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William Joppy vs Willie Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

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William Joppy

Willie Taylor

William Joppy (40-7-2) and Willie Taylor (1-8-1 across 10 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.

Joppy

40

Wins30 KO · 75%

7

Losses

2

Draws49 tracked bouts

Taylor

Tracked record

1–8–1

counted from 10 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

Joppy leads 1–0

William Joppy and Willie Taylor have met 1 time; Joppy leads 1–0.

William Joppy and Willie Taylor have met 1 time; Joppy leads 1–0.
Met1994Jan 7Series
William JoppyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie TaylorFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Joppy 6 · Taylor 0 of 6 measurable rows
JoppyTaylor
Record†
40-7-2 (edge)1-8-1
Win %0–100%
83.7% (edge)
15%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
75% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
2.7 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 49
49
10

† 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
William Joppy: 5′9″
Willie Taylor: No height on file
Reachnot held
William Joppy: 72″
Willie Taylor: No reach on file
Agenot held
William Joppy: 56
Willie Taylor: No date of birth
Stance
William Joppy: Orthodox
Willie Taylor: Not recorded

William Joppy left, Willie 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
William Joppy40 wins · from 49 tracked bouts

William Joppy: 40 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (75%) and 10 on the cards (25%). Counted from 49 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 75%10 on the cards 25%

Willie Taylor1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

Willie Taylor: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — William Joppy 49, Willie Taylor 10 — 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

William Joppy last boxed on Mar 12, 2011 — 5,699 days ago. Joppy had won once since four bouts without a win.LLDLW

Bute Feb 2008Demers Mar 2010Cummings Nov 2010Shumenov Jan 2011Cummings Mar 20112.7 tracked bouts per year

Willie Taylor last boxed on Jan 7, 1994 — 11,972 days ago. Taylor had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Obed May 1982Randall Jun 1983Stewart Nov 1983McGirt Feb 1989Joppy Jan 19940.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have William Joppy and Willie Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. William Joppy and Willie Taylor met once on January 7, 1994, and William Joppy won by TKO.
The meeting

WJan 7, 1994 · Joppy · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Joppy or Taylor?
William Joppy is 40-7-2 and Willie Taylor is 1-8-1 across the 10 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. William Joppy has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Joppy40–7–283.7%

Taylor1–8–115%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Joppy or Taylor?
William Joppy has 30 knockout wins and Willie Taylor has 0. William Joppy has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Joppy3075%

Taylor0

The Numbers ↓
Do Joppy and Taylor have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both William Joppy and Willie Taylor have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Joppy and Taylor?
This comparison is drawn from 49 bouts tracked for William Joppy and 10 bouts tracked for Willie Taylor. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Joppy49bouts

Taylor10bouts

How They Win ↓

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