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Arnold Taylor vs John O'Brien — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇿🇦BANTAMWEIGHT

Arnold Taylor

Cross-division

🇬🇧FEATHERWEIGHT, SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT, LIGHTWEIGHT, SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT

John O'Brien

Arnold Taylor (40-8-1) and John O'Brien (30-17) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Taylor

40

Wins17 KO · 43%

8

Losses

1

Draw49 tracked bouts

O'Brien

30

Wins

17

Losses

0

Draws3 tracked bouts

Head to Head

O'Brien leads 1–0

Arnold Taylor and John O'Brien have met 1 time; O'Brien leads 1–0.

Arnold Taylor and John O'Brien have met 1 time; O'Brien leads 1–0.
Met1969Aug 30Series
Arnold TaylorFighter ALLost0–1W–L
John O'BrienFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 7 · O'Brien 1 of 8 measurable rows
TaylorO'Brien
Record
40-8-1 (edge)30-17
Win %0–100%
82.7% (edge)
63.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 17
17 (edge)
0
KO rate0–100%
42.5% (edge)
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
43% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 5.1
5.1 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49
49
3

† 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″
John O'Brien: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Arnold Taylor: Died aged 36
John O'Brien: Died aged 42
Stance
Arnold Taylor: Orthodox
John O'Brien: Southpaw

Arnold Taylor left, John O'Brien 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%

John O'Brien1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

John O'Brien: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Arnold Taylor 49, John O'Brien 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Taylor

Opponent

O'Brien

  • Arnold Taylor

    Loss, PTS

    1970

    FamechonEven

    John O'Brien

    Loss, TKO 11

    1967

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

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

John O'Brien has won once since losses to Howard Winstone and Johnny Famechon. O'Brien last boxed on Aug 30, 1969.LLW

Winstone Dec 1963Famechon Nov 1967Taylor Aug 19690.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Arnold Taylor and John O'Brien ever fought each other?
Yes. Arnold Taylor and John O'Brien met once on August 30, 1969, and John O'Brien won by PTS.
The meeting

LAug 30, 1969 · O'Brien · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or O'Brien?
Arnold Taylor is 40-8-1 and John O'Brien is 30-17. Arnold Taylor has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Taylor40–8–182.7%

O'Brien30–1763.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or O'Brien?
Arnold Taylor has 17 knockout wins and John O'Brien has 0. Arnold Taylor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Taylor1742.5%

O'Brien0

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and O'Brien have any common opponents?
Arnold Taylor and John O'Brien share 1 common opponent: Johnny Famechon. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Johnny FamechonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and O'Brien?
This comparison is drawn from 49 bouts tracked for Arnold Taylor and 3 bouts tracked for John O'Brien. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor49bouts

O'Brien3bouts

How They Win ↓

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