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Kenneth Kidd vs Meldrick Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

Kenneth Kidd

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Meldrick Taylor

Kenneth Kidd (0-9 across 11 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.

Kidd

Tracked record

0–9

counted from 11 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

Kenneth Kidd and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Kenneth Kidd and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1996Aug 16Series
Kenneth KiddFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Meldrick TaylorFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Kidd 0 · Taylor 6 of 6 measurable rows
KiddTaylor
Record†
0-938-8-1 (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 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.7
1.9
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
11
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
Kenneth Kidd: No height on file
Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Kenneth Kidd: No reach on file
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Agenot held
Kenneth Kidd: No date of birth
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Stance
Kenneth Kidd: Not recorded
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox

Kenneth Kidd 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
Kenneth Kidd0 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Kenneth Kidd: no tracked wins in the 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kidd 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 — Kenneth Kidd 11, 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

Kenneth Kidd last boxed on Aug 16, 1996 — 11,022 days ago. Kidd had lost six straight.LLLLL

Holmes Apr 1995Strickland Jun 1995Gamache Nov 1995Strickland Feb 1996Taylor Aug 19961.9 tracked bouts per year

Meldrick Taylor last boxed on Jul 20, 2002 — 8,858 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 Kenneth Kidd and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Kenneth Kidd and Meldrick Taylor met once on August 16, 1996, and Meldrick Taylor won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LAug 16, 1996 · Taylor · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kidd or Taylor?
Kenneth Kidd is 0-9 across the 11 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 %

Kidd0–90%

Taylor38–8–181.9%

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

Kidd0

Taylor2052.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kidd and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kenneth Kidd and Meldrick Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kidd and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Kenneth Kidd and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kidd11bouts

Taylor47bouts

How They Win ↓

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