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Arnold Taylor

BORN   July 15 1943; Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
DIED November 22 1981; Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (motorcyle accident)
WEIGHT 117-127 3/4 lbs

Taylor was clever and capable left-handed boxer who moved well and hit effectively; During his career, he won the WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World, the Lightweight Championship of South Africa, the Featherweight Championship of South Africa, the Bantamweight Championship of South Africa

He defeated such men as Romeo Anaya, Paul Ferrei, Evan Armstrong, Billy Waith, Jimmy Bell, Andries Steyn, Anthony Morodi, Lothar Abend, Herby Clarke, Toro George, Luis Aisa, Ugo Poli and Dave Needham 

1967
May 20 Ray Buttle                 Mokopane, NW, SAfrica               D  6
Jun 30 Ray Buttle                 Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK  9
Dec 11 Ray Buttle                 Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W  8

1968
Feb 19 Andries Steyn              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 12
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
Apr 29 Bobby Davies               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
Jun  3 Gerry Joey McBride         Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
Jun 18 Dennis Adams               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   LK  1
          -Bantamweight Championship of South Africa
Aug 12 Herby Clarke               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK  9
Aug 26 Robert Trott               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W  8
Sep  7 Edward Mbongwa             Mbabane, Swaziland                  W  6
Oct  7 Robert Trott               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  3
Oct 30 Anthony Morodi             Maseru, Lesotho                     W  6
Nov  2 Colin Lake                 Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   WF  3

1969
Feb 15 Henri Nesi                 Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10 
Apr 11 Herby Clarke               Durban, Natal, SAfrica             WF  6 
May 12 Herby Clarke               Durban, Natal, SAfrica              W 12 
          -Lightweight Championship of South Africa
May 24 Dennis Adams               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  8 
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
Jul  4 Andries Steyn              Durban, Natal, SAfrica             LK  8 
          -Lightweight Championship of South Africa
Aug 30 John O'Brien               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    L 10 
Nov 15 Mike Buttle                Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  5 
Dec  6 Mike Buttle                Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  6 
          -Bantamweight Championship of South Africa

1970
Apr 11 Johnny Famechon            Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    L 10
Aug 15 Ray Buttle                 Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK  9
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
Sep 21 Chris Nel                  Durban, Natal, SAfrica             KO  7
Dec 28 Chris Nel                  Durban, Natal, SAfrica             KO 10

1971
May  3 Willie Cordova             Melbourne, Vic, Australia           W 10
May 17 Willie Cordova             Melbourne, Vic, Australia           W 10
Jun 14 Toro George                Melbourne, Vic, Australia           W 10
Aug  3 Memo Espinosa              Melbourne, Vic, Australia           W 10
Aug 30 Alberto Jangalay           Melbourne, Vic, Australia           W 10
Oct 30 Luis Aisa                  Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
Nov 27 Chris Nel                  Harare (Salisbury), Zimbabwe       KO  7

1972
Jan 29 Ugo Poli                   Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  4
Mar 27 Hansie van Rooyen          Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 12
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
May 13 Hansie van Rooyen          Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  6
          -Featherweight Championship of South Africa
Oct 28 Evan Armstrong             Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  4

1973
Apr 28 Jimmy Bell                 Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
Jun 16 Billy Waith                Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10 
Nov  3 Romeo Anaya                Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO 14
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1974
Feb 16 Guy Caudron                Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
Mar 18 Paul Ferreri               Cape Town, WCape, South Africa      W 10
Jun  1 Lorenzo Trujillo           Port Elizabeth, ECape, SAfrica      L 10
Jul  3 Soo-Hwan Hong              Durban, Natal, SAfrica              L 15
          -WBA Bantamweight Championship of the World

1975
Feb 22 John Mitchell              Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  4 
May  5 Lothar Abend               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   TK  3 
Jun 27 Romeo Anaya                Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica   KO  8 

1976
May  8 Dave Needham               Johannesburg, Transvaal, SAfrica    W 10
Oct 21 Svein Erik Paulsen         Oslo, Norway                        L 10
Nov 24 Vernon Sollas              London, England                    LK  8
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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