I think Chavez-Taylor II was one of the best fight cards Showtime ever put together. For starters, it had one of the most heavily hyped and anticipated rematches in recent decades; and although it was never going to equal the first fight, it proved to be a very good and exciting fight nonetheless. But in addition to that, you also had: -Tito Trinidad coming off the canvas to batter unbeaten KO artist Yori Boy Campos into his first career defeat. -Gabe Ruelas battling his way to a big upset win over Jessie James Leija. -Frankie Randall and Juan Coggi trading knockdowns en route to an exciting win for Randall, potentially setting the stage for a third fight between him and Chavez (which never came off, unfortunately). How often do you see sustained action like that on a single big fight card? Too bad we don't see PPV cards much like that one anymore. Usually it seems we just have a string of dull fights and/or mismatches intended to showcase the promoter's other prospects, before finally getting to the main event - and sometimes those are mismatches too.
Yes around the same time King also put on the card featuring Chavez Randall, Nelson Leija, Jackson Mclellan, and Norris Brown. All the favorites lost and then he put on the exact same card called Revenge, the Rematches. It certainly filled a void in heavyweight boxing, and this card falls in line with some of the best boxing cards ever as well.
Damn lefthook you stole my thunder yet again. But yeah that card is legendary, here's the fight poster for it. And what's funny is that the only fighter on the card to legitimately get their revenge was Terry Norris against Simon Brown. Chavez got a gift against Randall, Jackson got KO again by G-Man, Nelson lost to Leija. This content is protected
