Have Bud Taylor and Johnny Vacca ever fought each other?

Yes. Bud Taylor and Johnny Vacca met once on July 10, 1928, and Bud Taylor won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Taylor or Vacca?

Bud Taylor is 116-32-16 and Johnny Vacca is 2-6 across the 8 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.

Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Vacca?

Bud Taylor has 37 knockout wins and Johnny Vacca has 0. Bud Taylor has more.

Do Taylor and Vacca have any common opponents?

Bud Taylor and Johnny Vacca share 2 common opponents: Fidel LaBarba and Frankie Genaro. Johnny Vacca fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Vacca?

This comparison is drawn from 165 bouts tracked for Bud Taylor and 8 bouts tracked for Johnny Vacca. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Bud Taylor vs Johnny Vacca — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Bud Taylor

Johnny Vacca

Bud Taylor (116-32-16) and Johnny Vacca (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Taylor

116

Wins37 KO · 32%

Losses

Draws165 tracked bouts

Vacca

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 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 Johnny Vacca have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met	1928Jul 10	Series
Bud TaylorFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Johnny VaccaFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSTaylor vs Vacca	1Meeting

Taylor vs Vacca · Jul 10, 1928

The Numbers

Taylor 6 · Vacca 1 of 7 measurable rows

TaylorEdge = longer wingVacca

Record^†: 116-32-16 (edge)2-6
Win %0–100%: 75.6% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 37: 37 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 31.9%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 32% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 4: 4
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1: 1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 14.8: 14.8 (edge)
2.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 165: 165
8

† 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; Johnny Vacca: No date of birth
Stance: Bud Taylor: Orthodox; Johnny Vacca: Not recorded

Bud Taylor left, Johnny Vacca 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

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

Johnny Vacca2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bud Taylor 165, Johnny Vacca 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Vacca better on 1 · even on 12 shared · Johnny Vacca better on 1 · even on 1

TaylorBud Taylor

Opponent

VaccaJohnny Vacca

Bud Taylor
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1930Nov 1930
Loss, PTS
1930Apr 1930
LaBarbaFidel LaBarbaUnited States 72–15–7 · FlyweightVacca betterJohnny Vacca better — 2–1 to 0–2
Johnny Vacca
2–1 against
Loss, PTS
1927Aug 1927
Win, PTS
1927Mar 1927
Win, PTS
1927Feb 1927
Bud Taylor
Loss, NWS
1923Apr 1923
GenaroFrankie GenaroUnited States 98–23–9 · FlyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Johnny Vacca
Loss, PTS
1928Apr 1928

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

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

Johnny Vacca last boxed on Aug 29, 1930 — 35,116 days ago. Vacca had lost six straight.LLLLL

LaBarba Aug 1927Genaro Apr 1928Taylor Jul 1928Montalvo Mar 1929Brown Aug 19302.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Bud Taylor and Johnny Vacca ever fought each other?: Yes. Bud Taylor and Johnny Vacca met once on July 10, 1928, and Bud Taylor won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Taylor or Vacca?: Bud Taylor is 116-32-16 and Johnny Vacca is 2-6 across the 8 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.
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Vacca?: Bud Taylor has 37 knockout wins and Johnny Vacca has 0. Bud Taylor has more.
Do Taylor and Vacca have any common opponents?: Bud Taylor and Johnny Vacca share 2 common opponents: Fidel LaBarba and Frankie Genaro. Johnny Vacca fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Vacca?: This comparison is drawn from 165 bouts tracked for Bud Taylor and 8 bouts tracked for Johnny Vacca. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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