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.
Matthew Saad Muhammad (39-16-3) and Richie Kates (3-3 across 6 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.
Matthew Saad Muhammad vs Richie Kates — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Matthew Saad Muhammad leads 1–0- Matthew Saad Muhammad wonMuhammad vs KatesOct 2, 1978 · TKO · R6
The Numbers
- 39-16-3 (edge)
- Record
- 3-3
- 69.8% (edge)
- Win %
- 50%
- 29 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 74.36%
- KO rate
- —
- 75% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 9
- Times stopped
- 3 (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 3.4 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.6
- 61
- Bouts tracked
- 6
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′11″ (180 cm)
- Height
- —
- 75″ (190 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 72
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Light Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- American
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyMatthew Saad Muhammad · 40 wins
KO/TKO
30
Decision
10
Other
0
Richie Kates · 3 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (61 and 6 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Matthew Saad Muhammad
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought Mar 21, 1992
Richie Kates
WWLLL
W2 streak · last fought Apr 13, 1983
Common Questions
- Have Matthew Saad Muhammad and Richie Kates ever fought each other?
- Yes. Matthew Saad Muhammad and Richie Kates met once on October 2, 1978, and Matthew Saad Muhammad won by TKO in round 6.
- Who has the better record, Matthew Saad Muhammad or Richie Kates?
- Matthew Saad Muhammad is 39-16-3 and Richie Kates is 3-3 across the 6 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Matthew Saad Muhammad or Richie Kates?
- Matthew Saad Muhammad has 29 knockout wins and Richie Kates has 0. Matthew Saad Muhammad has more.
- Do Matthew Saad Muhammad and Richie 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Matthew Saad Muhammad and Richie Kates?
- This comparison is drawn from 61 bouts tracked for Matthew Saad Muhammad and 6 bouts tracked for Richie Kates. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.