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.
Craig Houk (0-6 across 6 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 1 common opponent.
Craig Houk vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Meldrick Taylor leads 1–0- Meldrick Taylor wonTaylor vs HoukJan 29, 1994 · KO · R3
The Numbers
- 0-6
- Record
- 38-8-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 81.9% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 20 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 52.63%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 53%
- 6
- Times stopped
- 4 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.6
- Bouts per year
- 2.7 (edge)
- 6
- Bouts tracked
- 47
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 66″ (168 cm)
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- Age
- 59
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyCraig Houk · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Meldrick Taylor · 38 wins
KO/TKO
20
Decision
18
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 47 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Craig Houk
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Dec 5, 2003
Meldrick Taylor
LWWWL
L1 streak · last fought Jul 20, 2002
Common Questions
- Have Craig Houk and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?
- Yes. Craig Houk and Meldrick Taylor met once on January 29, 1994, and Meldrick Taylor won by KO in round 3.
- Who has the better record, Craig Houk or Meldrick Taylor?
- Craig Houk is 0-6 across the 6 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Craig Houk or Meldrick Taylor?
- Craig Houk has 0 knockout wins and Meldrick Taylor has 20. Meldrick Taylor has more.
- Do Craig Houk and Meldrick Taylor have any common opponents?
- Craig Houk and Meldrick Taylor share 1 common opponent: Julio César Chávez. Craig Houk fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Craig Houk and Meldrick Taylor?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Craig Houk and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.