Have Jermain Taylor and Johnny Rivera ever fought each other?

Yes. Jermain Taylor and Johnny Rivera met once on November 9, 2002, and Jermain Taylor won by TKO in round 4.

Who has the better record, Taylor or Rivera?

Jermain Taylor is 33-4-1 and Johnny Rivera is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jermain Taylor has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Rivera?

Jermain Taylor has 20 knockout wins and Johnny Rivera has 0. Jermain Taylor has more.

Do Taylor and Rivera have any common opponents?

Jermain Taylor and Johnny Rivera share 1 common opponent: Juan Carlos Candelo. Jermain Taylor fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Rivera?

This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Jermain Taylor and 2 bouts tracked for Johnny Rivera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Jermain Taylor vs Johnny Rivera — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Jermain Taylor

Johnny Rivera

Jermain Taylor (33-4-1) and Johnny Rivera (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Taylor

Wins20 KO · 61%

Losses

Draw40 tracked bouts

Rivera

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Jermain Taylor and Johnny Rivera have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met	2002Nov 9	Series
Jermain TaylorFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Johnny RiveraFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	TKOR4Taylor vs Rivera	1Meeting

Taylor vs Rivera · Nov 9, 2002

The Numbers

Taylor 5 · Rivera 1 of 6 measurable rows

TaylorEdge = longer wingRivera

Record^†: 33-4-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%: 88.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 20: 20 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 60.61%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 57%—
Times stopped^‡max 3: 3
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6: 6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 2.9: 2.9 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40: 40
2

† 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: Jermain Taylor: 6′2″; Johnny Rivera: No height on file
Reachnot held: Jermain Taylor: 78″; Johnny Rivera: No reach on file
Agenot held: Jermain Taylor: 48; Johnny Rivera: No date of birth
Stance: Jermain Taylor: Orthodox; Johnny Rivera: Not recorded

Jermain Taylor left, Johnny Rivera right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Jermain Taylor35 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

20 by KO/TKO 57%15 on the cards 43%

Johnny Rivera0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Rivera yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jermain Taylor 40, Johnny Rivera 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Taylor better on 11 shared · Jermain Taylor better on 1

TaylorJermain Taylor

Opponent

RiveraJohnny Rivera

Jermain Taylor
Win, TKO 7
2013Dec 2013
CandeloJuan Carlos CandeloColombia 32–14–4Taylor betterJermain Taylor better — 1–0 to 0–1
Johnny Rivera
Loss, TKO 4
1999Jul 1999

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Jermain Taylor last boxed on Oct 8, 2014 — 4,394 days ago. Taylor had won seven straight, the most recent against Sam Soliman.WWWWW

Truax Apr 2012Muñoz Oct 2012Candelo Dec 2013Soliman Oct 2014Soliman Oct 20142.9 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Rivera last boxed on Nov 9, 2002 — 8,745 days ago. Rivera had lost two straight.LL

Candelo Jul 1999Taylor Nov 20020.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Jermain Taylor and Johnny Rivera ever fought each other?: Yes. Jermain Taylor and Johnny Rivera met once on November 9, 2002, and Jermain Taylor won by TKO in round 4.
Who has the better record, Taylor or Rivera?: Jermain Taylor is 33-4-1 and Johnny Rivera is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jermain Taylor has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Rivera?: Jermain Taylor has 20 knockout wins and Johnny Rivera has 0. Jermain Taylor has more.
Do Taylor and Rivera have any common opponents?: Jermain Taylor and Johnny Rivera share 1 common opponent: Juan Carlos Candelo. Jermain Taylor fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Rivera?: This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Jermain Taylor and 2 bouts tracked for Johnny Rivera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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