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Matt Skelton vs Neil Kirkwood — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Matt Skelton

Neil Kirkwood

Matt Skelton (28-9) and Neil Kirkwood (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Skelton

28

Wins23 KO · 82%

9

Losses

0

Draws37 tracked bouts

Kirkwood

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Skelton leads 1–0

Matt Skelton and Neil Kirkwood have met 1 time; Skelton leads 1–0.

Matt Skelton and Neil Kirkwood have met 1 time; Skelton leads 1–0.
Met2002Dec 8Series
Matt SkeltonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Neil KirkwoodFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Skelton 5 · Kirkwood 1 of 6 measurable rows
SkeltonKirkwood
Record†
28-9 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
75.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
82.14%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
82%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.1
3.1 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
37
4

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

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Neil Kirkwood0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Neil Kirkwood: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kirkwood yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Matt Skelton 37, Neil Kirkwood 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Skelton better on 1

Skelton

Opponent

Kirkwood

  • Matt Skelton

    Win, PTS

    2004

    FrancisSkelton better

    Neil Kirkwood

    Loss, TKO 7

    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

Matt Skelton last boxed on Jul 12, 2014 — 4,491 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

Neil Kirkwood last boxed on Dec 8, 2002 — 8,725 days ago. Kirkwood had lost four straight.LLLL

Francis Oct 1995Valuev Oct 1996Sosnowski May 2000Skelton Dec 20020.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Matt Skelton and Neil Kirkwood ever fought each other?
Yes. Matt Skelton and Neil Kirkwood met once on December 8, 2002, and Matt Skelton won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WDec 8, 2002 · Skelton · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Skelton or Kirkwood?
Matt Skelton is 28-9 and Neil Kirkwood is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Matt Skelton has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Skelton28–975.7%

Kirkwood0–40%

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

Skelton2382.1%

Kirkwood0

The Numbers ↓
Do Skelton and Kirkwood have any common opponents?
Matt Skelton and Neil Kirkwood share 1 common opponent: Julius Francis. Matt Skelton fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Julius FrancisWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Skelton and Kirkwood?
This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for Matt Skelton and 4 bouts tracked for Neil Kirkwood. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Skelton37bouts

Kirkwood4bouts

How They Win ↓

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