Bud Taylor Record
| Total Fights | 164 |
|---|---|
| Wins | 115 |
| Losses | 33 |
| Draws | 16 |
| No-Contests | 0 |
| Title Wins | 1 |
|---|---|
| Title Defenses | 0 |
| Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
| KO Wins | 37 |
| KO Losses | 4 |
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What is Bud Taylor's boxing record?
In a professional boxing career spanning 11 years and one month, Bud Taylor fought 164 times with 115 wins, 33 losses, and 16 draws.
Taylor retired from professional boxing with a record of 115-33-16, which included one bantamweight world-title win. He had a 22.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 37 of his total 164 fights being knockout wins. Taylor suffered four knockout losses, none of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 8 round disqualification defeat to Lew Massey on March 16, 1931.
Some of Taylor's best fights and notable victories include wins over four Hall-of-Famers (Tony Canzoneri, Tommy Ryan, Jimmy McLarnin, and Pancho Villa), Midget Smith, Bobby Dempsey, Johnny Kaiser, Jackie Johnston, Paul Wangley, and Tommy Murray.
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 164 | Mar 16, 1931 | 27 | Lew Massey | Loss | DQ |
| 163 | Feb 16, 1931 | 27 | Benny Bass | Loss | TKO2 |
| 162 | Jan 30, 1931 | 27 | Sammy Hackett | Win | KO3 |
| 161 | Jan 13, 1931 | 27 | Joe Lucas | Win | NWS |
| 160 | Nov 28, 1930 | 27 | Fidel LaBarba | Loss | PTS |
| 159 | Nov 10, 1930 | 27 | Maurice Holtzer | Loss | PTS |
| 158 | Oct 21, 1930 | 27 | Santiago Zorrilla | Draw | PTS |
| 157 | Oct 14, 1930 | 27 | Eddie Edelman | Win | PTS |
| 156 | Aug 18, 1930 | 27 | Christopher Battalino | Loss | PTS |
| 155 | Jul 29, 1930 | 27 | Mickey Genaro | Win | NWS |
| 154 | Jul 1, 1930 | 26 | Earl Mastro | Loss | PTS |
| 153 | Jun 12, 1930 | 26 | Johnny Kaiser | Win | TKO3 |
| 152 | Jun 3, 1930 | 26 | Jackie Johnston | Win | KO2 |
| 151 | Apr 21, 1930 | 26 | Fidel LaBarba | Loss | PTS |
| 150 | Apr 11, 1930 | 26 | Paul Wangley | Win | KO5 |
| 149 | Mar 20, 1930 | 26 | Christopher Battalino | Win | PTS |
| 148 | Dec 27, 1929 | 26 | Earl Mastro | Loss | TKO9 |
| 147 | Nov 15, 1929 | 26 | Santiago Zorrilla | Win | UD |
| 146 | Oct 8, 1929 | 26 | Earl Mastro | Draw | PTS |
| 145 | Sep 20, 1929 | 26 | Orlando Martinez | Win | KO4 |
| 144 | Jul 22, 1929 | 26 | Andy Martin | Loss | PTS |
| 143 | Jun 11, 1929 | 25 | Goldie Hess | Draw | PTS |
| 142 | Apr 16, 1929 | 25 | Tommy Murray | Win | KO2 |
| 141 | Apr 10, 1929 | 25 | Young Montreal | Loss | PTS |
| 140 | Apr 2, 1929 | 25 | Henry Falegano | Win | NWS |
| 139 | Mar 15, 1929 | 25 | Al Singer | Loss | PTS |
| 138 | Feb 8, 1929 | 25 | Al Singer | Loss | DQ |
| 137 | Jan 31, 1929 | 25 | Bobby Dempsey | Win | KO4 |
| 136 | Jan 29, 1929 | 25 | Billy Shaw | Win | NWS |
| 135 | Jul 27, 1928 | 25 | Santiago Zorrilla | Loss | PTS |
| 134 | Jul 10, 1928 | 24 | Johnny Vacca | Win | PTS |
| 133 | Jun 29, 1928 | 24 | Santiago Zorrilla | Win | PTS |
| 132 | May 21, 1928 | 24 | Joe Lucas | Win | PTS |
| 131 | Apr 3, 1928 | 24 | Santiago Zorrilla | Win | PTS |
| 130 | Mar 23, 1928 | 24 | Vic Foley | Loss | UD |
| 129 | Mar 6, 1928 | 24 | Ignacio Fernandez | Win | PTS |
| 128 | Feb 9, 1928 | 24 | Joey Sangor | Loss | TKO7 |
| 127 | Jan 24, 1928 | 24 | Phil Zwick | Win | KO2 |
| 126 | Jan 10, 1928 | 24 | Babe Ruth | Win | PTS |
| 125 | Dec 30, 1927 | 24 | Tony Canzoneri | Loss | UD |
| 124 | Nov 8, 1927 | 24 | Johnny Farr | Win | PTS |
| 123 | Sep 20, 1927 | 24 | Joey Sangor | Loss | PTS |
| 122 | Sep 1, 1927 | 24 | Midget Smith | Win | TKO1 |
| 121 | Jun 24, 1927 | 23 | Tony Canzoneri | Win * | UD |
| 120 | Jun 10, 1927 | 23 | Bobby Hughes | Win | KO2 |
| 119 | May 31, 1927 | 23 | Chick Suggs | Win | RTD5 |
| 118 | May 3, 1927 | 23 | Abe Goldstein | Win | UD |
| 117 | Apr 18, 1927 | 23 | Young Nationalista | Win | TKO5 |
| 116 | Mar 26, 1927 | 23 | Tony Canzoneri | Draw * | PTS |
| 115 | Mar 15, 1927 | 23 | Pete Sarmiento | Win | NWS |
| 114 | Feb 24, 1927 | 23 | Eddie Shea | Win | PTS |
| 113 | Feb 15, 1927 | 23 | Midget Smith | Win | NWS |
| 112 | Nov 29, 1926 | 23 | Joey Sangor | Loss | NWS |
| 111 | Nov 6, 1926 | 23 | Young Montreal | Win | TKO2 |
| 110 | Oct 22, 1926 | 23 | Vic Burrone | Win | NWS |
| 109 | Aug 18, 1926 | 23 | Dixie LaHood | Win | TKO8 |
| 108 | Jul 24, 1926 | 23 | Tommy Ryan | Win | DQ |
| 107 | Jun 29, 1926 | 22 | Young Nationalista | Win | PTS |
| 106 | Jun 25, 1926 | 22 | Chuck Hellman | Draw | PTS |
| 105 | Jun 18, 1926 | 22 | California Joe Lynch | Win | PTS |
| 104 | May 14, 1926 | 22 | Tommy Ryan | Win | NWS |
| 103 | Apr 19, 1926 | 22 | Clever Sencio | Win | NWS |
| 102 | Apr 8, 1926 | 22 | Abe Goldstein | Win | NWS |
| 101 | Mar 26, 1926 | 22 | Doc Snell | Win | PTS |
| 100 | Mar 9, 1926 | 22 | Johnny Brown | Win | PTS |
| 99 | Feb 3, 1926 | 22 | Joey Sangor | Win | PTS |
| 98 | Jan 12, 1926 | 22 | Jimmy McLarnin | Win | PTS |
| 97 | Dec 8, 1925 | 22 | Jimmy McLarnin | Loss | DQ |
| 96 | Nov 18, 1925 | 22 | Pete Sarmiento | Win | PTS |
| 95 | Oct 27, 1925 | 22 | Doc Snell | Win | PTS |
| 94 | Aug 24, 1925 | 22 | Bushy Graham | Loss | PTS |
| 93 | Jul 31, 1925 | 22 | Bushy Graham | Win | NWS |
| 92 | Jul 4, 1925 | 21 | Bobby Wolgast | Win | NWS |
| 91 | Jun 24, 1925 | 21 | Dynamite Joe Murphy | Win | PTS |
| 90 | Jun 16, 1925 | 21 | Ernie Goozeman | Win | TKO7 |
| 89 | Jun 2, 1925 | 21 | Jimmy McLarnin | Win | PTS |
| 88 | May 26, 1925 | 21 | Abe Goldstein | Win | PTS |
| 87 | May 18, 1925 | 21 | Midget Mike Moran | Win | PTS |
| 86 | Apr 20, 1925 | 21 | Midget Smith | Win | PTS |
| 85 | Jan 1, 1925 | 21 | Al Ziemer | Win | NWS |
| 84 | Sep 23, 1924 | 21 | Georgie Rivers | Win | PTS |
| 83 | Aug 28, 1924 | 21 | Carl Tremaine | Loss | NWS |
| 82 | Aug 11, 1924 | 21 | Pete Sarmiento | Win | NWS |
| 81 | Aug 1, 1924 | 21 | Tommy Ryan | Win | NWS |
| 80 | Jun 27, 1924 | 20 | Al Ziemer | Win | NWS |
| 79 | Jun 23, 1924 | 20 | Eddie Coulon | Win | KO1 |
| 78 | Jun 10, 1924 | 20 | Pancho Villa | Loss | UD |
| 77 | May 30, 1924 | 20 | Tommy Ryan | Win | NWS |
| 76 | May 26, 1924 | 20 | Connie Curry | Draw | NWS |
| 75 | Apr 15, 1924 | 20 | Rosey Stoy | Loss | NWS |
| 74 | Apr 7, 1924 | 20 | Al Pettingill | Win | KO2 |
| 73 | Mar 6, 1924 | 20 | Pancho Villa | Win | NWS |
| 72 | Feb 18, 1924 | 20 | Sammy Nable | Win | NWS |
| 71 | Feb 7, 1924 | 20 | Eddie O'Dowd | Loss | PTS |
| 70 | Jan 28, 1924 | 20 | Herbie Schaeffer | Win | NWS |
| 69 | Jan 11, 1924 | 20 | Frankie Jerome | Win | TKO12 |
| 68 | Jan 7, 1924 | 20 | Johnny Brown | Win | KO3 |
| 67 | Jan 1, 1924 | 20 | Sammy Nable | Win | PTS |
| 66 | Dec 5, 1923 | 20 | Roy Moore | Win | NWS |
| 65 | Oct 19, 1923 | 20 | Charley Phil Rosenberg | Win | PTS |
| 64 | Sep 8, 1923 | 20 | Pancho Villa | Loss | NWS |
| 63 | Sep 3, 1923 | 20 | Harry Gordon | Win | NWS |
| 62 | Aug 24, 1923 | 20 | Hilly Levine | Draw | NWS |
| 61 | Jul 30, 1923 | 20 | Tommy Murray | Win | NWS |
| 60 | Jul 20, 1923 | 19 | Harry Gordon | Win | NWS |
| 59 | Jul 5, 1923 | 19 | Johnny Sheppard | Win | NWS |
| 58 | Jun 25, 1923 | 19 | Battling Al Murray | Win | NWS |
| 57 | May 29, 1923 | 19 | Johnny Sheppard | Win | NWS |
| 56 | Apr 4, 1923 | 19 | Frankie Genaro | Loss | NWS |
| 55 | Feb 13, 1923 | 19 | Memphis Pal Moore | Draw | NWS |
| 54 | Jan 15, 1923 | 19 | Memphis Pal Moore | Draw | NWS |
| 53 | Jan 8, 1923 | 19 | Jimmy Kelly | Win | NWS |
| 52 | Jan 1, 1923 | 19 | Benny Vogel | Win | KO1 |
| 51 | Dec 22, 1922 | 19 | Memphis Pal Moore | Loss | NWS |
| 50 | Nov 30, 1922 | 19 | Eddie Santry | Win | TKO5 |
| 49 | Nov 27, 1922 | 19 | Billy O'Brien | Win | NWS |
| 48 | Nov 1, 1922 | 19 | Battling Chink | Win | NWS |
| 47 | Oct 13, 1922 | 19 | Stanley Everett | Win | TKO5 |
| 46 | Sep 21, 1922 | 19 | Harold Smith | Loss | NWS |
| 45 | Sep 4, 1922 | 19 | Jimmy Kelly | Win | NWS |
| 44 | Jul 4, 1922 | 18 | Babe Asher | Win | NWS |
| 43 | Jun 23, 1922 | 18 | Memphis Pal Moore | Loss | NWS |
| 42 | Jun 15, 1922 | 18 | Herbie Schaeffer | Win | NWS |
| 41 | May 15, 1922 | 18 | Kid Buck | Win | NWS |
| 40 | Apr 21, 1922 | 18 | Frankie Henke | Win | TKO7 |
| 39 | Mar 22, 1922 | 18 | Jimmy Kelly | Win | NWS |
| 38 | Mar 10, 1922 | 18 | Herbie Schaeffer | Draw | PTS |
| 37 | Feb 23, 1922 | 18 | Harold Smith | Draw | PTS |
| 36 | Feb 10, 1922 | 18 | Jimmy Kelly | Loss | TKO6 |
| 35 | Jan 24, 1922 | 18 | Ollie O'Neill | Win | PTS |
| 34 | Jan 13, 1922 | 18 | George Corbett | Win | TKO3 |
| 33 | Jan 5, 1922 | 18 | Solly Epstein | Win | TKO1 |
| 32 | Dec 29, 1921 | 18 | Harold Smith | Win | NWS |
| 31 | Dec 12, 1921 | 18 | Stanley Everett | Win | NWS |
| 30 | Dec 5, 1921 | 18 | Herbie Schaeffer | Draw | PTS |
| 29 | Dec 3, 1921 | 18 | Harold Smith | Win | NWS |
| 28 | Nov 7, 1921 | 18 | Chick Allman | Win | PTS |
| 27 | Oct 10, 1921 | 18 | Solly Epstein | Win | KO9 |
| 26 | Sep 5, 1921 | 18 | Herbie Schaeffer | Win | NWS |
| 25 | Aug 22, 1921 | 18 | Patsy Drennan | Win | KO1 |
| 24 | Jul 25, 1921 | 18 | Battling Chink | Loss | NWS |
| 23 | Jul 21, 1921 | 17 | Johnny McGrath | Win | KO3 |
| 22 | Jul 18, 1921 | 17 | Eddie O'Dowd | Loss | NWS |
| 21 | Apr 29, 1921 | 17 | Battling Chink | Win | NWS |
| 20 | Apr 25, 1921 | 17 | Phil O'Dowd | Draw | NWS |
| 19 | Apr 4, 1921 | 17 | Dutch Davison | Win | KO1 |
| 18 | Mar 21, 1921 | 17 | Jimmy Murphy | Win | NWS |
| 17 | Feb 28, 1921 | 17 | Jimmy Murphy | Draw | NWS |
| 16 | Jan 31, 1921 | 17 | Jimmy Murphy | Draw | NWS |
| 15 | Jan 17, 1921 | 17 | Frankie Mason | Draw | NWS |
| 14 | Jan 1, 1921 | 17 | Bobby Moon | Win | NWS |
| 13 | Dec 13, 1920 | 17 | Whitey Morrett | Win | NWS |
| 12 | Nov 25, 1920 | 17 | Young Dempsey | Win | KO2 |
| 11 | Nov 8, 1920 | 17 | Whitey Morrett | Loss | NWS |
| 10 | Nov 1, 1920 | 17 | Jimmy Burns | Win | TKO9 |
| 9 | Oct 4, 1920 | 17 | Artie Armstrong | Win | NWS |
| 8 | Aug 2, 1920 | 17 | Dutch Davison | Win | KO3 |
| 7 | Jul 26, 1920 | 17 | Bruce Mickles | Win | KO2 |
| 6 | Jul 6, 1920 | 16 | Artie Armstrong | Win | NWS |
| 5 | Jun 7, 1920 | 16 | Dave Templeton | Win | KO4 |
| 4 | May 24, 1920 | 16 | Jack Edwards | Win | TKO2 |
| 3 | Mar 15, 1920 | 16 | Walter Gering | Win | TKO4 |
| 2 | Feb 16, 1920 | 16 | Everett Shepherd | Win | KO3 |
| 1 | Jan 25, 1920 | 16 | Dave Templeton | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Boxing career
Charles Taylor (Blonde Terror of Terre Haute) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States on July 22, 1903. He died on March 6, 1962 at the age of 58 years. Taylor was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2005. His professional boxing career spanned more than 11 years — from 1920 to 1931.
Taylor made his professional boxing debut against Dave Templeton at the age of 16 on January 25, 1920, defeating Templeton via 3 round PTS. He went on to win 9 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 7 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight on March 26, 1927 at the age of 23, after 115 professional fights, against Tony Canzoneri with the NBA (vacant) title on the line. The fight ended in a undefined draw.
Taylor had a total of 33 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Lew Massey at 27 years of age, on March 16, 1931. Taylor lost the fight via 8 round disqualification.
Highlights
Taylor fought a total of 164 times during his professional career, which includes 2 world-title fights at the bantamweight division. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
March 26, 1927: In his first world-title fight, Bud Taylor has a draw against Tony Canzoneri via 10 round PTS. He was fighting for the NBA (vacant) bantamweight title.
June 24, 1927: Taylor wins the NBA bantamweight title from Tony Canzoneri, by beating Canzoneri via 10 round unanimous decision.
FAQs
How many KOs does Bud Taylor have on his record?
Taylor knocked out 37 of his 164 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 22.6%. Of his total 115 wins, 37 of them were via KO (32.2%).
What was Bud Taylor's first world title win?
How many world titles did Bud Taylor win?
How many title defenses did Bud Taylor make?
Taylor had 0 successful title defense fight.