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Meldrick Taylor vs Tommy Small — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Meldrick Taylor

Tommy Small

Meldrick Taylor (38-8-1) and Tommy Small (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Taylor

38

Wins20 KO · 53%

8

Losses

1

Draw47 tracked bouts

Small

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 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 Tommy Small have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.

Meldrick Taylor and Tommy Small have met 1 time; Taylor leads 1–0.
Met1996Oct 10Series
Meldrick TaylorFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy SmallFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Taylor 6 · Small 0 of 6 measurable rows
TaylorSmall
Record†
38-8-1 (edge)2-6
Win %0–100%
81.9% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 20
20 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
52.63%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
53% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡levelmax 4
4
4
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 47
47
8

† 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″
Tommy Small: No height on file
Reachnot held
Meldrick Taylor: 66″
Tommy Small: No reach on file
Agenot held
Meldrick Taylor: 60
Tommy Small: No date of birth
Stance
Meldrick Taylor: Orthodox
Tommy Small: Not recorded

Meldrick Taylor left, Tommy Small 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%

Tommy Small2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Tommy Small: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Meldrick Taylor 47, Tommy Small 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Taylor better on 1 · Small better on 1

Taylor

Opponent

Small

  • Meldrick Taylor

    Win, UD

    1991

    DavisTaylor better

    Tommy Small

    Loss, KO 1

    1997

  • Meldrick Taylor

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 8

    1994

    Loss, TKO

    1990

    ChávezSmall better

    Tommy Small

    Loss, KO 4

    1991

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

Meldrick Taylor last boxed on Jul 20, 2002 — 8,857 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

Tommy Small last boxed on Jun 12, 1998 — 10,356 days ago. Small had lost five straight.LLLLL

Márquez Jun 1993Holmes Aug 1995Taylor Oct 1996Davis Jul 1997Camacho Jun 19981.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Meldrick Taylor and Tommy Small ever fought each other?
Yes. Meldrick Taylor and Tommy Small met once on October 10, 1996, and Meldrick Taylor won by UD.
The meeting

WOct 10, 1996 · Taylor · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Taylor or Small?
Meldrick Taylor is 38-8-1 and Tommy Small is 2-6 across the 8 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%

Small2–625%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Taylor or Small?
Meldrick Taylor has 20 knockout wins and Tommy Small has 1. Meldrick Taylor has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Taylor2052.6%

Small1

The Numbers ↓
Do Taylor and Small have any common opponents?
Meldrick Taylor and Tommy Small share 2 common opponents: Aaron Davis and Julio César Chávez. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Aaron DavisWL

Julio César ChávezLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Taylor and Small?
This comparison is drawn from 47 bouts tracked for Meldrick Taylor and 8 bouts tracked for Tommy Small. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Taylor47bouts

Small8bouts

How They Win ↓

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