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Buster Mathis (June 11, 1943 – September 6, 1995) was an American boxer who competed from 1965 to 1972. He was a top contender throughout his career, beating other top contenders including George Chuvalo and Chuck Wepner .
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Sep 8, 1995 · Buster Mathis was born on a farm near Sledge, Miss., a three-pound incubator baby and the youngest of eight children. His father weighed 300 and his mother 180, but their son was scrawny until his ...
Sep 6, 2020 · Sept. 6 marks the 25 th anniversary of the death of former heavyweight contender Buster Mathis, who was 51 when he took his earthly 10-count in 1995. Although he never was a world champion, Buster, the dancing bear of a contender who came closer to making it all the way to the top than anyone of his overstuffed dimensions had any reasonable right to expect, may have already been dethroned in ...
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Buster Mathis Jr is a retired American heavyweight boxer who fought from 1991 to 1996. He had a record of 21 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 7 knockouts and 33.33% knockout ratio.
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Sep 8, 1995 · Buster Mathis, a heavyweight boxer who lost to Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali before retiring in 1972, died in Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday at 51.He had been in poor health for years.
Other articles where Buster Mathis is discussed: Joe Frazier: …in the Olympic trials to Buster Mathis in 1964 and made it to the Tokyo Olympic Games as a replacement boxer only when Mathis injured his hand. He won the gold medal in his weight division and then began his professional career in August 1965. A chunky man (5 feet…
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