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Babe Ruth vs Bud Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

Babe Ruth

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Bud Taylor

Babe Ruth (1-9-1 across 11 tracked bouts) and Bud Taylor (116-32-16) 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.

Ruth

Tracked record

1–9–1

counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Taylor

116

Wins37 KO · 32%

32

Losses

16

Draws165 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Taylor leads 1–0

Babe Ruth and Bud Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Babe Ruth and Bud Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1928Jan 10Series
Babe RuthFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Bud TaylorFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Ruth 1 · Taylor 6 of 7 measurable rows
RuthTaylor
Record†
1-9-1116-32-16 (edge)
Win %0–100%
13.6%
75.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 37
0
37 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—31.9%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
32% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 14.8
1.7
14.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 165
11
165

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ 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

Agenot held
Babe Ruth: No date of birth
Bud Taylor: Died aged 58
Stance
Babe Ruth: Not recorded
Bud Taylor: Orthodox

Babe Ruth left, Bud Taylor right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Babe Ruth1 win · from 11 tracked bouts

Babe Ruth: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Bud Taylor116 wins · from 165 tracked bouts

Bud Taylor: 116 tracked wins — 37 by KO/TKO (32%), 32 on the cards (28%) and 47 by another method or unrecorded (41%). Counted from 165 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

37 by KO/TKO 32%32 on the cards 28%47 by another method or unrecorded 41%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Babe Ruth 11, Bud Taylor 165 — 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

Babe Ruth last boxed on Jul 15, 1931 — 34,794 days ago. Ruth had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Miller Sep 1930Miller Oct 1930Miller Dec 1930Sarron Jun 1931Ross Jul 19311.7 tracked bouts per year

Bud Taylor has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Taylor last boxed on Mar 16, 1931.LWWLL

LaBarba Nov 1930Lucas Jan 1931Hackett Jan 1931Bass Feb 1931Massey Mar 193114.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Babe Ruth and Bud Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Babe Ruth and Bud Taylor met once on January 10, 1928, and Bud Taylor won by PTS.
The meeting

LJan 10, 1928 · Taylor · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ruth or Taylor?
Babe Ruth is 1-9-1 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Bud Taylor is 116-32-16. Bud Taylor has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ruth1–9–113.6%

Taylor116–32–1675.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ruth or Taylor?
Babe Ruth has 0 knockout wins and Bud Taylor has 37. Bud Taylor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ruth0

Taylor3731.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ruth and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Babe Ruth and Bud Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ruth and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Babe Ruth and 165 bouts tracked for Bud Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ruth11bouts

Taylor165bouts

How They Win ↓

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