Boxing career of Muhammad Ali (56-5) 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 5 common opponents.
Boxing career of Muhammad Ali vs Buster Mathis — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Boxing career of Muhammad Ali leads 1–0- Boxing career of Muhammad Ali wonAli vs MathisNov 17, 1971 · UD
The Numbers
- 56-5 (edge)
- Record
- 30-4
- 91.8% (edge)
- Win %
- 88.2%
- 37 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 21
- 66.07%
- KO rate
- 70% (edge)
- 66% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 50%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.9 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.9
- 61
- Bouts tracked
- 6
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- Height
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- 78″ (198 cm) (edge)
- Reach
- 76″ (193 cm)
- —
- Age
- 83
- Orthodox
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBoxing career of Muhammad Ali · 56 wins
KO/TKO
37
Decision
19
Other
0
Buster Mathis · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (61 and 6 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
5 sharedBoxing career of Muhammad Ali
WRTD R14 · Oct 1975WUD · Jan 1974LUD · Mar 1971Buster Mathis
LTKO R11 · Mar 1968Boxing career of Muhammad Ali
WTKO R7 · Jun 1972WRTD R3 · Oct 1970Buster Mathis
LUD · Mar 1969
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Boxing career of Muhammad Ali
LLWLW
L2 streak · last fought Dec 11, 1981
Buster Mathis
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought Sep 29, 1972
Common Questions
- Have Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Buster Mathis ever fought each other?
- Yes. Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Buster Mathis met once on November 17, 1971, and Boxing career of Muhammad Ali won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Boxing career of Muhammad Ali or Buster Mathis?
- Boxing career of Muhammad Ali is 56-5 and Buster Mathis is 30-4. Boxing career of Muhammad Ali has the higher win percentage.
- Who has more knockouts, Boxing career of Muhammad Ali or Buster Mathis?
- Boxing career of Muhammad Ali has 37 knockout wins and Buster Mathis has 21. Boxing career of Muhammad Ali has more.
- Do Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Buster Mathis have any common opponents?
- Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Buster Mathis share 5 common opponents: Joe Frazier, Ron Lyle and Chuck Wepner (and 2 others). Boxing career of Muhammad Ali fared better against 4 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and Buster Mathis?
- This comparison is drawn from 61 bouts tracked for Boxing career of Muhammad Ali and 6 bouts tracked for Buster Mathis. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.