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Bud Taylor vs Dynamite Joe Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bud Taylor

Dynamite Joe Murphy

Bud Taylor (116-32-16) and Dynamite Joe Murphy (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) 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

116

Wins37 KO · 32%

32

Losses

16

Draws165 tracked bouts

Murphy

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Bud Taylor and Dynamite Joe Murphy have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Bud Taylor and Dynamite Joe Murphy have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1925Jun 24Series
Bud TaylorFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Dynamite Joe MurphyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 5 · Murphy 2 of 7 measurable rows
TaylorMurphy
Record†
116-32-16 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
75.6% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 37
37 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
31.9%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
32%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 14.8
14.8 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 165
165
4

† 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
Bud Taylor: Died aged 58
Dynamite Joe Murphy: No date of birth
Stance
Bud Taylor: Orthodox
Dynamite Joe Murphy: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Dynamite Joe Murphy1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Dynamite Joe Murphy: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bud Taylor 165, Dynamite Joe Murphy 4 — 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

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

Dynamite Joe Murphy last boxed on Jun 1, 1927 — 36,307 days ago. Murphy had won once since three straight losses.LLLW

Morgan Apr 1922Morgan Jul 1922Taylor Jun 1925Klick Jun 19270.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bud Taylor and Dynamite Joe Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Bud Taylor and Dynamite Joe Murphy met once on June 24, 1925, and Bud Taylor won by PTS.
The meeting

WJun 24, 1925 · Taylor · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or Murphy?
Bud Taylor is 116-32-16 and Dynamite Joe Murphy is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bud Taylor has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Taylor116–32–1675.6%

Murphy1–325%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Murphy?
Bud Taylor has 37 knockout wins and Dynamite Joe Murphy has 1. Bud Taylor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Taylor3731.9%

Murphy1

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and Murphy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bud Taylor and Dynamite Joe Murphy have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Murphy?
This comparison is drawn from 165 bouts tracked for Bud Taylor and 4 bouts tracked for Dynamite Joe Murphy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor165bouts

Murphy4bouts

How They Win ↓

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