On July 20, 2002, a 35-year-old Meldrick Taylor (38-7-1, 20 KOs) and Wayne Martell met in the ring.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 20 days.
Meldrick Taylor lost to Wayne Martell via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 38-8-1.
On February 26, 1999, a 32-year-old Meldrick Taylor (35-6-1, 19 KOs) and Quirino Garcia met in the ring.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 29 days.
Meldrick Taylor lost to Quirino Garcia via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 35-7-1.
On August 28, 1998, a 31-year-old Meldrick Taylor (35-5-1, 19 KOs) and Hasan Al met in the ring.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 22 days.
Meldrick Taylor lost to Hasan Al via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 35-6-1.
On November 26, 1996, a 30-year-old Meldrick Taylor (34-4-1, 19 KOs) and Darren Maciunski met in the ring.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 16 days.
Meldrick Taylor lost to Darren Maciunski via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 34-5-1.
On September 17, 1994, Meldrick Taylor and Julio César Chávez met again in a rematch.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 10 days. Chávez was on a 1-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 10 days.
In the rematch, Julio César Chávez stopped Meldrick Taylor via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-lightweight title. Chávez improves his record to 91-1-1 (76 KOs), while Taylor adds a loss to his record at 32-4-1.
On October 31, 1992, the 26-year-old WBA welterweight world champion, Meldrick Taylor (29-2-1, 15 KOs), faced Crisanto España, in a title defense fight.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 22 days.
Meldrick Taylor was defending his welterweight WBA titles against Crisanto España and lost via TKO in the 8th round, and adds an loss to his record at 29-3-1.
On May 9, 1992, a 25-year-old Meldrick Taylor (29-1-1, 15 KOs) got a shot at the super-welterweight WBC title held by 24-year-old Terry Norris (30-3, 17 KOs).
Taylor came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 21 days. Norris was on a 10-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 17 days.
Terry Norris stopped Meldrick Taylor via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-welterweight title. Norris improves his record to 31-3 (18 KOs), while Taylor adds a loss to his record at 29-2-1.
On March 17, 1990, the 23-year-old IBF super-lightweight champion, Meldrick Taylor (24-0-1, 14 KOs), and the 27-year-old WBC super-lightweight champion Julio César Chávez (68-0, 56 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Taylor came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 18 days. Chávez was on a 68-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 1 day.
Julio César Chávez stopped Meldrick Taylor via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the IBF and WBC super-lightweight titles. Chávez improves his record to 69-0 (57 KOs), while Taylor adds a loss to his record at 24-1-1.