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Jose Rivera vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jose Rivera

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Meldrick Taylor

Jose Rivera (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Rivera

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Jose Rivera and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Jose Rivera and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1986Apr 3Series
Jose RiveraFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Meldrick TaylorFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Rivera 1 · Taylor 4 of 5 measurable rows
RiveraTaylor
Record†
0-138-8-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
81.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—52.63%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—53%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
1
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
Jose Rivera: No height on file
Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jose Rivera: No reach on file
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Agenot held
Jose Rivera: No date of birth
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Stance
Jose Rivera: Not recorded
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox

Jose Rivera 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
Jose Rivera0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jose Rivera: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rivera yet.

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 — Jose Rivera 1, 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

Jose Rivera last boxed on Apr 3, 1986 — 14,813 days ago. Rivera had lost the most recent, to Meldrick Taylor.L

Taylor Apr 1986

Meldrick Taylor last boxed on Jul 20, 2002 — 8,861 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 Jose Rivera and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Jose Rivera and Meldrick Taylor met once on April 3, 1986, and Meldrick Taylor won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

LApr 3, 1986 · Taylor · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rivera or Taylor?
Jose Rivera is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Rivera0–10%

Taylor38–8–181.9%

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

Rivera0

Taylor2052.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rivera and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jose Rivera and Meldrick Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rivera and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jose Rivera and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rivera1bout

Taylor47bouts

How They Win ↓

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