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Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Richie Kates — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Matthew Saad Muhammad

Richie Kates

Matthew Saad Muhammad (39-16-3) and Richie Kates (3-4 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 1 common opponent.

Muhammad

39

Wins29 KO · 74%

16

Losses

3

Draws59 tracked bouts

Kates

Tracked record

3–4

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

Muhammad leads 1–0

Matthew Saad Muhammad and Richie Kates have met 1 time; Muhammad leads 1–0.

Matthew Saad Muhammad and Richie Kates have met 1 time; Muhammad leads 1–0.
Met1978Feb 10Series
Matthew Saad MuhammadFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Richie KatesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Muhammad 6 · Kates 1 of 7 measurable rows
MuhammadKates
Record†
39-16-3 (edge)3-4
Win %0–100%
69.8% (edge)
42.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
74.36%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
75% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 8
8
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.2
3.2 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 59
59
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

Heightnot held
Matthew Saad Muhammad: 5′11″
Richie Kates: No height on file
Reachnot held
Matthew Saad Muhammad: 75″
Richie Kates: No reach on file
Agenot held
Matthew Saad Muhammad: Died aged 59
Richie Kates: No date of birth
Stance
Matthew Saad Muhammad: Orthodox
Richie Kates: Not recorded

Matthew Saad Muhammad left, Richie Kates 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 Saad Muhammad40 wins · from 59 tracked bouts

Matthew Saad Muhammad: 40 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (75%) and 10 on the cards (25%). Counted from 59 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 75%10 on the cards 25%

Richie Kates3 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Richie Kates: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Matthew Saad Muhammad 59, Richie Kates 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Muhammad

Opponent

Kates

  • Matthew Saad Muhammad

    Win, KO 9

    1981

    SutherlandEven

    Richie Kates

    Win, UD

    1979

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

Matthew Saad Muhammad has lost three straight, after one straight win. Muhammad last boxed on Mar 21, 1992.LWLLL

Josipović May 1991Chavers Aug 1991Green Oct 1991Maynard Oct 1991Waller Mar 19923.2 tracked bouts per year

Richie Kates last boxed on Apr 13, 1983 — 15,898 days ago. Kates had won two straight since three straight losses.LLLWW

Galíndez May 1976Muhammad Feb 1978Scott Mar 1979Sutherland Jul 1979Lampkin Apr 19830.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Matthew Saad Muhammad and Richie Kates ever fought each other?
Yes. Matthew Saad Muhammad and Richie Kates met once on February 10, 1978, and Matthew Saad Muhammad won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WFeb 10, 1978 · Muhammad · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Muhammad or Kates?
Matthew Saad Muhammad is 39-16-3 and Richie Kates is 3-4 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Matthew Saad Muhammad has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Muhammad39–16–369.8%

Kates3–442.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Muhammad or Kates?
Matthew Saad Muhammad has 29 knockout wins and Richie Kates has 0. Matthew Saad Muhammad has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Muhammad2974.4%

Kates0

The Numbers ↓
Do Muhammad and Kates have any common opponents?
Matthew Saad Muhammad and Richie Kates share 1 common opponent: Murray Sutherland. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Murray SutherlandWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Muhammad and Kates?
This comparison is drawn from 59 bouts tracked for Matthew Saad Muhammad and 7 bouts tracked for Richie Kates. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Muhammad59bouts

Kates7bouts

How They Win ↓

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