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Howard Davis vs Sammy Matos — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Howard Davis

Sammy Matos

Howard Davis (36-6-1) and Sammy Matos (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.

Davis

36

Wins

6

Losses

1

Draw43 tracked bouts

Matos

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

Davis leads 1–0

Howard Davis and Sammy Matos have met 1 time; Davis leads 1–0.

Howard Davis and Sammy Matos have met 1 time; Davis leads 1–0.
Met1985Oct 16Series
Howard DavisFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sammy MatosFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Davis 3 · Matos 0 of 3 measurable rows
DavisMatos
Record†
36-6-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
84.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutlevelmax 0
0
0
KO ratenot comparable
0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
39%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.2
2.2 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 43
43
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
Howard Davis: 5′10″
Sammy Matos: No height on file
Agenot held
Howard Davis: Died aged 59
Sammy Matos: No date of birth

Howard Davis left, Sammy Matos right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Howard Davis36 wins · from 43 tracked bouts

Howard Davis: 36 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (39%) and 22 on the cards (61%). Counted from 43 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 39%22 on the cards 61%

Sammy Matos0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Sammy Matos: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Matos yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Howard Davis 43, Sammy Matos 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

Howard Davis had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Dana Rosenblatt. Davis last boxed on Apr 13, 1996.WWWWL

Rettig Nov 1994Velasquez Jan 1995Odem May 1995Aranda Jun 1995Rosenblatt Apr 19962.2 tracked bouts per year

Sammy Matos last boxed on Oct 16, 1985 — 14,977 days ago. Matos had lost two straight.LL

Brown Oct 1983Davis Oct 19851 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Howard Davis and Sammy Matos ever fought each other?
Yes. Howard Davis and Sammy Matos met once on October 16, 1985, and Howard Davis won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WOct 16, 1985 · Davis · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Davis or Matos?
Howard Davis is 36-6-1 and Sammy Matos is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Howard Davis has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Davis36–6–184.9%

Matos0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Do Davis and Matos have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Howard Davis and Sammy Matos have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Davis and Matos?
This comparison is drawn from 43 bouts tracked for Howard Davis and 2 bouts tracked for Sammy Matos. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Davis43bouts

Matos2bouts

How They Win ↓

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