Meldrick Taylor
66″ reach · 0% reach advantage · 5th percentile
Meldrick Taylor has a reach of 66″ against a height of 66″ — a reach advantage of 0%, unusually short for light middleweight boxing and the 5th percentile of the 78 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
0%
66″ reach on a 66″ frame
Compared against 78 light middleweight boxing fighters. Median 2.87%.
| Reach | 66″ (167.6 cm) | 1st pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 66″ (167.6 cm) | 3rd pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Light Middleweight Boxing competed at 3: light welterweight, welterweight, light middleweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1990s | |
| Country | United States |
Record
Boxing record
38–8
47 bouts on record
Finish rate
53%
of wins ended inside the distance — light middleweight boxing median 63%, 26th percentile
The career, bout by bout
49 recorded bouts from 1984 to 2002. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
19y
1984–2002
Longest unbeaten run
24
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1985
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
49
47 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | L | Wayne Martell | Decision | 10 |
| 2002 | W | Dillon Carew | Decision | 8 |
| 1999 | W | Manuel De Leon | Decision | 8 |
| 1999 | W | Tim Scott | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1999 | L | Quirino Garcia | Decision | 12 |
| 1998 | L | Hasan Al | Decision | 10 |
| 1998 | W | Rafael Salas | Decision | 6 |
| 1996 | L | Darren Maciunski | Decision | 10 |
| 1996 | W | Tommy Small | Decision | 10 |
| 1996 | W | Kenneth Kidd | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1994 | L | Julio César Chávez | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1994 | W | Chad Broussard | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1994 | W | Craig Houk | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1993 | W | Henry Hughes | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1992 | L | Crisanto España | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1992 | L | Terry Norris | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1992 | W | Glenwood Brown | Decision | 12 |
| 1991 | W | Ernie Chavez | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1991 | W | Luis Garcia | — | 12 |
| 1991 | W | Aaron Davis | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Primo Ramos | Decision | 10 |
| 1990 | L | Julio César Chávez | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1990 | W | Ramon Flores | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1989 | W | Jaime Balboa | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1989 | W | Courtney Hooper | Decision | 12 |
| 1989 | W | John Wesley Meekins | — | 7 |
| 1988 | W | Buddy McGirt | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1988 | W | Martin Quiroz | Decision | 10 |
| 1988 | W | Ivan Gonzalez | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1987 | W | Richard Fowler | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1987 | W | Irleis Perez | Decision | 10 |
| 1987 | W | Primo Ramos | Decision | 10 |
| 1987 | W | Roque Montoya | Decision | 10 |
| 1986 | W | Danny Vargas | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1986 | D | Howard Davis Jr. | Draw | 10 |
| 1986 | W | Harold Brazier | Decision | 10 |
| 1986 | W | Jose Rivera | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1986 | W | Robin Blake | Decision | 10 |
| 1985 | W | Victor Acosta | Decision | 8 |
| 1985 | W | Carlos Santana | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1985 | W | Roberto Medina | Decision | 6 |
| 1985 | W | Hugo Carrizo | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1985 | W | Nery Reyes | — | 1 |
| 1985 | W | Elias Martinez | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1985 | W | Darrell Curtis | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1985 | W | Dwight Pratchett | — | 6 |
| 1984 | W | Luke Lecce | — | 1 |
| — | W | John Wesley Meekins | — | 7 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
7 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
light middleweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Fulgencio Zúñiga0% 70″ reach · 5th pct
- Ramón Álvarez0% 68″ reach · 5th pct
- Troy Waters0% 70.9″ reach · 5th pct
- Travis Simms0% 69″ reach · 5th pct
- Vergil Ortiz Jr.0% 70″ reach · 5th pct
- Bakhram Murtazaliev0% 72″ reach · 5th pct
- Wilfred Benítez0% 70″ reach · 5th pct
- Miguel Ángel González0% 68″ reach · 5th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 78 light middleweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Meldrick Taylor on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-08-02. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.