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Buster Mathis vs Johnny Shore — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Mathis

Johnny Shore

Buster Mathis (30-4) and Johnny Shore (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

Shore

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 Johnny Shore have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.

Buster Mathis and Johnny Shore have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.
Met1965Aug 28Series
Buster MathisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny ShoreFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Mathis 3 · Shore 1 of 4 measurable rows
MathisShore
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″
Johnny Shore: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Mathis: 76″
Johnny Shore: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Mathis: Died aged 52
Johnny Shore: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Mathis: Orthodox
Johnny Shore: Not recorded

Buster Mathis left, Johnny Shore 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%

Johnny Shore0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Johnny Shore: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shore yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Mathis 35, Johnny Shore 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

Johnny Shore last boxed on Aug 28, 1965 — 22,332 days ago. Shore had lost the most recent, to Buster Mathis.L

Mathis Aug 1965

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Mathis and Johnny Shore ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Mathis and Johnny Shore met once on August 28, 1965, and Buster Mathis won by TKO.
The meeting

WAug 28, 1965 · Mathis · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mathis or Shore?
Buster Mathis is 30-4 and Johnny Shore 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%

Shore0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Mathis or Shore?
Buster Mathis has 21 knockout wins and Johnny Shore has 0. Buster Mathis has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Mathis2170%

Shore0

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

Mathis35bouts

Shore1bout

How They Win ↓

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