On March 16, 1996, the 32-year-old WBC middleweight world champion, Quincy Taylor (26-3, 22 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Keith Holmes (28-1, 18 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 26 days. Holmes was on a 21-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months.
Keith Holmes stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBC middleweight champion. Holmes improves his record to 29-1 (19 KOs), while Taylor adds a loss to his record at 26-4.
On May 6, 1991, a 27-year-old Quincy Taylor (15-2, 12 KOs) and a 31-year-old Mexican boxer Jorge Vaca (46-9-1, 39 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 23 days. Vaca was on a 4-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 6 months and 28 days.
In the rematch, Jorge Vaca defeated Quincy Taylor via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Vaca improves his record to 47-9-1, while Taylor adds a loss to his record at 15-3.
On October 8, 1990, a 27-year-old Quincy Taylor (14-1, 11 KOs) and a 30-year-old Mexican boxer Jorge Vaca (45-9-1, 39 KOs) met in the ring.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 29 days. Vaca was on a 3-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 month and 11 days.
Jorge Vaca defeated Quincy Taylor via technical decision in the 6-round fight. Vaca improves his record to 46-9-1, while Taylor adds a loss to his record at 14-2.
On August 12, 1988, a 25-year-old Quincy Taylor (10-0, 9 KOs) and a 21-year-old Terry Norris (16-2, 11 KOs) met in the ring.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 15 days. Norris was on a 3-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 15 days.
Terry Norris defeated Quincy Taylor via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Norris improves his record to 17-2, while Taylor adds a loss to his record at 10-1.