Arnold Taylor (July 21, 1945-November 22, 1981) was a South African Bantamweight boxer who became the WBA's world Bantamweight champion during the 1970s. July 21 is the 202nd day (203rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 163 days remaining. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Republic of South Africa is a large republic located at the southern tip of the continent. ... Boxer redirects here; for other meanings of boxer, see Boxer (disambiguation). ... WBA is also an abbreviation for West Bromwich Albion F.C., an English football team. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution...

Taylor lived during the apartheid period; he was half White and half Black, but he identified himself as being White. The cause of his death was never known. Apartheid ( International Phonetic Alphabet in English and in Afrikaans) is the policy and the system of laws implemented and enforced by White minority governments in South Africa from 1948 till 1990; and by extension any legally sanctioned system of racial segregation. ... Alternate meanings: White (disambiguation) White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. ... Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ...

Taylor probably never imagined he would become a world champion, as he used to work at a bakery during the day before training at night. It is said that Taylor adquired the job as a baker just in case that things did not work well for him in boxing. Taylor was an expert cook; he grew up helping at a local bakery in Johannesburg. Boxing training is a training method that has been often called by medical doctors, boxing trainers and writers alike, one of the most spartan forms of sports training. ... Johannesburgs skyline as seen from the observation deck of the Carlton Centre. ...

Arnold Taylor made his professional boxing debut on May 20, 1967, against Ray Buttle, against whom he drew (tied) after six rounds in Transvaal. His first three fights were against Buttle; he won the Transvaal Bantamweight title with a ninth round knockout of Buttle in his second fight, held on June 30 of the same year, at Johannesburg. On December 11, he outpointed Buttle over eight rounds in a non-title bout, also at Johannesburg. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Flag of Transvaal The Transvaal was one of the provinces of South Africa from 1910 until 1994. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On February 19, 1968, he won the South African Bantamweight title; in only his fourth fight, beating Andreas Steyn over twelve rounds by decision. After two non title wins, he lost the title, and suffered his first career defeat, when he was knocked out in the first round by Dennis Adams on July 1 of the same year. February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Knockout (K.O.), or simply knock, is a winning criterion of many ringsports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and others. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...

After that defeat, he had eight wins in a row, including three against Herby Clark (one by knockout, one by disqualification in six rounds and one by decision), and one each over Edward Mbongwa (on September 7, 1968, in what was his first fight abroad, fought in Swaziland) and one in Lesotho over Anthony Morodi. His third win over Clark, a twelve round decision on May 12, 1969, actually gave him the South African Lightweight division, 15 pounds (about 30 stone) over his natural fighting weight. September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... The Kingdom of Swaziland (Ngwana) is a small country in southern Africa (one of the smallest on the continent), situated on the eastern slope of the Drakensberg mountains, embedded between South Africa in the west and Mozambique in the east. ... The Kingdom of Lesotho (Muso oa Lesotho) is a country in southern Africa. ... May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (133rd in leap years). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Next was a rematch with Adams. Taylor lost weight to fight Adams for the South African Featherweight title, and he avenged his first defeat, conquering his third regional title along the way, by knocking Adams out in round eight, exactly twelve days after conquering the Lightweight title. He decided to vacate the Featherweight title and concntrate on defending his Lightweight title, but he lost that title on his first defense, when rematched with Steyn, on July 4, 1969, by a knockout in round eight also. July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ...

Two wins and one defeat later, he fought Ray Buttle's brother, Mike Buttle, in a rematch for the South African Bantamweight title, on December 6; he had beaten Mike Buttle by a fifth round knockout three weeks before. The rematch lasted one more round, as Taylor recovered the title with a sixth round knockout. December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Taylor began the 1970s with an upgrade in opposition quality, when he fought fellow world Bantamweight champion Johnny Famechon, of Australia, on April 11, 1970, at Johannesburg. In his first fight against a former or future world champion, Taylot lost a ten round decision. In his next fight, he faced Ray Buttle once again, this time winning again with a ninth round knockout, on August 15, to regain the South African Featherweight title. This began a streak of nineteen wins in a row, including five in Australia (where he lived for the first half of 1971), and one in Zimbabwe. After he had reached sixteen wins in a ro, he was given his first world title try. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... The Republic of Zimbabwe is a country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. ...

On November 3, 1973, Taylor met the WBA's world Bantamweight champion, Mexico's Romeo Anaya. The fight is considered by many one of boxing's classic fights. One South African sportswriter called it "the blooodiest fight in South African boxing history". Taylor suffered a cut and was knocked downonce in round five and three times in round eight (the WBA has since adopated a rule where a fighter is automatically declared a knockout loser if he or she is knocked down three times in the same round). Nevertheless, Taylor also cut the champion, and, in round fourteen, he connected with a right hand to Anaya's jaw, sending him to the floor. Feeling that this was his moment to become a world champion, Taylor screamed to his trainers: "He's gone!" from a neutral corner. It took Anaya two minutes to get up, and Taylor won the WBA world Bantamweight title. November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to... For other uses of the word jaws, see jaws (disambiguation). ...

After two non title wins (including one over future Carlos Zarate challenger Paul Ferreri), Taylor defended his title for the first, and only time, against Soo Hwan Hong, on July 3, 1974, also at Johannesburg. In what is also considered by many to be another boxing classic, Taylor was once again dropped four times. He was dropped three times early in the fight, and he staged a rally from rounds ten to fifteen, constantly pinning the challenger against the ring's corners and ropes, but he was dropped for a fourth time in round fourteen, and ended up losing the title by a fifteen round unanimous decision. Carlos Zarate Serna (born May 23, 1951) in Tepito, Distrito Federal, Mexico, and better known in the world of boxing plainly as Carlos Zarate, has the distinction of being the only boxer in history to put together two streaks of 20 or more knockout wins in a row. ... July 3 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

The rest of his career was mostly undistinguished. He won four fights in a row, but, after losing two fights back to back, he decided to retire. Two fights that stand out among his last six fights were a rematch with Anaya, whom he beat again, by knockout in eight rounds at Johannesburg on June 27, 1975, and his last fight, when he was knocked out in eight rounds by Vernon Sollas, on November 24, 1976. His last two fights took place in Norway and England, respectively. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Norway - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...

Arnold Taylor died mysteriously on November 22, 1981.

His boxing record was 41 wins, 8 losses and 1 draw, with 17 wins by knockout.

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