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Meldrick Taylor Record

38-8-1
Total Fights47
Wins38
Losses8
Draws1
No-Contests0
Title Wins2
Title Defenses4
Title-Fight KOs2
KO Wins20
KO Losses4
Meldrick Taylor Record & Stats
Meldrick Taylor's Record
Meldrick Taylor's boxing record and career infographic

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      What is Meldrick Taylor's boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      47Jul 20, 200235Wayne MartellLossUD
      46May 31, 200235Dillon CarewWinSD
      45Sep 10, 199932Manuel De LeonWinUD
      44Aug 26, 199932Tim ScottWinTKO3
      43Feb 26, 199932Quirino GarciaLossUD
      42Aug 28, 199831Hasan AlLossUD
      41Aug 6, 199831Rafael SalasWinUD
      40Nov 26, 199630Darren MaciunskiLossSD
      39Oct 10, 199629Tommy SmallWinUD
      38Aug 16, 199629Kenneth KiddWinTKO1
      37Sep 17, 199427Julio César ChávezLoss *TKO8
      36May 7, 199427Chad BroussardWinKO2
      35Jan 29, 199427Craig HoukWinKO3
      34May 8, 199326Henry HughesWinRTD2
      33Oct 31, 199226Crisanto EspañaLoss *TKO8
      32May 9, 199225Terry NorrisLoss *TKO4
      31Jan 18, 199225Glenwood BrownWin *UD
      30Sep 13, 199124Ernie ChavezWinTKO6
      29Jun 1, 199124Luis GarciaWin *SD
      28Jan 19, 199124Aaron DavisWin *UD
      27Aug 11, 199023Primo RamosWinUD
      26Mar 17, 199023Julio César ChávezLoss *TKO12
      25Jan 27, 199023Ramon FloresWinTKO1
      24Nov 20, 198923Jaime BalboaWinTKO5
      23Sep 11, 198922Courtney HooperWin *UD
      22Jan 21, 198922John Wesley MeekinsWin *RTD7
      21Sep 3, 198821Buddy McGirtWin *TKO12
      20Jun 12, 198821Martin QuirozWinUD
      19Apr 9, 198821Ivan GonzalezWinTKO5
      18Nov 4, 198721Richard FowlerWinKO2
      17Jul 11, 198720Irleis PerezWinUD
      16Apr 19, 198720Primo RamosWinUD
      15Feb 6, 198720Roque MontoyaWinUD
      14Dec 11, 198620Danny VargasWinTKO2
      13Aug 16, 198619Howard Davis Jr.DrawSD
      12May 11, 198619Harold BrazierWinUD
      11Apr 3, 198619Jose RiveraWinTKO6
      10Feb 2, 198619Robin BlakeWinUD
      9Dec 21, 198519Victor AcostaWinUD
      8Oct 16, 198518Carlos SantanaWinKO4
      7Jul 20, 198518Roberto MedinaWinUD
      6Jun 29, 198518Hugo CarrizoWinTKO3
      5May 17, 198518Nery ReyesWinKO1
      4Apr 6, 198518Elias MartinezWinTKO5
      3Mar 13, 198518Darrell CurtisWinTKO3
      2Jan 20, 198518Dwight PratchettWinUD
      1Nov 15, 198418Luke LecceWinTKO1

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Jan 19, 1991Aaron DavisWelterweightWBAUD
      Sep 3, 1988Buddy McGirtSuper-lightweightIBFTKO

      Title Defenses

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Jan 18, 1992Glenwood BrownWelterweightWBAUD
      Jun 1, 1991Luis GarciaWelterweightWBASD
      Sep 11, 1989Courtney HooperSuper-lightweightIBFUD
      Jan 21, 1989John Wesley MeekinsSuper-lightweightIBFRTD

      Title Losses

      Meldrick Taylor lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of two titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Oct 31, 1992Crisanto EspañaWelterweightWBATKO
      Mar 17, 1990Julio César ChávezSuper-lightweightIBFTKO

      Highlights

      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.

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