Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad vs Elwood Townsend — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT, CRUISERWEIGHT

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad

Elwood Townsend

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (50-8-1) and Elwood Townsend (0-2 across 2 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.

Muhammad

50

Wins39 KO · 78%

8

Losses

1

Draw60 tracked bouts

Townsend

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Muhammad leads 1–0

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Elwood Townsend have met 1 time; Muhammad leads 1–0.

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Elwood Townsend have met 1 time; Muhammad leads 1–0.
Met1973Sep 24Series
Eddie Mustafa MuhammadFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Elwood TownsendFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Muhammad 5 · Townsend 0 of 5 measurable rows
MuhammadTownsend
Record†
50-8-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 39
39 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
78%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
78%—
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.7—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 60
60
2

† 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
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad: 6′0″
Elwood Townsend: No height on file
Reachnot held
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad: 73″
Elwood Townsend: No reach on file
Agenot held
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad: 74
Elwood Townsend: No date of birth
Stance
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad: Orthodox
Elwood Townsend: Not recorded

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad left, Elwood Townsend right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad50 wins · from 60 tracked bouts

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad: 50 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (78%) and 11 on the cards (22%). Counted from 60 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 78%11 on the cards 22%

Elwood Townsend0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Elwood Townsend: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Townsend yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eddie Mustafa Muhammad 60, Elwood Townsend 2 — 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

Eddie Mustafa Muhammad last boxed on Oct 21, 1988 — 13,884 days ago. Muhammad had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Arthel Lawhorne.WLWWL

Parks Aug 1985Kačar Dec 1985Davidson Feb 1988Epps Mar 1988Lawhorne Oct 19883.7 tracked bouts per year

Elwood Townsend last boxed on Dec 15, 1973 — 19,309 days ago. Townsend had lost two straight.LL

Muhammad Sep 1973Rossman Dec 1973

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Elwood Townsend ever fought each other?
Yes. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Elwood Townsend met once on September 24, 1973, and Eddie Mustafa Muhammad won by KO.
The meeting

WSep 24, 1973 · Muhammad · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Muhammad or Townsend?
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad is 50-8-1 and Elwood Townsend is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Muhammad50–8–185.6%

Townsend0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Muhammad or Townsend?
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad has 39 knockout wins and Elwood Townsend has 0. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Muhammad3978%

Townsend0

The Numbers ↓
Do Muhammad and Townsend have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and Elwood Townsend have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Muhammad and Townsend?
This comparison is drawn from 60 bouts tracked for Eddie Mustafa Muhammad and 2 bouts tracked for Elwood Townsend. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Muhammad60bouts

Townsend2bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

4 suggested matchups

Compare Muhammad with…

Compare Townsend with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.