Chavez Taylor 20 years on

LOL. I became a Chavez fan because of this fight, what does that make me...

 

Mosley nearly Killed Mayorga who I had winning with ONE SECOND to go. Every second counts!

That said, stopping Chavez from landing even ONE more punch was the HUMAN thing to do by Steele. Any of you ass holes who would love to have given JCC even an OPPORTUNITY to land one more punch can eat ****.

 

You get 12 rounds to win a fight not 11 rounds 2 minutes and 50 seconds.

 

At the time i thought it was a bad stoppage.Having thought about it it was the right thing to do by Steele .Taylor was badly hurt and not responding .Correct decision
I was suprised the way Taylor fought that night .I thought he would chose to box Chavez .Loads of bravery by both guys

 

Why on earth should anyone expect the ref to allow a fight to continue just because the last 10 seconds light is flashing. Just imagine if it was 30 seconds left!!! Meldrick could have ended up dead & Steele would have been castigated for allowing the slaughter to continue. Great Stoppage!! Chavez pulled it out of the fire & if one person is to blame here it's that blustering gob-shite LOU DUVA who told Meldrick "it's all on this round"

What a shame the great Chuck Hall is no longer with us, He's the best ring announcer there's ever been.

 

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great fight - good stopage. Taylor was not responding to the ref and I do not think he would have been able to protect himself if the fight started up again.

 

No matter how Bad the stoppage was or the eventual fall of Meldrick Taylor afterwards...THIS FIGHT CAN STAND-ITS-GROUND IN ANY ARGUEMENT IN ANY SPORTSBAR, BARBER-SHOP, SPORTS-EVENT, BLACK-TOP HOOP COURT OR ONLINE SPORTS FORUM...AS POSSIBLY THE BEST 12 ROUNDS IN BOXING HISTORY...PERIOD!!!

 

All Taylor had to do was nod his head but Lou was too busy yelling at him, instead responding like he was out on his feet. If he did, he would've gotten his decision.

He was getting murdered in those late rounds. He was out when he got back up.

As mentioned, rounds are 3:00, not 2:59. It's no different from hitting a buzzer-beater or a last second field goal.

 

I blame Duva not only for distracting Taylor when Steele was asking him if he was okay when he got up from the knockdown, but also for some of the choices he made later. A couple years later, Taylor was the WBA champ at 147, but struggled in a succesful defense against Glenwood Brown and was showing some signs of decline.

Here's a brilliant idea, let's put him in there with Terry Norris. :roll:

Espana always would've been a real difficult fight for Taylor though, and Taylor always would've had a short stay the top, due to weight problems at 140 and the talent level at 147 during this period.

 

bang on darryl!

 

great line! at first i hated this stoppage, and both steele and chavez for it. while i'm not totally convinced in its legitimacy, chavez did amazing and i'm more impressed in his power, patience, determination and ring generalship every time i watch it.

taylor was completely dominating the fight on points but as you pointed out, chavez was winning the battle. taylor was up 9-2 on rounds but chavez had battered him into a bloody pulp

 

good read thanks :good

 

I'm a Meldrick Taylor fan and to say that he would've been great if it wasn't for Chavez is bogus. As much as I like him his fight til the end Philly attitude would've been his downfall regardless. I respect his heart but fighting like that doesn't suit longetivity. He was a very good fighter why do you think Chavez waited until Meldrick was shot to **** to give a rematch?

 

Most of all, the talent level around 147, and his weight problems at 140, that make me think he always would've had a short stay at the top.

If he doesn't fight Chavez, what really goes that different? He goes to 147 and wins a title against Davis, but look at the guys around him at WW who were either major players in the division, or became so in a couple years. Whitaker, Trinidad, Quartey, Simon Brown, Espana, etc...

He had a short, stocky frame for a WW and didn't pack a big punch. His team obviously wasn't the type to protect him; he fought McGirt who had twice as many pro fights as him, Chavez who had 3 times as many, he fought Norris coming off a struggle with Glenwood Brown.