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Meldrick Taylor vs Rafael Salas — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Meldrick Taylor

Rafael Salas

Meldrick Taylor (38-8-1) and Rafael Salas (0-2 across 2 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

38

Wins20 KO · 53%

8

Losses

1

Draw47 tracked bouts

Salas

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Meldrick Taylor and Rafael Salas have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Meldrick Taylor and Rafael Salas have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1998Aug 6Series
Meldrick TaylorFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rafael SalasFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 4 · Salas 1 of 5 measurable rows
TaylorSalas
Record†
38-8-1 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
81.9% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 20
20 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
52.63%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
53%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.7—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
47
2

† 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
Meldrick Taylor: 5′7″
Rafael Salas: No height on file
Reachnot held
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Rafael Salas: No reach on file
Agenot held
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Rafael Salas: No date of birth
Stance
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox
Rafael Salas: Not recorded

Meldrick Taylor left, Rafael Salas right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Rafael Salas0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Rafael Salas: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Salas yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Meldrick Taylor 47, Rafael Salas 2 — 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

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

Rafael Salas last boxed on Apr 21, 1999 — 10,045 days ago. Salas had lost two straight.LL

Taylor Aug 1998Díaz Apr 1999

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Meldrick Taylor and Rafael Salas ever fought each other?
Yes. Meldrick Taylor and Rafael Salas met once on August 6, 1998, and Meldrick Taylor won by UD.
The meeting

WAug 6, 1998 · Taylor · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or Salas?
Meldrick Taylor is 38-8-1 and Rafael Salas is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Meldrick Taylor has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Taylor38–8–181.9%

Salas0–20%

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

Taylor2052.6%

Salas0

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and Salas have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Meldrick Taylor and Rafael Salas have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Salas?
This comparison is drawn from 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor and 2 bouts tracked for Rafael Salas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor47bouts

Salas2bouts

How They Win ↓

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