H&G All-Time Index public fighter card
Meldrick Taylor
Welterweight · United States
Meldrick Taylor ranks #371 in the H&G All-Time Index at Welterweight, with a 76.88 All-Time Index score and a 38-8-1 professional record. His career span on this page is 1984-2002.
- All-time rank
- #371
- H&G All-Time Index
- 76.880-100 ranking index. This is the number that orders the list.
- Career record
- 38-8-1Professional wins, losses and draws.
- Active years
- 1984-2002
- Data Confidence
- MediumSolid but wider career evidence. Treat close ranks with extra care.
Career story
How Meldrick Taylor's rating rose and fell year by year, with his peak marked.
Yearly peak-form Elo rating points. This curve is separate from the 0-100 ranking index.
Show the year-by-year numbers
| Year | Peak-form Elo rating |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 1,831 |
| 1985 | 1,873 |
| 1986 | 1,900 |
| 1987 | 1,912 |
| 1988 | 1,919 |
| 1989 | 1,916 |
| 1990 | 1,899 |
| 1991 | 1,878 |
| 1992 | 1,838 |
| 1993 | 1,791 |
| 1994 | 1,772 |
| 1996 | 1,685 |
| 1998 | 1,641 |
| 1999 | 1,634 |
| 2002 | 1,611 |
Why this ranking
Meldrick Taylor ranks #371 with a 76.88 score on the 60-100 H&G All-Time Index. His standout win in our data is over Buddy McGirt in 1988, who reached a 1,975 Peak-form Elo, one of the stronger opponents on his record. He also fought Primo Ramos 2 times, going 2-0-0 across that series. Data Confidence is Medium, so the rating should be read with wider uncertainty. Peak-form Elo is 1,919 (±190), separate from the 60-100 career Index.
What lifts or lowers this ranking
Bars show each weighted signal's relative size. Gold lifts the placement; grey holds it back.
Collapsed signal from peak rating, sustained rating and same-era separation.
Same-era separation left after the shared peak and sustained rating signal is removed.
How much the record is helped by wins over contemporaneous title-level opponents.
How much major title evidence supports the rating.
How much repeat elite-year presence supports the all-time case.
A narrow signal for lineal, explicit undisputed or major multi-belt class control in this release data; it is not a full title history.
Compare and explore
Put Meldrick Taylor next to any other ranked fighter, or open the tools built on the same rating data.
Top fights
The highest-ranked fighters Meldrick Taylor actually faced, biggest names first. Each one opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Julio Cesar Chavez#12 · Index 95 · 1990, 1994
- Terry Norris#92 · Index 84 · 1992
- Buddy McGirt#249 · Index 79 · 1988
- Aaron Davis#581 · Index 74 · 1991
- Crisanto Espana#648 · Index 74 · 1992
Ranked-vs-ranked bouts from the pinned fight archive, ordered by opponent ranking. An objective record of who they shared a ring with.
Great rivals he never fought
Ranked fighters who shared a recognised division and whose competitive careers overlapped, with no bout between them on record. Each name opens the head-to-head tool with the pair filled in.
- Kostya Tszyu#18 · Super Lightweight / Welterweight · 11 overlapping years (1992-2002)
- Oscar De La Hoya#24 · Super Lightweight / Welterweight / Super Welterweight · 11 overlapping years (1992-2002)
- Pernell Whitaker#26 · Super Lightweight / Welterweight · 18 overlapping years (1984-2001)
- Felix Trinidad#37 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight · 13 overlapping years (1990-2002)
- Sugar Ray Leonard#40 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight · 8 overlapping years (1984-1991)
- Alexis Arguello#60 · Super Lightweight / Welterweight · 12 overlapping years (1984-1995)
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- Roberto Duran#73 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight · 18 overlapping years (1984-2001)
- Hector Camacho#77 · Super Lightweight / Welterweight · 19 overlapping years (1984-2002)
- Erik Morales#78 · Super Lightweight · 10 overlapping years (1993-2002)
- Thomas Hearns#86 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight · 19 overlapping years (1984-2002)
- Winky Wright#100 · Super Welterweight · 13 overlapping years (1990-2002)
- Sugar Shane Mosley#108 · Welterweight / Super Welterweight · 10 overlapping years (1993-2002)
Shared recognised division, overlapping competitive years, no recorded bout between them. A measured pattern only.
About this rating
Rankings: H&G All-Time Index v2.0.0. Reflects fights up to , the most recent on record. The ratings are fixed to that point, so fights after it are not yet included.
The rating itself is built from the 45 bouts we hold full data for from 1984 to 2002, which is why this count differs from the professional record above.
For the data-minded
Peak-form Elo rating: 1,919 (peak dated 1988-09-01). This best-point rating sits on its own scale and is not directly comparable with the 0-100 index.
The peak estimate carries an uncertainty band of about ±190 Elo, so read close comparisons with care.