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Buster Mathis vs Waban Thomas — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Mathis

Waban Thomas

Buster Mathis (30-4) and Waban Thomas (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) 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

Thomas

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 Waban Thomas have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.

Buster Mathis and Waban Thomas have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.
Met1967Feb 6Series
Buster MathisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Waban ThomasFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

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

Buster Mathis left, Waban Thomas 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%

Waban Thomas0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Waban Thomas: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thomas yet.

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

Waban Thomas last boxed on Feb 6, 1967 — 21,803 days ago. Thomas had lost the most recent, to Buster Mathis.L

Mathis Feb 1967

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Mathis and Waban Thomas ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Mathis and Waban Thomas met once on February 6, 1967, and Buster Mathis won by KO.
The meeting

WFeb 6, 1967 · Mathis · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mathis or Thomas?
Buster Mathis is 30-4 and Waban Thomas is 0-1 across the 1 bouts 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%

Thomas0–10%

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

Mathis2170%

Thomas0

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

Mathis35bouts

Thomas1bout

How They Win ↓

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