Julio Cesar Chavez' relaxed, thumping blows.

I was re-watching JCC-Taylor today and this same thought crossed my mind.

Meldrick was throwing faster, to the eye punches that looked much more powerful. Chavez would throw a slower punch with less leverage and I could hear the CRACK it would make on contact through the audio. A different sound altogether. And then to see how it took so few of those punches to devastate Taylors face and body.

SImilar to Margarito when he fought Cotto, Chavez's punches didnt seem to have an effect until the 10th round on..


I actually googled "Did jcc use illegal wraps" to see if anyone ever speculated on this after watching the fight. This thread was a hit. I see other's have speculated the possibility as well.

I know one thing, if you can get away with illegal wraps today then It would have been a hell of a lot easier to get away with in the 80's with Don King as your promoter.

 

I wanted Taylor to win desperately. He was the local pride, so good, so fast, so talented.

But around the 8th, the outcome was in doubt, to me. I had Taylor winning 6 of the rounds, and he won the 8th, but you saw the effects Chavez was having on him. Just landing fully leveraged shots over and over and over again. Chavez was behind going into the 12th, but only by a few points. The knockdown would have justifiably made the fight close going to the end.

And Im a Taylor fan. Chavez, I don't enjoy. He's not the most pleasant person in private, and in his later career, circa the Whitaker fight, his ring poise began to dissolve in really just boxing like an ******* with the referee and the judges in his and kings pocket, and that was disgusting to see from an ATG champion.

But, ATG fighter he was, and he beat the **** out of one of my idols Taylor. I was there, I saw it, and watching it on HBO made it more brutal.

 

Chavez is the very best example of a heavy handed fighter.Not necessarily a one-punch knockout artist,but every punch that he threw was short,compact and delivered with the intention of causing harm.You could hear a loud thud whenever his fist made contact with his opponent.


Best example of his heavy handed punching would be his fight with Dwight Pratchett.He gave that guy an even worse prolonged beating than Rosario received,and the HBO ring microphones were there to pick up every single thudding punch that Chavez landed.

 

^^^^^ I agree with this:verysad

 

Fans really get emotional over this stuff, eh? You’d think they wrapped and taped Chavez’s hands themselves...

 

Can't say I agree really - and (given the total absence of any evidence) not really fair to even make the accusation.

 

Damn that's an old post!

I stand by what I said. I recall even typically clean guys like Hoya & Kessler being accosted by the other camp with accusations of "stacking" their wraps, a practice that is seemingly more common in the sport than a fan would initially believe.

 

Taylor was slapping. Chavez was punching through the target. MT had nothing on those flurries. Shoeshining