28 years ago today Chavez nearly killed Meldrick Taylor

He was asked twice, “are you ok?”. He never answered. He didn’t deserve anything more than what any other fighter gets. Not only did he not answer but he was wobbly and holding on to the ropes...

Taylor's lucky the fight wasn't 15 rounds, or he might have died. No joke, very true. Just like that South Korean dude died and the WBC ended up changing the rules, making 12 round fights.

Suprised there is not more controversy about the corner’s instruction to Taylor to try to win the last round instead of stay away. That seems like a much worse judgment than Steele’s in stopping the fight.

Hahahah yeah Chavez is a millionaire and hero, taylor is a broke ass dude who can't even talk right. but still, if not for Steele, taylor would be dead and not even be alive. I remember you, and you're a biased poster against all non-blacks. black dude got pummeled. oh, he even got a chance at a rematch! OWNED. DEAL WITH IT... boy Lmao....u don't remember cuz i dont act like most of these idiots/racist/fanboys Dats yall problem...u bringing race up. Why??

The ref isnt responsible for the clock. There is a time keeper that rings the bell. The ref evaluates the fighters on their condition and if they are able to continue fighting safely. The ref doesnt rule if there is enough time left in the fight for them or not. Its pretty ****ing simple. Taylor couldnt safely continue. He didnt even know WTF the ref was saying to him when he asked him if he was OK. Obviously that means he is not OK and its the ref's job to stop the fight and protect him.

thought it was more like 6 seconds. those 5-6 seconds could have been the difference between life and death. 5 seconds is a long time when you're out on your feet and the other man is landing shots on you like that. I'm tired of this "he should have just let him go on so he could have won." NO - it doesn't matter if there's two minutes left, or two seconds left. A stoppage should happen when the fighter can no longer continue. Here, he couldn't continue. Ive made this point before, Mosely was able to KO Mayorga with 5 seconds left when the ref motioned for them to continue fighting. When Steele stopped the fight, there was about 5 seconds left on the clock. The timekeeper stopped it a few seconds afte the fact if I remember correctly. Had he motioned them to continue, Chavez could have gotten in another crack exactly like Mosely did.

LOL tough break with the Verdejo fight :/ time to take all that verdejo shit down playa, its over. i did say he cant mess around

The best fight of the 90's decade

People forget the rematch, damn good fight and Taylor was winning that one too.

thought it was more like 6 seconds. those 5-6 seconds could have been the difference between life and death. 5 seconds is a long time when you're out on your feet and the other man is landing shots on you like that. I'm tired of this "he should have just let him go on so he could have won." NO - it doesn't matter if there's two minutes left, or two seconds left. A stoppage should happen when the fighter can no longer continue. Here, he couldn't continue. There is an HBO docuseries that covered that fight. They go over it in detail. It was waived off with 2 seconds left. I think it may still be on Youtube. It's called HBO legendary nights: Taylor vs Chavez. There are people who thought it should never have been waived off and some who fully agree that it was the right call. Richard Steele, the ref, explained exactly what he was thinking and feeling when he waived it off. Very powerful stuff. https://youtu.be/g3_Hlaggeks

I mean look I sympathize with people who say taylor deserved to see the final bell with only like 3 secs left or whatever, but bottom line is if the ref asks you a question 2 times, and you don't answer, what is the ref supposed to do??? "Oh, he fought his heart out f*qq it I'll let him continue to take punishment for just these last few seconds even though he did not respond to me" *shrug* No it just doesn't work that way.

Taylor deserved the opportunity to continue. Steele waived it off with 2 seconds left. Taylor was never the same but had it not been waived off, he would have won a split decision. He was asked twice, “are you ok?”. He never answered. He didn’t deserve anything more than what any other fighter gets.

Legendary fight. They sure don't make them like they used to.

One of all time great fights. Made Chavez a God like hero in Mexico. It turned Taylor into a b level fighter and he was never the same. whos alt is this?

Tragedy, just couple of seconds away from glory. And history doesnt tend to remember anything but winners which is sad It was heartbreaking to see Taylor speak in the HBO legendary night documentary. He was saying that he was still the same fighter and could still become a champion. It actually made me reconsider watching boxing for a while. It was brutal, as they even showed first how he used to sound in a interview, pretty normal, then after that war and knockout losses... It was bad, real bad. I was shocked to hear him like that.

Chavez the one lucky

Shut the fùck up you ***gòt fùck. You post like Taylor talks now days.

Taylor could not answer Richard Steele. He ask twice Taylor did not answer back. Shut the fùck up you ***gòt fùck.

Taylor could not answer Richard Steele. He ask twice Taylor did not answer back.

Taylor had earned the right to finish out the fight.