Losing to Meldrick Taylor? If Steele hadn't stopped The fight and Taylor had won the fight,, how do you think JCC takes the decision? Would he accept the decision perhaps or go nuts as he did against Randall
Chavez still seemed to be quiet and level-headed at that point, and I think he accepts it better than he did later on. He seemed to respect Taylor as the best he ever fought, so he might have accepted the loss to that opponent on that particular night. I think by the time he fought Randall, he was like someone that had been on the job for too long and needed to retire. Too many years, too many fights, drinking, drugs, parties and wife problems began to change him and take their toll.
Good answer! Was watching Chavez V Taylor earlier and got me to thinking about it. How close he came to actually losing, how it would have felt for him having that perfect record spoilt. I was disappointed in Chavez when he lost to Randall, how he reacted but then again he had been fighting so long unbeaten at that point.
Definately on point. I went off Chavez after the Randall rematch, he quit to get the decision (which I didn´t think he deserved) and never gave Randall he deserved straight rematch. Chavez of the Taylor era seemed more down to earth. I think would have taken the loss well, got a quick rematch where I think he would´ve won in the latter rounds and maybe Chavez-Whitaker would´ve happened sooner (probably not at Welter).
Yes, I know what you mean, turned into a crybaby and sore loser later on. He was too great a fighter to shame himself with that and then quitting against Randall and De La Hoya.
He would likely have re-matched Taylor, started more quickly, and stopped Taylor sooner in the rematch. No matter how you feel about the stoppage in the first fight, there is no question that Taylor was far worse for wear.
Meldrick Taylor suffered a lot of facial damage and for all we know some internal damage too when he fought Julio Caesar Chavez Sr on March 17 1990 to unify the 140 lb title.
The funny thing is, if Meldrick Taylor had been gifted a decision in the first fight with Chavez, he would never have given Chavez a rematch. Never in his life, never in the existence of this planet. Chavez beat him into tiny pieces in the first fight and did it easier in the second fight. If he had been robbed in the first fight, he would have killed Taylor in the rematch. I will never understand the logic behind the theory that Taylor was winning the first fight. He had been beaten into a gargoyle and could barely stay upright, he was damaged internally. Professional boxing is a damage game in which the objective is to hurt people; that is why you get paid. Amateur boxing is a points game so you do it for free. Meldrick Taylor fought like an amateur, Chavez like a pro and Taylor could never beat him in a pro fight. If there were still 15 round fights, as all world title fights should be, these threads would never exist because Taylor would have died in the 13th round.
I think that Meldrick Taylor would have lost his next fight to a different opponent, he suffered immense physical and mental damage by Julio Caesar Chavez.
Frankie Randall told us that Chavez knew he'd lost both fights and Don King said there wasn't going to be a 3rd fight. and you're right about the rematch. Chavez quit because he knew a KO loss was coming...
