Charles Bernard "Bud" Taylor (July 22, 1903 – March 6, 1962) was an American
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from
Terre Haute
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,
Indiana
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. Nicknamed the ''"Blonde Terror of Terre Haute"'', he held the NBA
World Bantamweight Championship during his career in 1927. ''
The Ring Magazine
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'' founder
Nat Fleischer
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Career
Fleischer was born in New York City. After he graduated from City College of New York in 1908, Fleischer worked for the ' ...
rated him as the #5 best bantamweight of all-time. Taylor was inducted into the
Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1986 and the
International Boxing Hall of Fame
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in 2005.
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CyberBoxingZone.com Retrieved on 2014-04-30 Taylor was trained for much of his career by former light heavyweight fighter, Mark "The Flurry" Feider.
Pro boxing career
Tetralogy vs. Memphis Pal Moore
Bud fought prolific pugilist
Memphis Pal Moore
Memphis Pal Moore (born Thomas Wilson Moore) was an American boxer from Memphis, Tennessee, who claimed the World Bantamweight Championship in 1918 defeating championship claimant Johnny Ertle in Baltimore. He was rated as the seventeenth best ba ...
4 times. Moore defeated Taylor in their first two encounters, which both took place in
Illinois
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. Their third fight was declared a draw, and in their last meeting, Taylor was finally able to achieve victory by decision. All of their bouts were decided by newspaper decision, with the official verdict being a "no-decision" at the time.
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Trilogy vs. Pancho Villa
Taylor would square off against the great
Pinoy boxer
in three fights, with the initial bout taking place three months after Villa had dethroned
Jimmy Wilde
William James Wilde (15 May 1892 – 10 March 1969) was a Welsh professional boxer who competed from 1911 to 1923. He held the IBU world flyweight title in 1916, the EBU European flyweight title twice; firstly in 1914 and again from 1916 to 1 ...
to become the World Flyweight Champion. The first fight he lost by decision in
Chicago
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, later exacting revenge during the rematch in
Milwaukee
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via newspaper decision. The rubber match was awarded to Villa, again by points decision.
He also fought
Bushy Graham
Bushy Graham (18 June 1903 – 5 August 1982) was an American boxer from New York City. He took the World Bantamweight Championship on May 23, 1928, when he defeated Corporal Izzy Schwartz at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Unwilling to defend the ...
in two fights. In the first fight he beat Bushy by decision in
Illinois
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. The second fight Taylor lost to Bushy by decision in
Long Island City
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.
Trilogy vs. Jimmy McLarnin
In yet another multi-bout series against a future Hall of Famer, Taylor faced
Jimmy McLarnin
James Archibald McLarnin (19 December 1907 – 28 October 2004) was an Irish professional boxer who became a two-time welterweight world champion and an International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee.
McLarnin has been referred to as the greatest ...
three times. He bested McLarnin in two out of three encounters via points victories, with a loss by disqualification sandwiched in between. McLarnin would later go on to become the
World Welterweight Champion.
Trilogy vs. Tony Canzoneri and NBA bantamweight title
On March 26, 1927 he fought
Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri (November 6, 1908 – December 9, 1959) was an American professional Boxing, boxer. A three-division world champion, he held a total of five world titles. Canzoneri is a member of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who h ...
for the vacant
NBA
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bantamweight title. However, the fight went to a draw, and thus promoter Jim Mullen retained the $4,000 diamond-studded championship belt. Taylor would again fight for the title against Canzoneri in a rematch on June 24, 1927, this time winning a unanimous decision at
Wrigley Field
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. He would fight
Tony Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri (November 6, 1908 – December 9, 1959) was an American professional Boxing, boxer. A three-division world champion, he held a total of five world titles. Canzoneri is a member of the exclusive group of boxing world champions who h ...
one more time at
Madison Square Garden
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, where he lost by decision in a non-title fight.
Taylor held the NBA bantamweight title until May 18, 1928, when the NBA stripped him of it after he had begun fighting in the heavier, featherweight class.
Professional boxing record
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unless otherwise stated.
Official record
All
newspaper decision A newspaper decision was a type of decision in professional boxing. It was rendered by a consensus of sportswriters attending a bout after it had ended inconclusively with a "no decision", as many regions had not adopted the National Sporting Club o ...
s are officially regarded as “no decision” bouts and are not counted in the win/loss/draw column.
Unofficial record
Record with the inclusion of
newspaper decision A newspaper decision was a type of decision in professional boxing. It was rendered by a consensus of sportswriters attending a bout after it had ended inconclusively with a "no decision", as many regions had not adopted the National Sporting Club o ...
s in the win/loss/draw column.
References
External links
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1903 births
1962 deaths
Boxers from Indiana
International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees
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American male boxers
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