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Bud Taylor vs Jimmy Kelly — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bud Taylor

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Jimmy Kelly

Bud Taylor (116-32-16) and Jimmy Kelly (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 4 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Taylor

116

Wins37 KO · 32%

32

Losses

16

Draws165 tracked bouts

Kelly

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 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 3–1

Bud Taylor and Jimmy Kelly have met 4 times; Taylor leads 3–1.

Bud Taylor and Jimmy Kelly have met 4 times; Taylor leads 3–1.
Met1922Feb 101922Mar 221922Sep 41923Jan 8Series
Bud TaylorFighter ALLostWWonWWonWWon3–1W–L
Jimmy KellyFighter BWWonLLostLLostLLost1–3W–L
ResultTKOR6NWSNWSNWS4Meetings

The Numbers

Taylor 5 · Kelly 2 of 7 measurable rows
TaylorKelly
Record†
116-32-16 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%
75.6% (edge)
20%
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)
2.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 165
165
5

† 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
Jimmy Kelly: No date of birth
Stance
Bud Taylor: Orthodox
Jimmy Kelly: Not recorded

Bud Taylor left, Jimmy Kelly 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%

Jimmy Kelly1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Jimmy Kelly: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 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, Jimmy Kelly 5 — 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

Jimmy Kelly last boxed on Jan 8, 1923 — 37,910 days ago. Kelly had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Herman Sep 1920Taylor Feb 1922Taylor Mar 1922Taylor Sep 1922Taylor Jan 19232.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bud Taylor and Jimmy Kelly ever fought each other?
Yes. Bud Taylor and Jimmy Kelly have met 4 times and Bud Taylor leads the series 3-1.
The 4 meetings

WJan 8, 1923 · Taylor · NWS

WSep 4, 1922 · Taylor · NWS

WMar 22, 1922 · Taylor · NWS

LFeb 10, 1922 · Kelly · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or Kelly?
Bud Taylor is 116-32-16 and Jimmy Kelly is 1-4 across the 5 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%

Kelly1–420%

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

Taylor3731.9%

Kelly1

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and Kelly have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bud Taylor and Jimmy Kelly have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Kelly?
This comparison is drawn from 165 bouts tracked for Bud Taylor and 5 bouts tracked for Jimmy Kelly. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor165bouts

Kelly5bouts

How They Win ↓

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