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Buster Reed vs Rahman Ali — record, stats and common opponents compared

Buster Reed

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Rahman Ali

Buster Reed (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Rahman Ali (14-3-1) 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.

Reed

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Ali

14

Wins7 KO · 50%

3

Losses

1

Draw18 tracked bouts

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

Ali leads 1–0

Buster Reed and Rahman Ali have met 1 time; Ali leads 1–0.

Buster Reed and Rahman Ali have met 1 time; Ali leads 1–0.
Met1965May 25Series
Buster ReedFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rahman AliFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Reed 0 · Ali 3 of 3 measurable rows
ReedAli
Record†
0-114-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
80.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 7
0
7 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—50%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 18
1
18

† 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 Reed: No height on file
Rahman Ali: 6′4″
Agenot held
Buster Reed: No date of birth
Rahman Ali: Died aged 82
Stance
Buster Reed: Not recorded
Rahman Ali: Orthodox

Buster Reed left, Rahman Ali 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 Reed0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Buster Reed: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Reed yet.

Rahman Ali14 wins · from 18 tracked bouts

Rahman Ali: 14 tracked wins — 7 by KO/TKO (50%) and 7 on the cards (50%). Counted from 18 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

7 by KO/TKO 50%7 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buster Reed 1, Rahman Ali 18 — 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 Reed last boxed on May 25, 1965 — 22,427 days ago. Reed had lost the most recent, to Rahman Ali.L

Ali May 1965

Rahman Ali has lost two straight. Ali last boxed on Sep 13, 1972.WWDLL

Carter Oct 1971Byrd Dec 1971Evans Jan 1972Wallace May 1972O'Halloran Sep 19722.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buster Reed and Rahman Ali ever fought each other?
Yes. Buster Reed and Rahman Ali met once on May 25, 1965, and Rahman Ali won by KO.
The meeting

LMay 25, 1965 · Ali · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Reed or Ali?
Buster Reed is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Rahman Ali is 14-3-1. Rahman Ali has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Reed0–10%

Ali14–3–180.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Reed or Ali?
Buster Reed has 0 knockout wins and Rahman Ali has 7. Rahman Ali has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Reed0

Ali750%

The Numbers ↓
Do Reed and Ali have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buster Reed and Rahman Ali have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Reed and Ali?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Buster Reed and 18 bouts tracked for Rahman Ali. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Reed1bout

Ali18bouts

How They Win ↓

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