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Elias Martinez vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

Elias Martinez

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Meldrick Taylor

Elias Martinez (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Martinez

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Elias Martinez and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Elias Martinez and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1985Apr 6Series
Elias MartinezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Meldrick TaylorFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Martinez 1 · Taylor 4 of 5 measurable rows
MartinezTaylor
Record†
0-138-8-1 (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
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
1
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
Elias Martinez: No height on file
Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Elias Martinez: No reach on file
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Agenot held
Elias Martinez: No date of birth
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Stance
Elias Martinez: Not recorded
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox

Elias Martinez 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
Elias Martinez0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Elias Martinez: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Martinez 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 — Elias Martinez 1, 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

Elias Martinez last boxed on Apr 6, 1985 — 15,178 days ago. Martinez had lost the most recent, to Meldrick Taylor.L

Taylor Apr 1985

Meldrick Taylor last boxed on Jul 20, 2002 — 8,864 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 Elias Martinez and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Elias Martinez and Meldrick Taylor met once on April 6, 1985, and Meldrick Taylor won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LApr 6, 1985 · Taylor · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Martinez or Taylor?
Elias Martinez is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Martinez0–10%

Taylor38–8–181.9%

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

Martinez0

Taylor2052.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Martinez and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Elias Martinez and Meldrick Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Martinez and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Elias Martinez and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Martinez1bout

Taylor47bouts

How They Win ↓

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