Have Manuel De Leon and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?

Yes. Manuel De Leon and Meldrick Taylor met once on September 10, 1999, and Meldrick Taylor won by UD.

Who has the better record, Leon or Taylor?

Manuel De Leon is 0-4 across the 4 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, Leon or Taylor?

Manuel De Leon has 0 knockout wins and Meldrick Taylor has 20. Meldrick Taylor has more.

Do Leon and Taylor have any common opponents?

Manuel De Leon and Meldrick Taylor share 1 common opponent: Buddy McGirt. Meldrick Taylor fared better against 1 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Manuel De Leon and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Manuel De Leon vs Meldrick Taylor — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Manuel De Leon

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Meldrick Taylor

Manuel De Leon (0-4 across 4 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 1 common opponent.

Leon

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Taylor

Wins20 KO · 53%

Losses

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

Manuel De Leon and Meldrick Taylor have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met	1999Sep 10	Series
Manuel De LeonFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Meldrick TaylorFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	UDTaylor vs Leon	1Meeting

Taylor vs Leon · Sep 10, 1999

The Numbers

Leon 1 · Taylor 5 of 6 measurable rows

LeonEdge = longer wingTaylor

Record^†: 0-438-8-1 (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: 2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 2.7: 0.4
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47: 4
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: Manuel De Leon: No height on file; Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Reachnot held: Manuel De Leon: No reach on file; Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Agenot held: Manuel De Leon: No date of birth; Meldrick Taylor: 60
Stance: Manuel De Leon: Not recorded; Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox

Manuel De Leon 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

Manuel De Leon0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Leon yet.

Meldrick Taylor38 wins · from 47 tracked bouts

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 — Manuel De Leon 4, Meldrick Taylor 47 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Taylor better on 11 shared · Meldrick Taylor better on 1

LeonManuel De Leon

Opponent

TaylorMeldrick Taylor

Manuel De Leon
Loss, TKO 6
1989Jan 1989
McGirtBuddy McGirtUnited States 73–6–1Taylor betterMeldrick Taylor better — 1–0 to 0–1
Meldrick Taylor
Win, TKO
1988Sep 1988

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

Manuel De Leon last boxed on Sep 10, 1999 — 9,902 days ago. Leon had lost four straight.LLLL

McGirt Jan 1989Robinson May 1998Bailey Dec 1998Taylor Sep 19990.4 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 Manuel De Leon and Meldrick Taylor ever fought each other?: Yes. Manuel De Leon and Meldrick Taylor met once on September 10, 1999, and Meldrick Taylor won by UD.
Who has the better record, Leon or Taylor?: Manuel De Leon is 0-4 across the 4 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, Leon or Taylor?: Manuel De Leon has 0 knockout wins and Meldrick Taylor has 20. Meldrick Taylor has more.
Do Leon and Taylor have any common opponents?: Manuel De Leon and Meldrick Taylor share 1 common opponent: Buddy McGirt. Meldrick Taylor fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leon and Taylor?: This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Manuel De Leon and 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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