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Billy Shaw (0-7 across 7 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 2 common opponents.

Billy Shaw vs Bud Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Shaw

Tracked record

0–7

7 tracked bouts

🇺🇸BANTAMWEIGHT

Bud Taylor

116–32–16

164 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

Bud Taylor leads 1–0

The Numbers

0-7
Record
116-32-16 (edge)

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

0%
Win %
75.6% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
37 (edge)
KO rate
31.9%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
32%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

2 (edge)
Times stopped
4

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
1 (edge)
1.5
Bouts per year
14.7 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

7
Bouts tracked
164

Tale of the Tape

Age
123
Stance
Orthodox
Division
Bantamweight
Nationality
American

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Billy Shaw · 0 wins

No tracked wins yet.

Bud Taylor · 115 wins

KO/TKO
37
Decision
32
Other
46

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 164 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Billy Shaw

    LKO R2 · Feb 1932

    Christopher Battalino

    Bud Taylor

    LPTS · Aug 1930WPTS · Mar 1930
  • Billy Shaw

    LPTS · Apr 1927

    Fidel LaBarba

    Bud Taylor

    LPTS · Nov 1930LPTS · Apr 1930

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Billy Shaw

LLLLL

L7 streak · last fought Feb 24, 1932

Bud Taylor

LLWWL

L2 streak · last fought Mar 16, 1931

Common Questions

Have Billy Shaw and Bud Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Shaw and Bud Taylor met once on January 29, 1929, and Bud Taylor won by NWS.
Who has the better record, Billy Shaw or Bud Taylor?
Billy Shaw is 0-7 across the 7 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.
Who has more knockouts, Billy Shaw or Bud Taylor?
Billy Shaw has 0 knockout wins and Bud Taylor has 37. Bud Taylor has more.
Do Billy Shaw and Bud Taylor have any common opponents?
Billy Shaw and Bud Taylor share 2 common opponents: Christopher Battalino and Fidel LaBarba. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Shaw and Bud Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Billy Shaw and 164 bouts tracked for Bud Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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