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Arnold Taylor vs Dave Needham — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦BANTAMWEIGHT

Arnold Taylor

Cross-division

🇬🇧FEATHERWEIGHT, BANTAMWEIGHT

Dave Needham

Arnold Taylor (40-8-1) and Dave Needham (30-8-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Taylor

40

Wins17 KO · 43%

8

Losses

1

Draw49 tracked bouts

Needham

30

Wins10 KO · 33%

8

Losses

1

Draw1 tracked bout

Head to Head

Taylor leads 1–0

Arnold Taylor and Dave Needham have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Arnold Taylor and Dave Needham have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1976May 8Series
Arnold TaylorFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Dave NeedhamFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 5 · Needham 1 of 6 measurable rows
TaylorNeedham
Record
40-8-1 (edge)30-8-1
Win %0–100%
82.7% (edge)
78.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 17
17 (edge)
10
KO rate0–100%
42.5% (edge)
33.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
43%—
Times stopped†max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡not comparable
5.1—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49
49
1

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Reachnot held
Arnold Taylor: 69″
Dave Needham: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Arnold Taylor: Died aged 36
Dave Needham: Died aged 57
Stance
Arnold Taylor: Orthodox
Dave Needham: Southpaw

Arnold Taylor left, Dave Needham right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Arnold Taylor40 wins · from 49 tracked bouts

Arnold Taylor: 40 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (43%), 21 on the cards (53%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 49 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 43%21 on the cards 53%2 by another method or unrecorded 5%

Dave Needham0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Dave Needham: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Needham yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Arnold Taylor 49, Dave Needham 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Arnold Taylor has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Taylor last boxed on Nov 24, 1976.WWWLL

Abend May 1975Anaya Jun 1975Needham May 1976Paulsen Oct 1976Sollas Nov 19765.1 tracked bouts per year

Dave Needham has lost the most recent, to Arnold Taylor. Needham last boxed on May 8, 1976.L

Taylor May 1976

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Arnold Taylor and Dave Needham ever fought each other?
Yes. Arnold Taylor and Dave Needham met once on May 8, 1976, and Arnold Taylor won by PTS.
The meeting

WMay 8, 1976 · Taylor · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or Needham?
Arnold Taylor is 40-8-1 and Dave Needham is 30-8-1. Arnold Taylor has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Taylor40–8–182.7%

Needham30–8–178.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Needham?
Arnold Taylor has 17 knockout wins and Dave Needham has 10. Arnold Taylor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Taylor1742.5%

Needham1033.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and Needham have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Arnold Taylor and Dave Needham have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Needham?
This comparison is drawn from 49 bouts tracked for Arnold Taylor and 1 bout tracked for Dave Needham. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor49bouts

Needham1bout

How They Win ↓

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