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Buster Mathis vs Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Mathis

Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley

Buster Mathis (30-4) and Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Mathis

30

Wins21 KO · 70%

4

Losses

0

Draws35 tracked bouts

Hurley

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Buster Mathis and Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.

Buster Mathis and Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.
Met1967May 12Series
Buster MathisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Ed "Baker Boy" HurleyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Mathis 3 · Hurley 1 of 4 measurable rows
MathisHurley
Record†
30-4 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
88.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 21
21 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
71%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
4.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
35
1

† 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
Buster Mathis: 6′3″
Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Mathis: 76″
Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Mathis: Died aged 52
Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Mathis: Orthodox
Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley: Not recorded

Buster Mathis left, Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hurley yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Mathis 35, Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley 1 — 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

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

Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley last boxed on May 12, 1967 — 21,715 days ago. Hurley had lost the most recent, to Buster Mathis.L

Mathis May 1967

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Mathis and Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Mathis and Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley met once on May 12, 1967, and Buster Mathis won by KO.
The meeting

WMay 12, 1967 · Mathis · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mathis or Hurley?
Buster Mathis is 30-4 and Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Buster Mathis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Mathis30–488.2%

Hurley0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mathis or Hurley?
Buster Mathis has 21 knockout wins and Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley has 0. Buster Mathis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mathis2170%

Hurley0

The Numbers ↓
Do Mathis and Hurley have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Mathis and Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mathis and Hurley?
This comparison is drawn from 35 bouts tracked for Buster Mathis and 1 bout tracked for Ed "Baker Boy" Hurley. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mathis35bouts

Hurley1bout

How They Win ↓

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