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Buster Mathis vs Jerry Quarry — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Mathis

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Jerry Quarry

Buster Mathis (30-4) and Jerry Quarry (53-9-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

Mathis

30

Wins21 KO · 70%

4

Losses

0

Draws35 tracked bouts

Quarry

53

Wins32 KO · 60%

9

Losses

4

Draws66 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Quarry leads 1–0

Buster Mathis and Jerry Quarry have met 1 time; Quarry leads 1–0.

Buster Mathis and Jerry Quarry have met 1 time; Quarry leads 1–0.
Met1969Mar 24Series
Buster MathisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jerry QuarryFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Mathis 6 · Quarry 1 of 7 measurable rows
MathisQuarry
Record
30-4 (edge)53-9-4
Win %0–100%
88.2% (edge)
83.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
21
32 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
70% (edge)
60.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
71% (edge)
60%
Times stopped†max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 66
35
66

† 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

Height+3″
Buster Mathis: 6′3″ (edge)
Jerry Quarry: 6′0″
Reach+4″
Buster Mathis: 76″ (edge)
Jerry Quarry: 72″
Agenot comparable
Buster Mathis: Died aged 52
Jerry Quarry: Died aged 53
Stance
Buster Mathis: Orthodox
Jerry Quarry: Orthodox

Buster Mathis left, Jerry Quarry 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%

Jerry Quarry53 wins · from 66 tracked bouts

Jerry Quarry: 53 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (60%) and 21 on the cards (40%). Counted from 66 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 60%21 on the cards 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Mathis 35, Jerry Quarry 66 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Mathis better on 3 · Quarry better on 1 · even on 1

Mathis

Opponent

Quarry

  • Buster Mathis

    Loss, TKO 11

    1968

    FrazierMathis better

    Jerry Quarry

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 5

    1974

    Loss, RTD 7

    1969

  • Buster Mathis

    Win, TKO

    1968

    WoodyEven

    Jerry Quarry

    Win, TKO 2

    1973

  • Buster Mathis

    Loss, KO 2

    1972

    LyleQuarry better

    Jerry Quarry

    Win, UD

    1973

  • Buster Mathis

    Loss, UD

    1971

    AliMathis better

    Jerry Quarry

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 7

    1972

    Loss, RTD 3

    1970

  • Buster Mathis

    Win, UD

    1969

    ChuvaloMathis better

    Jerry Quarry

    Loss, KO 7

    1969

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

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

Jerry Quarry had won three in a row before losing a decision to Ron Cranmer. Quarry last boxed on Oct 30, 1992.LWWWL

Norton Mar 1975Zanon Nov 1977Guerra Aug 1983James Nov 1983Cranmer Oct 19922.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Mathis and Jerry Quarry ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Mathis and Jerry Quarry met once on March 24, 1969, and Jerry Quarry won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 24, 1969 · Quarry · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mathis or Quarry?
Buster Mathis is 30-4 and Jerry Quarry is 53-9-4. Buster Mathis has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Mathis30–488.2%

Quarry53–9–483.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mathis or Quarry?
Buster Mathis has 21 knockout wins and Jerry Quarry has 32. Jerry Quarry has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mathis2170%

Quarry3260.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mathis and Quarry have any common opponents?
Buster Mathis and Jerry Quarry share 5 common opponents: Joe Frazier, James J. Woody and Ron Lyle (and 2 others). Buster Mathis fared better against 3 of them.
5 shared opponents

Joe FrazierLL

James J. WoodyWW

Ron LyleLW

Muhammad AliLL

and 1 more

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Mathis or Quarry?
Buster Mathis is the taller fighter at 190 cm, 7 cm above the other. Buster Mathis also has the longer reach, by 10 cm.
Height · reach

Mathis190 cm193 cm reach

Quarry183 cm183 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mathis and Quarry?
This comparison is drawn from 35 bouts tracked for Buster Mathis and 66 bouts tracked for Jerry Quarry. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mathis35bouts

Quarry66bouts

How They Win ↓

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