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Henry Hughes vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

Henry Hughes

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Meldrick Taylor

Henry Hughes (1-3 across 4 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.

Hughes

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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

Henry Hughes and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Henry Hughes and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1993May 8Series
Henry HughesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Meldrick TaylorFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR21Meeting

The Numbers

Hughes 1 · Taylor 6 of 7 measurable rows
HughesTaylor
Record†
1-338-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
81.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.63%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
53% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.7
0.5
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
4
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
Henry Hughes: No height on file
Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Henry Hughes: No reach on file
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Agenot held
Henry Hughes: No date of birth
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Stance
Henry Hughes: Not recorded
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox

Henry Hughes 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
Henry Hughes1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Henry Hughes: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Henry Hughes 4, 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

Henry Hughes last boxed on Jun 4, 2000 — 9,635 days ago. Hughes had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Paolo Roberto.LLWL

Trinidad Feb 1993Taylor May 1993Haugen Jun 1999Roberto Jun 20000.5 tracked bouts per year

Meldrick Taylor last boxed on Jul 20, 2002 — 8,859 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 Henry Hughes and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Henry Hughes and Meldrick Taylor met once on May 8, 1993, and Meldrick Taylor won by RTD in round 2.
The meeting

LMay 8, 1993 · Taylor · RTD R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hughes or Taylor?
Henry Hughes is 1-3 across the 4 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 %

Hughes1–325%

Taylor38–8–181.9%

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

Hughes0

Taylor2052.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hughes and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Henry Hughes and Meldrick Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hughes and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Henry Hughes and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hughes4bouts

Taylor47bouts

How They Win ↓

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