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Barry McGuigan vs Bernard Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Barry McGuigan

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Bernard Taylor

Barry McGuigan (32-3) and Bernard Taylor (45-4-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

McGuigan

32

Wins28 KO · 88%

3

Losses

0

Draws35 tracked bouts

Taylor

45

Wins22 KO · 49%

4

Losses

2

Draws3 tracked bouts

Head to Head

McGuigan leads 1–0

Barry McGuigan and Bernard Taylor have met 1 time; McGuigan leads 1–0.

Barry McGuigan and Bernard Taylor have met 1 time; McGuigan leads 1–0.
Met1985Sep 28Series
Barry McGuiganFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Bernard TaylorFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultRTDR81Meeting

The Numbers

McGuigan 7 · Taylor 0 of 7 measurable rows
McGuiganTaylor
Record
32-3 (edge)45-4-2
Win %0–100%
91.4% (edge)
90.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
22
KO rate0–100%
87.5% (edge)
48.89%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
88%—
Times stopped†max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 4.3
4.3 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 35
35
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

HeightLevel
Barry McGuigan: 5′6″
Bernard Taylor: 5′6″
Reach+1″
Barry McGuigan: 70″ (edge)
Bernard Taylor: 69″
Age4 yrs apart
Barry McGuigan: 65
Bernard Taylor: 69
Stance
Barry McGuigan: Orthodox
Bernard Taylor: Orthodox

Barry McGuigan left, Bernard 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
Barry McGuigan32 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

Barry McGuigan: 32 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (88%) and 4 on the cards (13%). Counted from 35 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 88%4 on the cards 13%

Bernard Taylor0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Bernard Taylor: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Taylor yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Barry McGuigan 35, Bernard Taylor 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · McGuigan better on 1

McGuigan

Opponent

Taylor

  • Barry McGuigan

    Win, UD

    1985

    PedrozaMcGuigan better

    Bernard Taylor

    Draw, SD

    1982

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

Barry McGuigan last boxed on May 31, 1989 — 13,657 days ago. McGuigan had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Jim McDonnell.LWWWL

Cruz Jun 1986Perez Apr 1988Cruz Jun 1988Miranda Dec 1988McDonnell May 19894.3 tracked bouts per year

Bernard Taylor last boxed on Oct 9, 1993 — 12,065 days ago. Taylor had lost two straight.DLL

Pedroza Oct 1982McGuigan Sep 1985Molina Oct 19930.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Barry McGuigan and Bernard Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Barry McGuigan and Bernard Taylor met once on September 28, 1985, and Barry McGuigan won by RTD in round 8.
The meeting

WSep 28, 1985 · McGuigan · RTD R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McGuigan or Taylor?
Barry McGuigan is 32-3 and Bernard Taylor is 45-4-2. Barry McGuigan has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

McGuigan32–391.4%

Taylor45–4–290.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McGuigan or Taylor?
Barry McGuigan has 28 knockout wins and Bernard Taylor has 22. Barry McGuigan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McGuigan2887.5%

Taylor2248.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do McGuigan and Taylor have any common opponents?
Barry McGuigan and Bernard Taylor share 1 common opponent: Eusebio Pedroza. Barry McGuigan fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Eusebio PedrozaWD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McGuigan and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 35 bouts tracked for Barry McGuigan and 3 bouts tracked for Bernard Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McGuigan35bouts

Taylor3bouts

How They Win ↓

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