Ed Matthews, also known as Edward Matthews, is an English boxer and director who became known through TikTok and YouTube. He gained attention for fitness content, confrontations with other online creators, and appearances in influencer boxing. His boxing career includes wins over Simple Simon and Swarmz, along with losses to Blueface and Luis Alcaraz Pineda.
About
Matthews built an audience on TikTok and YouTube with reaction videos, challenge content, and posts calling out other creators. He became prominent around 2020, while also sharing a three-year fitness transformation and documenting his gym training.
His online work included collaborations with Hstikkytokky and public exchanges involving Simple Simon and Astrid Wett. Matthews began streaming on Kick in January 2024. He also helped run HED Fitness LTD, a fitness company based in Brentwood, Essex.
Professional career
Matthews made his professional boxing debut at the Manchester Arena on October 14, 2023, when he replaced Ryan Taylor to face Swarmz on the preliminary card of MF & DAZN: X Series 10, The Prime Card. He won by first-round knockout after 30 seconds.
On January 20, 2024, Matthews faced Luis Alcaraz Pineda at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. Pineda stopped him by knockout in the second round, sending him out of the ring. BoxRec lists Matthews with one professional win and one professional loss across a 2023-2024 career.
Exhibition bouts
Matthews boxed Simple Simon at the Indigo at The O2 in London on July 16, 2022, following an online dispute that involved Astrid Wett and Cal The Dragon. He stopped Simon in the first round after 48 seconds. Matthews and Simon later settled their dispute.
Matthews fought the American rapper Blueface at Wembley Arena on April 22, 2023. Blueface won by technical knockout in the fourth round. Matthews had called out Blueface before the bout and later used online callouts as part of his public boxing persona.
Director and editor
Matthews is credited as the director and editor of the 2025 video Ed Matthews Tells Jay Cartwright to Take Over!. IMDb also credits him as himself in the television series Kingpyn Boxing in 2022 and as a self-described manosphere influencer in Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere.
Quick facts
- Matthews rose to prominence on TikTok around 2020 through gym videos, reaction clips, and content calling out other creators.
- He shared a three-year fitness transformation that documented how he built muscle.
- Matthews began streaming on Kick in January 2024.
- He helped run the fitness company HED Fitness LTD in Brentwood, Essex.
- Matthews stopped Simple Simon in 48 seconds of the first round at the Indigo at The O2 in London on July 16, 2022.
- Matthews lost to Blueface by fourth-round technical knockout at Wembley Arena on April 22, 2023.
- He replaced Ryan Taylor to face Swarmz on the preliminary card of MF & DAZN: X Series 10, The Prime Card.
- Matthews knocked out Swarmz 30 seconds into the first round at Manchester Arena on October 14, 2023.
- Luis Alcaraz Pineda stopped Matthews in the second round at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on January 20, 2024.
- Matthews helped run HED Fitness LTD before finding wider recognition on social media.
- He is credited as both director and editor of the 2025 video *Ed Matthews Tells Jay Cartwright to Take Over!`.
- Matthews appeared as himself in Kingpyn Boxing and as a manosphere influencer in Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere.
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