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Bud Taylor vs Lew Massey — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bud Taylor

Lew Massey

Bud Taylor (116-32-16) and Lew Massey (4-10-1 across 15 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Taylor

116

Wins37 KO · 32%

32

Losses

16

Draws165 tracked bouts

Massey

Tracked record

4–10–1

counted from 15 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

Massey leads 1–0

Bud Taylor and Lew Massey have met 1 time; Massey leads 1–0.

Bud Taylor and Lew Massey have met 1 time; Massey leads 1–0.
Met1931Mar 16Series
Bud TaylorFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Lew MasseyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultDQR81Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 6 · Massey 1 of 7 measurable rows
TaylorMassey
Record†
116-32-16 (edge)4-10-1
Win %0–100%
75.6% (edge)
30%
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
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 14.8
14.8 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 165
165
15

† 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
Lew Massey: No date of birth
Stance
Bud Taylor: Orthodox
Lew Massey: Not recorded

Bud Taylor left, Lew Massey 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%

Lew Massey4 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

Lew Massey: 4 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (75%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (25%). Counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 25%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bud Taylor 165, Lew Massey 15 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Taylor better on 1 · Massey better on 1 · even on 2

Taylor

Opponent

Massey

  • Bud Taylor

    1–1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1927

    Win, UD

    1927

    Draw, PTS

    1927

    CanzoneriTaylor better

    Lew Massey

    Loss, UD

    1932

  • Bud Taylor

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1929

    Loss, DQ 4

    1929

    SingerMassey better

    Lew Massey

    Loss, PTS

    1931

  • Bud Taylor

    Loss, TKO 2

    1931

    BassEven

    Lew Massey

    Loss, UD

    1931

  • Bud Taylor

    1–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1930

    Win, PTS

    1930

    BattalinoEven

    Lew Massey

    1–1 against

    Loss, MD

    1930

    Win, UD

    1930

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

Lew Massey last boxed on Feb 3, 1938 — 32,402 days ago. Massey had won once since four straight losses.LLLLW

Armstrong Jul 1937Montañez Aug 1937Angott Dec 1937Larkin Dec 1937Wolgast Feb 19381.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bud Taylor and Lew Massey ever fought each other?
Yes. Bud Taylor and Lew Massey met once on March 16, 1931, and Lew Massey won by DQ in round 8.
The meeting

LMar 16, 1931 · Massey · DQ R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or Massey?
Bud Taylor is 116-32-16 and Lew Massey is 4-10-1 across the 15 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%

Massey4–10–130%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Massey?
Bud Taylor has 37 knockout wins and Lew Massey has 0. Bud Taylor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Taylor3731.9%

Massey0

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and Massey have any common opponents?
Bud Taylor and Lew Massey share 4 common opponents: Tony Canzoneri, Al Singer and Benny Bass (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
4 shared opponents

Tony Canzoneri1–1–1L

Al SingerLL

Benny BassLL

Christopher Battalino1–11–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Massey?
This comparison is drawn from 165 bouts tracked for Bud Taylor and 15 bouts tracked for Lew Massey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor165bouts

Massey15bouts

How They Win ↓

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