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Carlos Santana vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

Carlos Santana

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Meldrick Taylor

Carlos Santana (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Meldrick Taylor (38-8-1) 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.

Santana

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Taylor

38

Wins20 KO · 53%

8

Losses

1

Draw47 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

Taylor leads 1–0

Carlos Santana and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Carlos Santana and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1985Oct 16Series
Carlos SantanaFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Meldrick TaylorFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Santana 0 · Taylor 5 of 5 measurable rows
SantanaTaylor
Record†
0-538-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
81.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.63%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—53%
Times stopped‡levelmax 4
4
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.7
0.5
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
5
47

† 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
Carlos Santana: No height on file
Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Carlos Santana: No reach on file
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Agenot held
Carlos Santana: No date of birth
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Stance
Carlos Santana: Not recorded
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox

Carlos Santana left, Meldrick 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
Carlos Santana0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Carlos Santana: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Santana yet.

Meldrick Taylor38 wins · from 47 tracked bouts

Meldrick Taylor: 38 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (53%) and 18 on the cards (47%). Counted from 47 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 53%18 on the cards 47%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carlos Santana 5, Meldrick Taylor 47 — 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

Carlos Santana last boxed on Jul 30, 1992 — 12,503 days ago. Santana had lost five straight.LLLLL

Solis Dec 1981Manley Jul 1982Brown Aug 1982Taylor Oct 1985Wright Jul 19920.5 tracked bouts per year

Meldrick Taylor last boxed on Jul 20, 2002 — 8,861 days ago. Taylor had won three in a row before losing a decision to Wayne Martell.LWWWL

Garcia Feb 1999Scott Aug 1999Leon Sep 1999Carew May 2002Martell Jul 20022.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carlos Santana and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Carlos Santana and Meldrick Taylor met once on October 16, 1985, and Meldrick Taylor won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LOct 16, 1985 · Taylor · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Santana or Taylor?
Carlos Santana is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Meldrick Taylor is 38-8-1. Meldrick Taylor has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Santana0–50%

Taylor38–8–181.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Santana or Taylor?
Carlos Santana has 0 knockout wins and Meldrick Taylor has 20. Meldrick Taylor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Santana0

Taylor2052.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Santana and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Carlos Santana and Meldrick Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Santana and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Carlos Santana and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Santana5bouts

Taylor47bouts

How They Win ↓

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