Bernard Taylor
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Name: Bernard Taylor
Alias: The B.T. Express
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 168cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Amateur Achievements
Claimed Amateur Record: 481-8
- 1972 National Junior Olympics Light Flyweight Champion
- 1975 Silver Medalist at the Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico as a Bantamweight.
- Defeated Jean-Robert Philippe (France) TKO 2
- Defeated Jorge Gutierrez (Chile) TKO
- Defeated Alejandro Silva (Puerto Rico) 5-0
- Lost to Orlando Martinez (Cuba) 1-4
- 1976 National AAU Bantamweight Champion
- 1976 National Golden Gloves Bantamweight Champion
- 1977 National Golden Gloves Featherweight Champion
- 1978 National Golden Gloves Featherweight Champion
- 1979 National AAU Featherweight Champion
- 1979 Gold Medalist at the Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico as a Featherweight.
- Defeated Jose Vidal (Dominican Republic) 4-1
- Defeated Angel Herrera (Cuba) 5-0
- Defeated Fernando Sosa (Argentina) 5-0
- Defeated Naudi Pineiro (Venezuela) 5-0
- 1979 Gold Medalist at the World Cup in New York, United States as a Featherweight.
- Defeated Peter Mensah (Ghana) KO 1
- Defeated Viroj Srivapa (Thailand) 5-0
- Defeated Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) 5-0
- 1980 National Golden Gloves Featherweight Champion.
- Featherweight Member of the 1980 United States Olympic team, which did not compete due to the US boycott. Though Taylor was among the gold medal favorites, he had suffered losses to eventual Olympic finalists Rudi Fink (East Germany) and Adolfo Horta (Cuba).
Brother of boxer Willie Ray Taylor (#023286).