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Matthew Ellis vs Tony Bellew — record, stats and common opponents compared

Matthew Ellis

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Tony Bellew

Matthew Ellis (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) and Tony Bellew (30-3-1) 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.

Ellis

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Bellew

30

Wins20 KO · 67%

3

Losses

1

Draw35 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

Bellew leads 1–0

Matthew Ellis and Tony Bellew have met 1 time; Bellew leads 1–0.

Matthew Ellis and Tony Bellew have met 1 time; Bellew leads 1–0.
Met2009May 15Series
Matthew EllisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony BellewFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Ellis 0 · Bellew 7 of 7 measurable rows
EllisBellew
Record†
2-630-3-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
89.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—66.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
65% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
6
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.2
0.7
3.2 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
8
35

† 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
Matthew Ellis: No height on file
Tony Bellew: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Matthew Ellis: No reach on file
Tony Bellew: 74″
Agenot held
Matthew Ellis: No date of birth
Tony Bellew: 43
Stance
Matthew Ellis: Not recorded
Tony Bellew: Orthodox

Matthew Ellis left, Tony Bellew right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Matthew Ellis2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Matthew Ellis: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Tony Bellew31 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

Tony Bellew: 31 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (65%) and 11 on the cards (35%). Counted from 35 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 65%11 on the cards 35%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Matthew Ellis 8, Tony Bellew 35 — 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

Matthew Ellis last boxed on Apr 16, 2010 — 6,033 days ago. Ellis had lost six straight.LLLLL

Harrison May 2003Maccarinelli Dec 2008Fury Apr 2009Bellew May 2009Askin Apr 20100.7 tracked bouts per year

Tony Bellew last boxed on Nov 10, 2018 — 2,903 days ago. Bellew had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Oleksandr Usyk.WWWWL

Makabu May 2016Flores Oct 2016Haye Mar 2017Haye May 2018Usyk Nov 20183.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Matthew Ellis and Tony Bellew ever fought each other?
Yes. Matthew Ellis and Tony Bellew met once on May 15, 2009, and Tony Bellew won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LMay 15, 2009 · Bellew · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ellis or Bellew?
Matthew Ellis is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Tony Bellew is 30-3-1. Tony Bellew has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ellis2–625%

Bellew30–3–189.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ellis or Bellew?
Matthew Ellis has 0 knockout wins and Tony Bellew has 20. Tony Bellew has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ellis0

Bellew2066.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ellis and Bellew have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Matthew Ellis and Tony Bellew have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ellis and Bellew?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Matthew Ellis and 35 bouts tracked for Tony Bellew. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ellis8bouts

Bellew35bouts

How They Win ↓

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