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Buddy McGirt vs Willie Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buddy McGirt

Willie Taylor

Buddy McGirt (73-6-1) and Willie Taylor (1-8-1 across 10 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.

McGirt

73

Wins48 KO · 66%

6

Losses

1

Draw80 tracked bouts

Taylor

Tracked record

1–8–1

counted from 10 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

McGirt leads 1–0

Buddy McGirt and Willie Taylor have met 1 time; McGirt leads 1–0.

Buddy McGirt and Willie Taylor have met 1 time; McGirt leads 1–0.
Met1989Feb 17Series
Buddy McGirtFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie TaylorFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

McGirt 7 · Taylor 0 of 7 measurable rows
McGirtTaylor
Record†
73-6-1 (edge)1-8-1
Win %0–100%
91.9% (edge)
15%
Wins by knockoutmax 48
48 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65.75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
66% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.4
5.4 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 80
80
10

† 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

Heightnot held
Buddy McGirt: 5′7″
Willie Taylor: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buddy McGirt: 70″
Willie Taylor: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buddy McGirt: 62
Willie Taylor: No date of birth
Stance
Buddy McGirt: Orthodox
Willie Taylor: Not recorded

Buddy McGirt left, Willie Taylor right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buddy McGirt73 wins · from 80 tracked bouts

Buddy McGirt: 73 tracked wins — 48 by KO/TKO (66%) and 25 on the cards (34%). Counted from 80 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

48 by KO/TKO 66%25 on the cards 34%

Willie Taylor1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

Willie Taylor: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 10 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 — Buddy McGirt 80, Willie Taylor 10 — 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

Buddy McGirt last boxed on Jan 21, 1997 — 10,864 days ago. McGirt had won four in a row before losing a decision to Darren Maciunski.WWWWL

Heckley Aug 1996Jackson Sep 1996Tillman Oct 1996Smith Dec 1996Maciunski Jan 19975.4 tracked bouts per year

Willie Taylor last boxed on Jan 7, 1994 — 11,974 days ago. Taylor had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Obed May 1982Randall Jun 1983Stewart Nov 1983McGirt Feb 1989Joppy Jan 19940.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buddy McGirt and Willie Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Buddy McGirt and Willie Taylor met once on February 17, 1989, and Buddy McGirt won by UD.
The meeting

WFeb 17, 1989 · McGirt · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McGirt or Taylor?
Buddy McGirt is 73-6-1 and Willie Taylor is 1-8-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Buddy McGirt has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

McGirt73–6–191.9%

Taylor1–8–115%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McGirt or Taylor?
Buddy McGirt has 48 knockout wins and Willie Taylor has 0. Buddy McGirt has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McGirt4865.8%

Taylor0

The Numbers ↓
Do McGirt and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buddy McGirt and Willie Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McGirt and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 80 bouts tracked for Buddy McGirt and 10 bouts tracked for Willie Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McGirt80bouts

Taylor10bouts

How They Win ↓

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