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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.

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

🇺🇸BANTAMWEIGHT

Bud Taylor

116–32–16

164 tracked bouts

Lew Massey

Tracked record

4–10–1

15 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

Lew Massey leads 1–0

The Numbers

116-32-16 (edge)
Record
4-10-1

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

75.6% (edge)
Win %
30%
37 (edge)
Wins by knockout
0
31.9%
KO rate
32% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
0%

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

4
Times stopped
3 (edge)

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

1 (edge)
Title reigns
0
14.7 (edge)
Bouts per year
1.9

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

164
Bouts tracked
15

Tale of the Tape

123
Age
Orthodox
Stance
Bantamweight
Division
American
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Bud Taylor · 115 wins

KO/TKO
37
Decision
32
Other
46

Lew Massey · 4 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
1

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (164 and 15 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared
  • Bud Taylor

    LUD · Dec 1927WUD · Jun 1927DPTS · Mar 1927

    Tony Canzoneri

    Lew Massey

    LUD · Feb 1932
  • Bud Taylor

    LPTS · Mar 1929LDQ R4 · Feb 1929

    Al Singer

    Lew Massey

    LPTS · Jun 1931
  • Bud Taylor

    LTKO R2 · Feb 1931

    Benny Bass

    Lew Massey

    LUD · Jan 1931
  • Bud Taylor

    LPTS · Aug 1930WPTS · Mar 1930

    Christopher Battalino

    Lew Massey

    LMD · May 1930WUD · Jan 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

Bud Taylor

LLWWL

L2 streak · last fought Mar 16, 1931

Lew Massey

WLLLL

W1 streak · last fought Feb 3, 1938

Common Questions

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.
Who has the better record, Bud Taylor or Lew 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.
Who has more knockouts, Bud Taylor or Lew Massey?
Bud Taylor has 37 knockout wins and Lew Massey has 0. Bud Taylor has more.
Do Bud Taylor and Lew 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.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bud Taylor and Lew Massey?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Bud Taylor and 15 bouts tracked for Lew Massey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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