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Dean Ward vs Derry Mathews — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dean Ward

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Derry Mathews

Dean Ward (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Derry Mathews (38-12-2) 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.

Ward

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Mathews

38

Wins20 KO · 53%

12

Losses

2

Draws52 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

Mathews leads 1–0

Dean Ward and Derry Mathews have met 1 time; Mathews leads 1–0.

Dean Ward and Derry Mathews have met 1 time; Mathews leads 1–0.
Met2004Dec 17Series
Dean WardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Derry MathewsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Ward 1 · Mathews 3 of 4 measurable rows
WardMathews
Record†
0-338-12-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
75% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.63%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—53%
Times stopped‡max 9
1 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 52
3
52

† 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
Dean Ward: No height on file
Derry Mathews: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Dean Ward: No reach on file
Derry Mathews: 68″
Agenot held
Dean Ward: No date of birth
Derry Mathews: 43
Stance
Dean Ward: Not recorded
Derry Mathews: Orthodox

Dean Ward left, Derry Mathews right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Dean Ward0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Dean Ward: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ward yet.

Derry Mathews38 wins · from 52 tracked bouts

Derry Mathews: 38 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (53%) and 18 on the cards (47%). Counted from 52 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 53%18 on the cards 47%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Dean Ward 3, Derry Mathews 52 — 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

Dean Ward last boxed on Dec 17, 2004 — 7,977 days ago. Ward had lost three straight.LLL

Hyland Sep 2004Bell Dec 2004Mathews Dec 2004

Derry Mathews last boxed on Mar 4, 2017 — 3,517 days ago. Mathews had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Jr Mar 2015Luis Apr 2015Flanagan Mar 2016Campbell Oct 2016Davies Mar 20173.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Dean Ward and Derry Mathews ever fought each other?
Yes. Dean Ward and Derry Mathews met once on December 17, 2004, and Derry Mathews won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LDec 17, 2004 · Mathews · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ward or Mathews?
Dean Ward is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Derry Mathews is 38-12-2. Derry Mathews has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ward0–30%

Mathews38–12–275%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ward or Mathews?
Dean Ward has 0 knockout wins and Derry Mathews has 20. Derry Mathews has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ward0

Mathews2052.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ward and Mathews have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dean Ward and Derry Mathews have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ward and Mathews?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Dean Ward and 52 bouts tracked for Derry Mathews. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ward3bouts

Mathews52bouts

How They Win ↓

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