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 a 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 a 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 a 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 a 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 a 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.