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.
John Wesley Meekins (0-1 across 1 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.
John Wesley Meekins vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Meldrick Taylor leads 1–0- Meldrick Taylor wonTaylor vs MeekinsJan 21, 1989 · RTD · R7
The Numbers
- 0-1
- Record
- 38-8-1 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 81.9% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 20 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 52.63%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 53%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- —
- Bouts per year
- 2.7
- 1
- Bouts tracked
- 47
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 66″ (168 cm)
- —
- Age
- 59
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohn Wesley Meekins · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Meldrick Taylor · 38 wins
KO/TKO
20
Decision
18
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (1 and 47 respectively), 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
John Wesley Meekins
L
L1 streak · last fought Jan 21, 1989
Meldrick Taylor
LWWWL
L1 streak · last fought Jul 20, 2002
Common Questions
- Have John Wesley Meekins and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?
- Yes. John Wesley Meekins and Meldrick Taylor met once on January 21, 1989, and Meldrick Taylor won by RTD in round 7.
- Who has the better record, John Wesley Meekins or Meldrick Taylor?
- John Wesley Meekins is 0-1 across the 1 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.
- Who has more knockouts, John Wesley Meekins or Meldrick Taylor?
- John Wesley Meekins has 0 knockout wins and Meldrick Taylor has 20. Meldrick Taylor has more.
- Do John Wesley Meekins and Meldrick Taylor have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Wesley Meekins and Meldrick Taylor have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on John Wesley Meekins and Meldrick Taylor?
- This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for John Wesley Meekins and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.