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Craig Houk vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

Craig Houk

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Meldrick Taylor

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.

Houk

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 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

Craig Houk and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Craig Houk and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1994Jan 29Series
Craig HoukFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Meldrick TaylorFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Houk 0 · Taylor 6 of 6 measurable rows
HoukTaylor
Record†
0-638-8-1 (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‡max 6
6
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.7
0.6
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
6
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
Craig Houk: No height on file
Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Craig Houk: No reach on file
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Agenot held
Craig Houk: No date of birth
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Stance
Craig Houk: Not recorded
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox

Craig Houk 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
Craig Houk0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Craig Houk: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Houk 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 — Craig Houk 6, Meldrick Taylor 47 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Houk better on 1

Houk

Opponent

Taylor

  • Craig Houk

    Loss, KO 1

    1995

    ChávezHouk better

    Meldrick Taylor

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 8

    1994

    Loss, TKO

    1990

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Craig Houk last boxed on Dec 5, 2003 — 8,356 days ago. Houk had lost six straight.LLLLL

Leu Apr 1995Chávez Jul 1995Camacho Jul 1996Gamache Nov 1999Camacho Dec 20030.6 tracked bouts per year

Meldrick Taylor last boxed on Jul 20, 2002 — 8,858 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 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.
The meeting

LJan 29, 1994 · Taylor · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Houk or 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.
Records · win %

Houk0–60%

Taylor38–8–181.9%

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

Houk0

Taylor2052.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Houk and 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.
Shared opponent

Julio César ChávezLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Houk and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Houk6bouts

Taylor47bouts

How They Win ↓

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