 18,687 days ago. Matthews had won once, the most recent against Lionel Rose.W

Rose Aug 1975

Lionel Rose has lost two straight, after one straight win. Rose last boxed on Dec 18, 1976.LLWLL

Matthews Aug 1975Moeller Oct 1975Agate Nov 1975Limón Aug 1976Apeang Dec 19764.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Blakeney Kid Matthews and Lionel Rose ever fought each other?
Yes. Blakeney Kid Matthews and Lionel Rose met once on August 29, 1975, and Blakeney Kid Matthews won by MD.
The meeting

WAug 29, 1975 · Matthews · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Matthews or Rose?
Blakeney Kid Matthews is 1-0 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Lionel Rose is 42-11. Blakeney Kid Matthews has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Matthews1–0100%

Rose42–1179.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Matthews or Rose?
Blakeney Kid Matthews has 0 knockout wins and Lionel Rose has 12. Lionel Rose has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Matthews0

Rose1228.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Matthews and Rose have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Blakeney Kid Matthews and Lionel Rose have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Matthews and Rose?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Blakeney Kid Matthews and 53 bouts tracked for Lionel Rose. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Matthews1bout

Rose53bouts

How They Win ↓

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