# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/buster-mathis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:17:39.069Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/buster-mathis"
name: "Buster Mathis"
slug: "buster-mathis"
description: "Buster Mathis 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. He fought Heavyweight greats such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Jerry Quarry and Ron Lyle; he also notably beat Joe Frazier as an amateur to qualify for the Olympics but was later replaced due to a hand injury."
tagline: "American boxer (1943-1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buster_Mathis_vs_Roberto_Davila_1967.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1943-06-11"
deathDate: "1995-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.84
  momentum:             5.893228025071572
  historical:           5.747810666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Mathis"
    title: "Buster Mathis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "باستر ماتيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Mathis"
    title: "Buster Mathis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Mathis"
    title: "Buster Mathis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Mathis"
    title: "Buster Mathis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Mathis"
    title: "Buster Mathis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2928793"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump