Have Ernest Mateen and Ron Preston ever fought each other?

Yes. Ernest Mateen and Ron Preston met once on November 18, 1994, and Ernest Mateen won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Mateen or Preston?

Ernest Mateen is 30-12-3 and Ron Preston is 0-6-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ernest Mateen has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Do Mateen and Preston have any common opponents?

Ernest Mateen and Ron Preston share 2 common opponents: Richie Lamontagne and Imamu Mayfield. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mateen and Preston?

This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for Ernest Mateen and 7 bouts tracked for Ron Preston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Ernest Mateen vs Ron Preston — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Ernest Mateen

Ron Preston

Ernest Mateen (30-12-3) and Ron Preston (0-6-1 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Mateen

Wins

Losses

Draws45 tracked bouts

Preston

Tracked record

0–6–1

counted from 7 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

Mateen leads 1–0

Ernest Mateen and Ron Preston have met 1 time; Mateen leads 1–0.
Met	1994Nov 18	Series
Ernest MateenFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Ron PrestonFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSMateen vs Preston	1Meeting

Mateen vs Preston · Nov 18, 1994

The Numbers

Mateen 2 · Preston 2 of 4 measurable rows

MateenEdge = longer wingPreston

Record^†: 30-12-3 (edge)0-6-1
Win %0–100%: 70% (edge)
7.1%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0: 0
0
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 33%—
Times stopped^‡max 10: 10
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.3: 3
3.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45: 45
7

† 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

Agenot held: Ernest Mateen: Died aged 46; Ron Preston: No date of birth

Ernest Mateen left, Ron Preston right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Ernest Mateen30 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

10 by KO/TKO 33%18 on the cards 60%2 by another method or unrecorded 7%

Ron Preston0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Preston yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ernest Mateen 45, Ron Preston 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Mateen better on 1 · Preston better on 12 shared · Ernest Mateen better on 1 · Ron Preston better on 1

MateenErnest Mateen

Opponent

PrestonRon Preston

Ernest Mateen
Loss, TKO
2003May 2003
LamontagneRichie LamontagneUnited States 29–7–1Preston betterRon Preston better — 0–0–1 to 0–1
Ron Preston
Draw, DECISION (POINTS)
1994Aug 1994
Ernest Mateen
Loss, TKO
1996May 1996
MayfieldImamu MayfieldUnited States 26–10–3Mateen betterErnest Mateen better — 0–1 to 0–2
Ron Preston
0–2 against
Loss, KO
1996Sep 1996
Loss, PTS
1995Oct 1995

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ernest Mateen has won once since losing by stoppage to Matt Godfrey. Mateen last boxed on Jun 10, 2006.LWWLW

Jirov Aug 2003Grant Nov 2003Smith Jan 2006Godfrey Feb 2006Porter Jun 20063 tracked bouts per year

Ron Preston last boxed on Sep 20, 1996 — 10,988 days ago. Preston had lost six straight.LLLLL

Miller Jun 1995Roufus Aug 1995McGroom Oct 1995Mayfield Oct 1995Mayfield Sep 19963.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Ernest Mateen and Ron Preston ever fought each other?: Yes. Ernest Mateen and Ron Preston met once on November 18, 1994, and Ernest Mateen won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Mateen or Preston?: Ernest Mateen is 30-12-3 and Ron Preston is 0-6-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ernest Mateen has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Do Mateen and Preston have any common opponents?: Ernest Mateen and Ron Preston share 2 common opponents: Richie Lamontagne and Imamu Mayfield. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mateen and Preston?: This comparison is drawn from 45 bouts tracked for Ernest Mateen and 7 bouts tracked for Ron Preston. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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