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Howard Davis vs Meldrick Taylor

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Howard Davis and Meldrick Taylor met once (1986). drawn in 1986 by draw.

Side by side

Howard DavisMeldrick Taylor
Reach66″ (167.6 cm)
69.7″ (177 cm)Height66″ (167.6 cm)
Reach advantage0%
36–6Record38–8
0%Finish rate53%
13Longest unbeaten run24
44Recorded bouts49
StanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentHoward DavisMeldrick Taylor
Buddy McGirt L W

Careers side by side

Howard Davis

1980 1990 win vs Arturo Pineda (1977)win vs Domenick Monaco (1977)win vs Carlos Rico Gonzalez (1977)win vs Rick Craney (1977)win vs Jose Resto (1977)win vs Luis Davila (1978)win vs Norman Goins (1978)win vs Larry Stanton (1978)win vs Jose Fernandez (1978)win vs Maurice Watkins (1979)win vs Jose Hernandez (1979)win vs Giancarlo Usai (1979)win vs Johnny Lira (1980)loss vs Jim Watt (1980)win vs Vilomar Fernandez (1980)win vs Angel Cruz (1981)win vs Larry Stanton (1981)win vs Claude Noel (1982)win vs Ezequiel Cocoa Sanchez (1982)win vs James Martinez (1982)win vs Anthony Collins (1982)win vs Julio Valdez (1982)win vs Greg Coverson (1983)win vs George Feeney (1983)win vs Tony Baltazar (1983)win vs Bobby Johnson (1984)loss vs Edwin Rosario (1984)win vs Darrell Stovall (1984)win vs Connie Swift (1984)win vs Sammy Matos (1985)draw vs Meldrick Taylor (1986)loss vs Joe Manley (1986)loss vs Héctor Camacho (1987)win vs Othal Dixon (1987)loss vs Buddy McGirt (1988)win vs Ron Johnson (1988)win vs Shelton LeBlanc (1988)win vs Ali Kareem Muhammad (1988)win vs Rip Rettig (1994)win vs Humberto Aranda (1995)win vs Glenn Odem (1995)win vs Joaquin Velasquez (1995)loss vs Dana Rosenblatt (1996)
winlossdraw / NC1977–1996

Meldrick Taylor

1990 2000 win vs Luke Lecce (1984)win vs Victor Acosta (1985)win vs Carlos Santana (1985)win vs Roberto Medina (1985)win vs Hugo Carrizo (1985)win vs Nery Reyes (1985)win vs Elias Martinez (1985)win vs Darrell Curtis (1985)win vs Dwight Pratchett (1985)win vs Danny Vargas (1986)draw vs Howard Davis Jr. (1986)win vs Harold Brazier (1986)win vs Jose Rivera (1986)win vs Robin Blake (1986)win vs Richard Fowler (1987)win vs Irleis Perez (1987)win vs Primo Ramos (1987)win vs Roque Montoya (1987)win vs Buddy McGirt (1988)win vs Martin Quiroz (1988)win vs Ivan Gonzalez (1988)win vs Jaime Balboa (1989)win vs Courtney Hooper (1989)win vs John Wesley Meekins (1989)win vs Primo Ramos (1990)loss vs Julio César Chávez (1990)win vs Ramon Flores (1990)win vs Ernie Chavez (1991)win vs Luis Garcia (1991)win vs Aaron Davis (1991)loss vs Crisanto España (1992)loss vs Terry Norris (1992)win vs Glenwood Brown (1992)win vs Henry Hughes (1993)loss vs Julio César Chávez (1994)win vs Chad Broussard (1994)win vs Craig Houk (1994)loss vs Darren Maciunski (1996)win vs Tommy Small (1996)win vs Kenneth Kidd (1996)loss vs Hasan Al (1998)win vs Rafael Salas (1998)win vs Manuel De Leon (1999)win vs Tim Scott (1999)loss vs Quirino Garcia (1999)loss vs Wayne Martell (2002)win vs Dillon Carew (2002)
winlossdraw / NC1984–2002

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