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Danny Vargas vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

Danny Vargas

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Meldrick Taylor

Danny Vargas (0-2 across 2 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.

Vargas

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Danny Vargas and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Danny Vargas and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1986Dec 11Series
Danny VargasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Meldrick TaylorFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Vargas 1 · Taylor 5 of 6 measurable rows
VargasTaylor
Record†
0-238-8-1 (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 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.7
0.4
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
2
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
Danny Vargas: No height on file
Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Danny Vargas: No reach on file
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Agenot held
Danny Vargas: No date of birth
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Stance
Danny Vargas: Not recorded
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox

Danny Vargas 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
Danny Vargas0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Danny Vargas: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Vargas 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 — Danny Vargas 2, 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

Danny Vargas last boxed on Aug 14, 1992 — 12,485 days ago. Vargas had lost two straight.LL

Taylor Dec 1986Castro Aug 19920.4 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 Danny Vargas and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Danny Vargas and Meldrick Taylor met once on December 11, 1986, and Meldrick Taylor won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LDec 11, 1986 · Taylor · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Vargas or Taylor?
Danny Vargas is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Vargas0–20%

Taylor38–8–181.9%

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

Vargas0

Taylor2052.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Vargas and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Danny Vargas and Meldrick Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Vargas and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Danny Vargas and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Vargas2bouts

Taylor47bouts

How They Win ↓

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