Matthew Saad Muhammad

Matthew Saad Muhammad, born Maxwell Antonio Loach in Philadelphia, is one of those fighters whose legend outgrows the record book. He held the WBC light heavyweight crown for two and a half years and earned his place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998, but it is the comeback artistry I admire most. The man could be hurt, even battered, and still find a way back. That refusal to stay down feels purely Philadelphian to me. He passed in 2014, yet the grit that defined his career still reads as something close to heroic.

Name (English)

Matthew Saad Muhammad

Name (Japanese)

マシュー・サード・モハメッド

Reading

ましゅー・さーど・もはめっど

Born

June 16, 1954 – May 25, 2014

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

Origin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Height

180 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• 1998 International Boxing Hall of Fame
• WBC World Light Heavyweight Champion
• The Ring World Light Heavyweight Champion

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8F%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.