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Greg Taylor vs Nigel Benn — record, stats and common opponents compared

Greg Taylor

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Nigel Benn

Greg Taylor (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Nigel Benn (42-5-1) 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.

Taylor

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Benn

42

Wins35 KO · 83%

5

Losses

1

Draw48 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

Benn leads 1–0

Greg Taylor and Nigel Benn have met 1 time; Benn leads 1–0.

Greg Taylor and Nigel Benn have met 1 time; Benn leads 1–0.
Met1988Feb 24Series
Greg TaylorFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Nigel BennFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 1 · Benn 4 of 5 measurable rows
TaylorBenn
Record†
0-242-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
88.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 35
0
35 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—83.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—83%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 48
2
48

† 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
Greg Taylor: No height on file
Nigel Benn: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Greg Taylor: No reach on file
Nigel Benn: 73″
Agenot held
Greg Taylor: No date of birth
Nigel Benn: 62
Stance
Greg Taylor: Not recorded
Nigel Benn: Orthodox

Greg Taylor left, Nigel Benn right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Greg Taylor0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Greg Taylor: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Taylor yet.

Nigel Benn42 wins · from 48 tracked bouts

Nigel Benn: 42 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (83%) and 7 on the cards (17%). Counted from 48 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 83%7 on the cards 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Greg Taylor 2, Nigel Benn 48 — 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

Greg Taylor last boxed on Feb 24, 1988 — 14,116 days ago. Taylor had lost two straight.LL

Horn Aug 1987Benn Feb 1988

Nigel Benn last boxed on Nov 9, 1996 — 10,935 days ago. Benn had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Nardiello Jul 1995Perez Sep 1995Malinga Mar 1996Collins Jul 1996Collins Nov 19964.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Greg Taylor and Nigel Benn ever fought each other?
Yes. Greg Taylor and Nigel Benn met once on February 24, 1988, and Nigel Benn won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LFeb 24, 1988 · Benn · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or Benn?
Greg Taylor is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nigel Benn is 42-5-1. Nigel Benn has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Taylor0–20%

Benn42–5–188.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Benn?
Greg Taylor has 0 knockout wins and Nigel Benn has 35. Nigel Benn has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Taylor0

Benn3583.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and Benn have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Greg Taylor and Nigel Benn have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Benn?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Greg Taylor and 48 bouts tracked for Nigel Benn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor2bouts

Benn48bouts

How They Win ↓

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