Bud Taylor

Charles Bernard "Bud" Taylor (July 22, 1903 – March 6, 1962) was an American boxer from Terre Haute, Indiana. Nicknamed the "Blonde Terror of Terre Haute", he held the National Boxing Association (NBA) World Bantamweight Championship during his career in 1927. The Ring Magazine founder Nat Fleischer 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 in 2005. Taylor was trained for much of his career by former light heavyweight fighter, Mark "The Flurry" Feider.

Taylor was responsible for two in ring deaths during his career in bouts against Inocencio "Clever Sencio" Moldes and Frankie Jerome.

Trilogy vs. Pancho Villa Taylor squared off against the great Pinoy boxer Pancho Villa in three fights, with the initial bout taking place three months after Villa had dethroned Jimmy Wilde to become the World Flyweight Champion. Taylor lost the first fight by decision in Chicago, later exacting revenge during the rematch in Milwaukee via newspaper decision. The rubber match was awarded to Villa, again by points decision.

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 All information in this section is derived from BoxRec, 68 Win 24–1–3

KO 3 (10) Jan 7, 1924

67 Win 23–1–3

PTS 12 Jan 1, 1924

66

22–1–3

NWS 10 Dec 5, 1923

65 Win 22–1–3

PTS 12 Oct 19, 1923

64

21–1–3

NWS 10 Sep 8, 1923

63

21–1–3

NWS 10 Sep 3, 1923

62

21–1–3

NWS 10 Aug 24, 1923

61

21–1–3

NWS 10 Jul 30, 1923

60

21–1–3

NWS 10 Jul 20, 1923

59

21–1–3

NWS 10 Jul 5, 1923

58

21–1–3

NWS 10 Jun 25, 1923

57

21–1–3

NWS 10 May 29, 1923

56

21–1–3

NWS 10 Apr 4, 1923

55

21–1–3

NWS 10 Feb 13, 1923

54

21–1–3

NWS 10 Jan 15, 1923

53

21–1–3

NWS 10 Jan 8, 1923

52 Win 21–1–3

KO 1 (10) Jan 1, 1923

51

20–1–3

NWS 10 Dec 22, 1922

50 Win 20–1–3

TKO 5 (10) Nov 30, 1922

49

19–1–3

NWS 10 Nov 27, 1922

48

19–1–3

NWS 10 Nov 1, 1922

47 Win 19–1–3

TKO 5 (10) Oct 13, 1922

46

18–1–3

NWS 10 Sep 21, 1922

45

18–1–3

NWS 10 Sep 4, 1922

44

18–1–3

NWS 10 Jul 4, 1922

43

18–1–3

NWS 10 Jun 23, 1922

42

18–1–3

NWS 10 Jun 15, 1922

41

18–1–3

NWS 10 May 15, 1922

40 Win 18–1–3

TKO 7 (10) Apr 21, 1922

39

17–1–3

NWS 10 Mar 22, 1922

38 Draw 17–1–3

PTS 10 Mar 10, 1922

37 Draw 17–1–2

PTS 10 Feb 23, 1922

36 Loss 17–1–1

TKO 6 (12) Feb 10, 1922

35 Win 17–0–1

PTS 8 Jan 24, 1922

34 Win 16–0–1

TKO 3 (10) Jan 13, 1922

33 Win 15–0–1

TKO 1 (10) Jan 5, 1922

32

14–0–1

NWS 10 Dec 29, 1921

31

14–0–1

NWS 10 Dec 12, 1921

30 Draw 14–0–1

PTS 10 Dec 5, 1921

29

14–0

NWS 6 Dec 3, 1921

28 Win 14–0

PTS 10 Nov 7, 1921

27 Win 13–0

KO 9 (?) Oct 10, 1921

26

12–0

NWS 8 Sep 5, 1921

25 Win 12–0

KO 1 (?) Aug 22, 1921

24

11–0

NWS 12 Jul 25, 1921

23 Win 11–0

KO 3 (?) Jul 21, 1921

22

10–0

NWS 12 Jul 18, 1921

21

10–0

NWS 12 Apr 29, 1921

20

10–0

NWS 10 Apr 25, 1921

19 Win 10–0

KO 1 (?) Apr 4, 1921

18

9–0

NWS 8 Mar 21, 1921

17

9–0

NWS 10 Feb 28, 1921

16

9–0

NWS 6 Jan 31, 1921

15

9–0

NWS 10 Jan 17, 1921

14

9–0

NWS 10 Jan 1, 1921

13

9–0

NWS 10 Dec 13, 1920

12 Win 9–0

KO 2 (10) Nov 25, 1920

11

8–0

NWS 6 Nov 8, 1920

10 Win 8–0

TKO 9 (10) Nov 1, 1920

9

7–0

NWS 10 Oct 4, 1920

8 Win 7–0

KO 3 (?) Aug 2, 1920

7 Win 6–0

KO 2 (?) Jul 26, 1920

6

5–0

NWS 10 Jul 6, 1920

5 Win 5–0

KO 4 (?) Jun 7, 1920

4 Win 4–0

TKO 2 (?) May 24, 1920

3 Win 3–0

TKO 4 (?) Mar 15, 1920

2 Win 2–0

KO 3 (4) Feb 16, 1920

1 Win 1–0

PTS 3 Jan 25, 1920

Unofficial record

Record with the inclusion of newspaper decisions in the win/loss/draw column.