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Buster Mathis vs Wayne Heath — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buster Mathis

Wayne Heath

Buster Mathis (30-4) and Wayne Heath (1-4 across 5 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

Heath

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts 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 Wayne Heath have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.

Buster Mathis and Wayne Heath have met 1 time; Mathis leads 1–0.
Met1967Aug 2Series
Buster MathisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Wayne HeathFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Mathis 6 · Heath 0 of 6 measurable rows
MathisHeath
Record†
30-4 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%
88.2% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 21
21 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
71% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
2.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
35
5

† 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″
Wayne Heath: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buster Mathis: 76″
Wayne Heath: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buster Mathis: Died aged 52
Wayne Heath: No date of birth
Stance
Buster Mathis: Orthodox
Wayne Heath: Not recorded

Buster Mathis left, Wayne Heath 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%

Wayne Heath1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Wayne Heath: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Mathis 35, Wayne Heath 5 — 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

Wayne Heath last boxed on Nov 17, 1967 — 21,520 days ago. Heath had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Ramos Sep 1965Ramos Aug 1966Kirkman Mar 1967Mathis Aug 1967Kirkman Nov 19672.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Mathis and Wayne Heath ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Mathis and Wayne Heath met once on August 2, 1967, and Buster Mathis won by KO.
The meeting

WAug 2, 1967 · Mathis · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mathis or Heath?
Buster Mathis is 30-4 and Wayne Heath is 1-4 across the 5 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%

Heath1–420%

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

Mathis2170%

Heath0

The Numbers ↓
Do Mathis and Heath have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Mathis and Wayne Heath have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mathis and Heath?
This comparison is drawn from 35 bouts tracked for Buster Mathis and 5 bouts tracked for Wayne Heath. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Mathis35bouts

Heath5bouts

How They Win ↓

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