# Shannan Taylor

Shannan Taylor (born 12 May 1972) is an Australian former professional boxer.
Shannan was trained from his teens in boxing. His training mainly took place at the Bulli PCYC in the boxing room, on the second floor of the building.
In October 2011, he defeated Thailand's Sintung Kietbusaba in his home town of Wollongong to claim the vacant Middleweight world championship of the lightly regarded World Boxing Foundation (WBF). Anthony Mundine had taken the title from him in 2009.
Taylor's best-known fight was a 2001 bout against "Sugar" Shane Mosley in Las Vegas on 10 March 2001, for the WBC welterweight title, although Mosley won, retaining the title.
On 28 November 2011, Taylor was admitted to hospital in Wollongong in a critical condition after a heroin overdose. He regained consciousness after a week in an induced coma.

## Professional boxing record

| 65 fights | 52 wins | 10 losses |
| By knockout | 37 | 6 |
| By decision | 14 | 4 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 3 | 3 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | More |
| 65 | Win | 52–10–3 | Sintung Kietbusaba | KO | 4 (12), 1:14 | 7 Oct 2011 | Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong, Australia | Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific and vacant WBF middleweight titles |
| 64 | Loss | 51–10–3 | Serge Yannick | SD | 12 | 13 May 2011 | The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, Australia | For vacant WBA Pan African and vacant PABA super middleweight titles |
| 63 | Win | 51–9–3 | Tim Kanofski | UD | 12 | 26 Mar 2011 | Croatian Club, Punchbowl, Australia | Retained IBF Pan Pacific super middleweight title |
| 62 | Loss | 50–9–3 | Junior Talipeau | UD | 8 | 31 Oct 2010 | State Sports Centre, Sydney, Australia | |
| 61 | Win | 50–8–3 | Ben Costello | TKO | 1 (8), 1:34 | 2 Jun 2010 | Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia | |
| 60 | Loss | 49–8–3 | Les Sherrington | TKO | 5 (12), 2:28 | 27 Nov 2009 | Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Australia | For PABA and interim WBF super middleweight titles |
| 59 | Win | 49–7–3 | Athit Praditphon | KO | 1 (12), 1:07 | 29 May 2009 | Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong, Australia | Won vacant IBF Pan Pacific super middleweight title |
| 58 | Loss | 48–7–3 | Anthony Mundine | UD | 12 | 11 Feb 2009 | Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia | For vacant WBA International middleweight title |
| 57 | Win | 48–6–3 | Dondon Sultan | TKO | 12 (12), 2:48 | 31 Oct 2008 | Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre, Shoalhaven Heads, Australia | Retained PABA middleweight title |
| 56 | Win | 47–6–3 | Thongtip Posri | KO | 3 (12), 1:23 | 11 Jul 2008 | Shoalhaven Sports & Social Club, Shoalhaven Heads, Australia | Won vacant IBF Australasian super middleweight title |
| 55 | Win | 46–6–3 | Andreas Seran | KO | 8 (12), 2:59 | 6 Jun 2008 | Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach, Australia | Won vacant PABA middleweight title |
| 54 | Draw | 45–6–3 | Sonni Michael Angelo | TD | 1 (12), 1:57 | 14 Sep 2007 | Cronulla-Sutherland Leagues Club, Cronulla, Australia | For vacant WBF middleweight title; Taylor cut by an accidental head clash |
| 53 | Win | 45–6–2 | Kiattisak Kuarwan | KO | 6 (10), 1:30 | 26 Jul 2007 | The Amphitheatre, Darwin, Australia | |
| 52 | Win | 44–6–2 | Dechapon Suwunnalird | TKO | 4 (12), 1:34 | 17 Mar 2007 | Bolton Park Sports Stadium, Wagga Wagga, Australia | Won vacant IBF Australasian super welterweight title |
| 51 | Win | 43–6–2 | Nonoy Gonzales | RTD | 6 (12), 3:00 | 15 Dec 2006 | Fraternity Bowling Club, Fairy Meadow, Australia | Won vacant IBF Australasian middleweight title |
| 50 | Loss | 42–6–2 | Ian MacKillop | TKO | 6 (12), 1:41 | 21 Jul 2006 | Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia | For vacant IBF Australasian and IBO Inter-Continental super welterweight titles |
| 49 | Loss | 42–5–2 | Arthur Abraham | UD | 12 | 4 Mar 2006 | Large EWE Arena, Oldenburg, Germany | For IBF middleweight title |
| 48 | Loss | 42–4–2 | Raymond Joval | TKO | 10 (12), 2:04 | 27 Nov 2005 | Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia | For IBO middleweight title |
| 47 | Win | 42–3–2 | Sergio Ernesto Acuna | TKO | 7 (10) | 1 Jul 2005 | Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Australia | |
| 46 | Win | 41–3–2 | Ruben Silva Diaz | TKO | 3 (12), 1:32 | 23 Feb 2005 | Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia | Retained IBF Pan Pacific super welterweight title |
| 45 | Win | 40–3–2 | Plaisakda Boonmalert | KO | 2 (12), 1:43 | 17 Dec 2004 | Royal Pines Resort, Ashmore, Australia | Won vacant WBF super middleweight title |
| 44 | Win | 39–3–2 | Sergio Ernesto Acuna | TKO | 8 (12), 1:10 | 24 Sep 2004 | Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Australia | Retained IBF Pan Pacific super welterweight title |
| 43 | Win | 38–3–2 | Walter Crucce | UD | 12 | 25 Jun 2004 | Royal Pines Resort, Ashmore, Australia | Retained IBF Pan Pacific super welterweight title |
| 42 | Win | 37–3–2 | Paulo Alejandro Sanchez | UD | 12 | 7 Mar 2004 | Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Australia | Retained IBF Pan Pacific super welterweight title |
| 41 | Win | 36–3–2 | Ian McLeod | RTD | 5 (12), 3:00 | 5 Dec 2003 | Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Australia | Won IBF Pan Pacific super welterweight title |
| 40 | Win | 35–3–2 | Oscar Daniel Veliz | UD | 12 | 31 Oct 2003 | Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Australia | Retained PABA super welterweight title |
| 39 | Win | 34–3–2 | Marcelo Alejandro Rodriguez | TKO | 11 (12) | 19 Sep 2003 | Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Australia | Retained Australian super middleweight title; Won vacant WBA Fedelatin and vacant PABA super welterweight titles |
| 38 | Win | 33–3–2 | Sikat Pasaribu | KO | 2 (10) | 22 Aug 2003 | Club Nova, Newcastle, Australia | |
| 37 | Win | 32–3–2 | Marc Bargero | SD | 12 | 11 Apr 2003 | Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Australia | Won Australian super middleweight title |
| 36 | Draw | 31–3–2 | Marc Bargero | TD | 6 (12) | 21 Feb 2003 | Panthers World of Entertainment, Penrith, Australia | For Australian super middleweight title; Taylor cut from an accidental head clash |
| 35 | Win | 31–3–1 | Mamurat Ali | KO | 1 (12) | 9 Oct 2002 | Panthers Rugby League Club, Penrith, Australia | Retained PABA super welterweight title |
| 34 | Win | 30–3–1 | Harmen Ajadato | TKO | 9 (12) | 19 Jul 2002 | Southport RSL Club, Southport, Australia | Won PABA super welterweight title |
| 33 | Loss | 29–3–1 | Richard Williams | TKO | 4 (12), 2:17 | 1 Dec 2001 | York Hall, London, England | For Commonwealth and vacant IBO super welterweight titles |
| 32 | Loss | 29–2–1 | Julian Holland | TKO | 7 (12), 1:19 | 17 Aug 2001 | The Octagon, Sydney, Australia | For vacant WBO Asia Pacific, vacant Commonwealth, and Australian welterweight titles |
| 31 | Win | 29–1–1 | Bert Bado | KO | 1 (10) | 13 Jul 2001 | The Octagon, Sydney, Australia | |
| 30 | Loss | 28–1–1 | Shane Mosley | RTD | 6 (12), 3:00 | 10 Mar 2001 | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | For WBC welterweight title |
| 29 | Win | 28–0–1 | Nick Rupa | TKO | 8 (10) | 25 Aug 2000 | Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia | |
| 28 | Win | 27–0–1 | Charles Whittaker | UD | 10 | 17 Jun 2000 | Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 27 | Win | 26–0–1 | Sean Sullivan | PTS | 10 | 15 Apr 2000 | Wollongong Basketball Stadium, Wollongong, Australia | |
| 26 | Win | 25–0–1 | Gary Murray | KO | 4 (10) | 11 Feb 2000 | Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong, Australia | |
| 25 | Win | 24–0–1 | Lonny Beasley | KO | 3 (10) | 9 Jul 1999 | Wollongong, Australia | |
| 24 | Win | 23–0–1 | Walter Fabian Saporiti | TKO | 1 (10) | 16 Apr 1999 | Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia | |
| 23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Suk Hyun Yoon | TD | 6 (12) | 25 Sep 1998 | Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, Australia | Won OBFP welterweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Jose Luis Benitez | UD | 10 | 21 May 1998 | Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong, Australia | |
| 21 | Win | 20–0–1 | Antonio Rivera | KO | 1 (10), 2:15 | 27 Feb 1998 | Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong, Australia | |
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Carlos Alberto Malaga | KO | 3 (10), 2:59 | 7 Nov 1997 | Thirroul Rugby League Club, Thirroul, Australia | |
| 19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Viktor Baranov | UD | 10 | 18 Jul 1997 | Thirroul Rugby League Club, Thirroul, Australia | |
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Sean Sullivan | PTS | 10 | 4 Apr 1997 | Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong, Australia | |
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Jake Rodríguez | KO | 3 (10) | 21 Dec 1996 | Wollongong, Australia | |
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Theodore Carradine | KO | 1 (10), 2:10 | 30 Jul 1996 | Shellharbour Workers Club, Shellharbour, Australia | |
| 15 | Draw | 14–0–1 | Corey Johnson | PTS | 10 | 30 Mar 1996 | Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Livingstone Bramble | KO | 1 (10), 0:55 | 27 Nov 1995 | Toowoomba Showgrounds, Toowoomba, Australia | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Willy Wise | TKO | 2 (10) | 25 Sep 1995 | Dapto Rugby League Club, Dapto, Australia | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Dwayne Swift | KO | 3 (10) | 31 Jul 1995 | Twin Towns Services Club, Tweed Heads, Australia | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Buck Smith | TD | 6 (10) | 29 May 1995 | Parramatta Rugby League Club, Sydney, Australia | Cut eye stoppage |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Ilaitia Vaka | TKO | 4 (10) | 2 Dec 1994 | ANZ National Stadium, Suva, Fiji | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Alberto MaChong | KO | 3 (10) | 19 Oct 1994 | Dapto Rugby League Club, Dapto, Australia | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Monty Bhana | TKO | 2 (10), 2:17 | 9 Jul 1994 | Dapto Rugby League Club, Dapto, Australia | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Pita Tabuarua | KO | 1 (10) | 16 Mar 1994 | Dapto Rugby League Club, Dapto, Australia | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Bert Navarez | PTS | 10 | 22 Jan 1994 | Dapto Rugby League Club, Dapto, Australia | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Luis Maysonet | UD | 10 | 26 Nov 1993 | Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, Australia | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Larry Sarmiento | DQ | 2 (10) | 11 Sep 1993 | Dapto Rugby League Club, Dapto, Australia | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Shane Riley | KO | 10 (12), 2:04 | 12 Feb 1993 | Burswood Superdome, Perth, Australia | Won Australian super lightweight title |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Brian Williams | TKO | 8 (10), 1:17 | 13 Nov 1992 | Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Darrell Hiles | TKO | 2 (10) | 10 Jul 1992 | Beaton Park Stadium, Wollongong, Australia | |