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Dave Clarke vs Matt Skelton — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Clarke

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Matt Skelton

Dave Clarke (0-8-1 across 9 tracked bouts) and Matt Skelton (28-9) 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.

Clarke

Tracked record

0–8–1

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Skelton

28

Wins23 KO · 82%

9

Losses

0

Draws37 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

Skelton leads 1–0

Dave Clarke and Matt Skelton have met 1 time; Skelton leads 1–0.

Dave Clarke and Matt Skelton have met 1 time; Skelton leads 1–0.
Met2003May 15Series
Dave ClarkeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Matt SkeltonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Clarke 0 · Skelton 5 of 5 measurable rows
ClarkeSkelton
Record†
0-8-128-9 (edge)
Win %0–100%
5.6%
75.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
0
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—82.14%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—82%
Times stopped‡levelmax 5
5
5
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.1
2.9
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
9
37

† 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
Dave Clarke: No height on file
Matt Skelton: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Dave Clarke: No reach on file
Matt Skelton: 80″
Agenot held
Dave Clarke: No date of birth
Matt Skelton: 59
Stance
Dave Clarke: Not recorded
Matt Skelton: Orthodox

Dave Clarke left, Matt Skelton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dave Clarke0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Dave Clarke: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Clarke yet.

Matt Skelton28 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Matt Skelton: 28 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (82%) and 5 on the cards (18%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 82%5 on the cards 18%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dave Clarke 9, Matt Skelton 37 — 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

Dave Clarke last boxed on Nov 25, 2005 — 7,635 days ago. Clarke had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Tony Booth.LLLLD

Skelton May 2003Gammer Jun 2003Baker Sep 2003Morgan Jun 2005Booth Nov 20052.9 tracked bouts per year

Matt Skelton last boxed on Jul 12, 2014 — 4,484 days ago. Skelton had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Kovarik May 2012Gospic Oct 2012Price Nov 2012McDermott Mar 2013Joshua Jul 20143.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dave Clarke and Matt Skelton ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Clarke and Matt Skelton met once on May 15, 2003, and Matt Skelton won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LMay 15, 2003 · Skelton · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Clarke or Skelton?
Dave Clarke is 0-8-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Matt Skelton is 28-9. Matt Skelton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Clarke0–8–15.6%

Skelton28–975.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Clarke or Skelton?
Dave Clarke has 0 knockout wins and Matt Skelton has 23. Matt Skelton has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Clarke0

Skelton2382.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Clarke and Skelton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave Clarke and Matt Skelton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Clarke and Skelton?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Dave Clarke and 37 bouts tracked for Matt Skelton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Clarke9bouts

Skelton37bouts

How They Win ↓

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