Ford vs Mattice

Who won Ford vs Mattice?

Raymond Ford beat Thomas Mattice by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, April 12th, 2025, at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

The scorecards were announced as 100-90, 100-90, 100-90 in favor of winner Raymond Ford.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis beating Eimantas Stanionis for the IBF World Welterweight, WBA Super World Welterweight and The Ring Welterweight championship. Also on the undercard Shakhram Giyasov defeated Franco Maximiliano Ocampo, and Arturo Popoca was victorious over Edgar Joe Cortes.

Ford vs Mattice stats

Raymond Ford stepped into the ring with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw.

Thomas Mattice made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw.

Raymond Ford was the younger man by 8 years, at 26 years old.

Mattice had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ford. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Raymond Ford fought out of the southpaw stance, while Thomas Mattice was an orthodox fighter.

Ford was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 9 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 4 years and 3 months later than Mattice, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, totaling 0 compared to Mattice's 0.

Raymond Ford went into the fight ranked number 5 by the WBA, 4 by the WBC, 8 by the WBO, and 5 by the IBF at super featherweight.

Ford vs Mattice form

Ford had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Orlando Gonzalez Ruiz on November 9, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Nick Ball on June 1, 2024, by split decision in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Otabek Kholmatov on March 2, 2024, by technical knockout in the 12th round in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Jessie Magdaleno on April 8, 2023, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio.

He had won against Sakaria Lukas on November 12, 2022, by knockout in the 8th round at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland.

Mattice had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Eduardo Hernandez on September 13, 2024, by technical decision in their 6 round contest at Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

Prior to that, he had beaten Ramiro Cesena on April 8, 2023, by technical knockout in the 10th round at Boeing Center at Tech Port, San Antonio, United States.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Christian Tapia on November 12, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland.

Before that, he had won against Eduardo Pereira Dos Reis on September 3, 2022, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Huntington Center, Toledo.

He had defeated Jessie Cris Rosales on May 21, 2022, by knockout in the 1st round at The Civic Center, Cleveland Heights.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Raymond Ford had been fighting more than Thomas Mattice.

Going into this contest, Raymond Ford had last fought 5 months and 3 days ago, while Thomas Mattice's last outing had been 6 months and 30 days ago.

Ford's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years and 5 months, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 54 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.8 rounds on average.

Mattice's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 30 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 33 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.6 rounds on average.

What time did Ford vs Mattice start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, United States, which was around 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Ford vs Mattice?

Ford vs Mattice was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Ford vs Mattice?

Raymond Ford was a 1/14 (-1400) favorite going into the contest, while Thomas Mattice made his way into the ring at 15/2 (+750) with oddsmakers.