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Total Fights | 47 |
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Wins | 38 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 2 |
KO Wins | 20 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and eight months, Meldrick Taylor fought 47 times with 38 wins, 8 losses, and 1 draw.
Taylor retired from professional boxing with a record of 38-8-1, which included two world-title wins and four successful title defense fights at two weight classes — super-lightweight and welterweight. He had a 42.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 20 of his total 47 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. Taylor lost four times via knockout, all four of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Wayne Martell on July 20, 2002.
Some of Taylor's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Buddy McGirt, Ramon Flores, Jaime Balboa, Aaron Davis, Glenwood Brown, John Wesley Meekins, and Ernie Chavez.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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47 | Jul 20, 2002 | 35 | Wayne Martell | Loss | UD |
46 | May 31, 2002 | 35 | Dillon Carew | Win | SD |
45 | Sep 10, 1999 | 32 | Manuel De Leon | Win | UD |
44 | Aug 26, 1999 | 32 | Tim Scott | Win | TKO3 |
43 | Feb 26, 1999 | 32 | Quirino Garcia | Loss | UD |
42 | Aug 28, 1998 | 31 | Hasan Al | Loss | UD |
41 | Aug 6, 1998 | 31 | Rafael Salas | Win | UD |
40 | Nov 26, 1996 | 30 | Darren Maciunski | Loss | SD |
39 | Oct 10, 1996 | 29 | Tommy Small | Win | UD |
38 | Aug 16, 1996 | 29 | Kenneth Kidd | Win | TKO1 |
37 | Sep 17, 1994 | 27 | Julio César Chávez | Loss * | TKO8 |
36 | May 7, 1994 | 27 | Chad Broussard | Win | KO2 |
35 | Jan 29, 1994 | 27 | Craig Houk | Win | KO3 |
34 | May 8, 1993 | 26 | Henry Hughes | Win | RTD2 |
33 | Oct 31, 1992 | 26 | Crisanto España | Loss * | TKO8 |
32 | May 9, 1992 | 25 | Terry Norris | Loss * | TKO4 |
31 | Jan 18, 1992 | 25 | Glenwood Brown | Win * | UD |
30 | Sep 13, 1991 | 24 | Ernie Chavez | Win | TKO6 |
29 | Jun 1, 1991 | 24 | Luis Garcia | Win * | SD |
28 | Jan 19, 1991 | 24 | Aaron Davis | Win * | UD |
27 | Aug 11, 1990 | 23 | Primo Ramos | Win | UD |
26 | Mar 17, 1990 | 23 | Julio César Chávez | Loss * | TKO12 |
25 | Jan 27, 1990 | 23 | Ramon Flores | Win | TKO1 |
24 | Nov 20, 1989 | 23 | Jaime Balboa | Win | TKO5 |
23 | Sep 11, 1989 | 22 | Courtney Hooper | Win * | UD |
22 | Jan 21, 1989 | 22 | John Wesley Meekins | Win * | RTD7 |
21 | Sep 3, 1988 | 21 | Buddy McGirt | Win * | TKO12 |
20 | Jun 12, 1988 | 21 | Martin Quiroz | Win | UD |
19 | Apr 9, 1988 | 21 | Ivan Gonzalez | Win | TKO5 |
18 | Nov 4, 1987 | 21 | Richard Fowler | Win | KO2 |
17 | Jul 11, 1987 | 20 | Irleis Perez | Win | UD |
16 | Apr 19, 1987 | 20 | Primo Ramos | Win | UD |
15 | Feb 6, 1987 | 20 | Roque Montoya | Win | UD |
14 | Dec 11, 1986 | 20 | Danny Vargas | Win | TKO2 |
13 | Aug 16, 1986 | 19 | Howard Davis Jr. | Draw | SD |
12 | May 11, 1986 | 19 | Harold Brazier | Win | UD |
11 | Apr 3, 1986 | 19 | Jose Rivera | Win | TKO6 |
10 | Feb 2, 1986 | 19 | Robin Blake | Win | UD |
9 | Dec 21, 1985 | 19 | Victor Acosta | Win | UD |
8 | Oct 16, 1985 | 18 | Carlos Santana | Win | KO4 |
7 | Jul 20, 1985 | 18 | Roberto Medina | Win | UD |
6 | Jun 29, 1985 | 18 | Hugo Carrizo | Win | TKO3 |
5 | May 17, 1985 | 18 | Nery Reyes | Win | KO1 |
4 | Apr 6, 1985 | 18 | Elias Martinez | Win | TKO5 |
3 | Mar 13, 1985 | 18 | Darrell Curtis | Win | TKO3 |
2 | Jan 20, 1985 | 18 | Dwight Pratchett | Win | UD |
1 | Nov 15, 1984 | 18 | Luke Lecce | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Meldrick Taylor (The Kid) is a 57-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. on October 19, 1966. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1984 to 2002.
Taylor made his professional boxing debut against Luke Lecce at the age of 18 on November 15, 1984, defeating Lecce via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 11 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 6 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 21 on September 3, 1988 after 20 professional fights, against Buddy McGirt for the super-lightweight IBF title. He defeated McGirt via 12th round TKO to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
Taylor has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Taylor's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Taylor had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Wayne Martell on July 20, 2002. Taylor lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision. It's been 21 years, 9 months, and 4 days since this fight.
Taylor had a total of 10 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and four successful title defenses. He won six of these fights and lost four.
Meldrick Taylor fought for world titles in five fights and won two of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jan 19, 1991 | Aaron Davis | Welterweight | WBA | UD |
Sep 3, 1988 | Buddy McGirt | Super-lightweight | IBF | TKO |
Meldrick Taylor had six world-title defense fights across two weight classes — super-lightweight (x3) and welterweight (x3). He won four of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Jan 18, 1992 | Glenwood Brown | Welterweight | WBA | UD |
Jun 1, 1991 | Luis Garcia | Welterweight | WBA | SD |
Sep 11, 1989 | Courtney Hooper | Super-lightweight | IBF | UD |
Jan 21, 1989 | John Wesley Meekins | Super-lightweight | IBF | RTD |
Meldrick Taylor lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Oct 31, 1992 | Crisanto España | Welterweight | WBA | TKO |
Mar 17, 1990 | Julio César Chávez | Super-lightweight | IBF | TKO |
Although Taylor had a total of 47 fights, this fight against Buddy McGirt is the sole highlight of his career.
September 3, 1988: Taylor wins his first world title by defeating Buddy McGirt via 12th round TKO. He is now the IBF super-lightweight world champion.
Taylor knocked out 20 of his 47 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 42.6%. Of his total 38 wins, 20 of them were via KO (52.6%).
Taylor's first world-title win was the IBF belt at super-lightweight. He defeated Buddy McGirt via 12 round TKO to win the title.
Taylor won two world titles at two weight classes.
Taylor had a total of six title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost two times.