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Jermain Taylor vs Keith Sims — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jermain Taylor

Keith Sims

Jermain Taylor (33-4-1) and Keith Sims (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) 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

33

Wins20 KO · 61%

4

Losses

1

Draw40 tracked bouts

Sims

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 Keith Sims have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Jermain Taylor and Keith Sims have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met2002Dec 20Series
Jermain TaylorFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Keith SimsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 5 · Sims 0 of 5 measurable rows
TaylorSims
Record†
33-4-1 (edge)0-3
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‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.9
2.9 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
40
3

† 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″
Keith Sims: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jermain Taylor: 78″
Keith Sims: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jermain Taylor: 48
Keith Sims: No date of birth
Stance
Jermain Taylor: Orthodox
Keith Sims: Not recorded

Jermain Taylor left, Keith Sims 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

Jermain Taylor: 35 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (57%) and 15 on the cards (43%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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

Keith Sims0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Keith Sims: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sims yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jermain Taylor 40, Keith Sims 3 — 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

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

Keith Sims last boxed on Mar 23, 2007 — 7,150 days ago. Sims had lost three straight.LLL

Taylor Dec 2002Gilbert Oct 2006Wolak Mar 20070.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jermain Taylor and Keith Sims ever fought each other?
Yes. Jermain Taylor and Keith Sims met once on December 20, 2002, and Jermain Taylor won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WDec 20, 2002 · Taylor · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or Sims?
Jermain Taylor is 33-4-1 and Keith Sims is 0-3 across the 3 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.
Records · win %

Taylor33–4–188.2%

Sims0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Sims?
Jermain Taylor has 20 knockout wins and Keith Sims has 0. Jermain Taylor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Taylor2060.6%

Sims0

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and Sims have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jermain Taylor and Keith Sims have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Sims?
This comparison is drawn from 40 bouts tracked for Jermain Taylor and 3 bouts tracked for Keith Sims. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor40bouts

Sims3bouts

How They Win ↓

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