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Bud Taylor vs Phil O'Dowd — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bud Taylor

Phil O'Dowd

Bud Taylor (116-32-16) and Phil O'Dowd (1-2-1 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

O'Dowd

Tracked record

1–2–1

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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Bud Taylor and Phil O'Dowd have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Bud Taylor and Phil O'Dowd have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1921Apr 25Series
Bud TaylorFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Phil O'DowdFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 6 · O'Dowd 1 of 7 measurable rows
TaylorO'Dowd
Record†
116-32-16 (edge)1-2-1
Win %0–100%
75.6% (edge)
37.5%
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 14.8
14.8 (edge)
0.5
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
Phil O'Dowd: No date of birth
Stance
Bud Taylor: Orthodox
Phil O'Dowd: Not recorded

Bud Taylor left, Phil O'Dowd 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%

Phil O'Dowd1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Phil O'Dowd: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bud Taylor 165, Phil O'Dowd 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

Phil O'Dowd last boxed on Mar 9, 1929 — 35,664 days ago. O'Dowd had lost two straight, after one straight win.DWLL

Taylor Apr 1921Lynch Oct 1921Miller Oct 1928Montalvo Mar 19290.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bud Taylor and Phil O'Dowd ever fought each other?
Yes. Bud Taylor and Phil O'Dowd met once on April 25, 1921, and the bout was a draw by NWS.
The meeting

DApr 25, 1921 · Draw · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or O'Dowd?
Bud Taylor is 116-32-16 and Phil O'Dowd is 1-2-1 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%

O'Dowd1–2–137.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or O'Dowd?
Bud Taylor has 37 knockout wins and Phil O'Dowd has 0. Bud Taylor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Taylor3731.9%

O'Dowd0

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

Taylor165bouts

O'Dowd4bouts

How They Win ↓

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