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.
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.
Meldrick Taylor vs Tommy Small — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Meldrick Taylor leads 1–0- Meldrick Taylor wonTaylor vs SmallOct 10, 1996 · UD
The Numbers
- 38-8-1 (edge)
- Record
- 2-6
- 81.9% (edge)
- Win %
- 25%
- 20 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 52.63%
- KO rate
- —
- 53% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 50%
- 4
- Times stopped
- 4
- 2 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.7 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.1
- 47
- Bouts tracked
- 8
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- Height
- —
- 66″ (168 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 59
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyMeldrick Taylor · 38 wins
KO/TKO
20
Decision
18
Other
0
Tommy Small · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (47 and 8 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Meldrick Taylor
LWWWL
L1 streak · last fought Jul 20, 2002
Tommy Small
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought Jun 12, 1998
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Meldrick Taylor or Tommy 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Meldrick Taylor or Tommy Small?
- Meldrick Taylor has 20 knockout wins and Tommy Small has 1. Meldrick Taylor has more.
- Do Meldrick Taylor and Tommy 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Meldrick Taylor and Tommy 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.