Chavez-Taylor Documentary (awesome Duva lie)

Looking at both of their faces after the fact reminded me of Cotto-Malignaggi. Paul won some rounds, but looked terrible by the end of it. Taylor won more rounds, but suffered the same fate. Cotto and Chavez looked like they could've gone out to eat afterwards and nobody would've known they'd been in a fight.

By the way, how is Meldrick doing these days? It seems like any news on him is at least a few years old.

 

I dont know that I really want to know how Meldrick is doing, hopefully physically he's healthy, because I doubt his speech will ever be understood.

To be honest I was sick to my stomach seeing Meldrick Taylor try to put a sentence together in which I did'nt make out a single word.:cry:

 

It's very difficult to listen to Meldrick try to talk and feel really good about boxing. Everyone makes choices and lives with it, but damn. It was an even worse beating than Lacy took at the hands of Calzaghe, and oddly enough he actually was winning the fight.

In fairness to HBO, Chavez hit Taylor with numerous short, compact shots, while Taylor had the dazzling speed and combos. They're sitting close, but I think only the fighters and Steele knew what was really happening.

I'll always defend Steele for that stoppage. One more punch and Taylor might have perished.

 

I checked on Wikipedia and it says he's working as a personal trainer at a gym in Philly and taking care of himself, but who knows how accurate that actually is? I at least hope the guy's happy so that way I don't feel quite as bad about the whole thing. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing, but at least at 40, he's already outlived alot of ex-fighters.

 

When i first saw it i thought steele was wrong to stop it but now looking back he had no choice he followed procedure he looked in to his eyes and asked "ARE YOU OK" "ARE YOU OK" and if the fighter doesnt respond he is obviously not fit to continue, Now if you wanna talk BS stoppages with Steele involved Tyson-Ruddock 1 is much worse.

 

After seeing how Taylor (and many other boxers) ended up it is hard to criticize a quick stoppage even if at the time we don't think they are warranted. These days there are a lot of good trainers (like McGirt) who see the writing on the wall early and step in well before serious damage can be done to their fighters.

- Jason

 

Out of all the Legendary Nights series, that's probably the hardest one to watch, for me. I'd never heard of this fight before and when I caught it, I was so hooked on Taylor's ability.
Steele's decision blew me away and I'm still a bit mixed on it. But when they showed Meldrick today, my jaw dropped. Truly a tragic figure in boxing

 

Thats esxacly how I felt. but looking at it 2d, u can clearly see that it was the good decision, and if he had continu and taken another right hand like that, who know what would had happened?

 

Come on man there was 2 seconds left in the round and Chavez wouldn't have landed another punch. Steele robbed Taylor that night. The judges had it a SD win for Taylor.

 

i was thinking the same thing. he deserved the chance to finish the fight.

 

Yep. Taylor was in the last round of a fight he was winning, he beat the count and should have been allowed to continue. Horrible stoppage by Steele any way you slice it.

 

That fight also took the prime of Chavez that nite even tho he didn't take a beating like Taylor. Chavez reminded me of Ali after the Foreman ...still tough as nails but no longer an athlete who liked to train. Chavez hit superstardom after the Taylor fight and started partying like a rock star and drinking Mucho Cerveza(beer) . He fought on but never with that same vigor and athleticism as he did prior to the Taylor fight.

 

I just watched the documentary. Amazing stuff. If anybody wants to see the textbook definition of one fight which ruined a guy, this is the fight to watch.

 

You can try to convince yourself that there was 2 seconds, but there was actually about 6 seconds left when Steele waived the fight off....
......plenty of time for Chavez to land a huge bomb on a fighter who seconds earlier did not respond one iota to referee Richard Steele, and possibly put Taylor in a morgue!

 

IT was a sad look into the downfall of taylor.