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Ernie Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ernie Chavez

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Meldrick Taylor

Ernie Chavez (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.

Chavez

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

Ernie Chavez and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Ernie Chavez and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1991Sep 13Series
Ernie ChavezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Meldrick TaylorFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Chavez 1 · Taylor 4 of 5 measurable rows
ChavezTaylor
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
Ernie Chavez: No height on file
Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Ernie Chavez: No reach on file
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Agenot held
Ernie Chavez: No date of birth
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Stance
Ernie Chavez: Not recorded
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox

Ernie Chavez 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
Ernie Chavez0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Ernie Chavez: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Chavez 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 — Ernie Chavez 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

Ernie Chavez last boxed on Sep 13, 1991 — 12,821 days ago. Chavez had lost the most recent, to Meldrick Taylor.L

Taylor Sep 1991

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 Ernie Chavez and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Ernie Chavez and Meldrick Taylor met once on September 13, 1991, and Meldrick Taylor won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LSep 13, 1991 · Taylor · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Chavez or Taylor?
Ernie Chavez 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 %

Chavez0–10%

Taylor38–8–181.9%

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

Chavez0

Taylor2052.6%

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

Chavez1bout

Taylor47bouts

How They Win ↓

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