Was Terry Norris-Meldrick Taylor a "cash-out" fight from Team Taylor?

Isn't Taylor in very bad shape physically now?

 

It's hard to believe anyone connected with Taylor could have believed he would have beaten Norris. As such, I think it bordered on criminal neglect that his braintrust, such as it was, would want him to have that fight. Duva would go on and on later about how he and Meldrick broke off their friendship/business relationship after Espana because Taylor didn't want to pack it in, and Duva publicly said "anyone who would sanction another Meldrick Taylor fight should be shot." Apparently there was a falling out over that.

I suppose one could roundly criticize Duva for being two-faced about it all considering the Norris fight which was partly responsible for the damage and an obvious losing battle to begin with. I tend to fall in that camp.

 

Duva is an ass.He cashed Taylor in because the end was near for Taylor so he took the biggest fight he could get.

 

"Chavez-Taylor 2" of 1994 at 140 pounds was Taylor's cash-in-the-chips fight... BUT! Taylor hung around milking the cow long after 1994, and now he's a stuttering fool who's broke.... GEEZ!

MR.BILL

 

Can't for the life of me understand why he went for Norris instead of trying to unify with McGirt...

Sending him in against Norris after seeing how he performed in recent fights against Brown and Garcia does seem criminal. Perhaps they thought Meldrick would rise to the occasion, as he did for Chavez, but it was terrible matchmaking all the same when they had a big fight at welterweight on the horizon...

Who knows, if he did beat McGirt for a second time (probably would not have happened but he would have had a chance) he could have definitely lured Julio in for a second show at 147. His career and life could have panned out much better if he took this route...

 

Q: Its been yrs, but wasn't Norris contracted to weigh no higher than 149? Norris was light for that one night with Mel Taylor... I do have the tape, but I never look the tape over... It was murder.....

MR.BILL

 

10-4. But I recall Norris weighed 149....:good

MR.BILL:bbb

 

To an extent. Taylor had a great win against Aaron Davis but he also looked VERY shaky against Brown and it wouldn't have been the first time the Duva clan threw a used up fighter to the wolves.