Was Chavez-Taylor A Good Call?

[Thread Stealer]

lmao you obviously havent seen taylor lately. What he is now is linked to the chavez fight.

Taylor took a lot of beatings and punishment throughout his career.

The 2 Chavez fights, G. Brown, Ramos, Espana, Norris, all those smaller fights late in his career, etc...

Philly is reknowned for its gym wars, and Taylor was probably in a lot of those too. Sparring plays a big role in guys ending up brain damaged.

The Chavez fight did the most damage, but Taylor's condition is from the accumulated punishment throughout his career, not just the first Chavez fight.

[luke_ski]

People seem to forget that Taylor had a decent run after the loss. The Chavez loss did not end his career. If you want to make a case for the Norris fight being the end of Taylor, that's and easier argument.

As for the stoppage, Steele made a bad one. He didn't give Taylor a chance to respond to his questions. And Chavez shouldn't have been able to even get to Taylor. But the neutral corner rule seems to go by the wayside more than a lot of others.

[Thread Stealer]

People seem to forget that Taylor had a decent run after the loss. The Chavez loss did not end his career. If you want to make a case for the Norris fight being the end of Taylor, that's and easier argument.

That's because people rely too much on HBO documentaries rather than looking at the bigger picture.

Taylor wasn't the same, but was still a good fighter who moved up in weight and won a world title against an undefeated fighter in Davis.

[The Future]

worst stoppage ever....in a championship fight in the 12 round it gets stopped because Taylor was looking to his corner?

horrible

[MaYaN_SuN]

Lets say Taylor got the nod, he still goes home, body bruised up, pissin blood at the hospital etc etc...


Would Taylor give Chavez a rematch? Or would he say to himself, "I took a bad beating, but got the W, forget this guy, I'm not gettin that beat that hard again, we're moving on."

What would happen if Taylor did win that first fight?


I mean they fought a second time, Taylor had another chance to pull it off, but he didn't. He got smashed in 8.

[Dirt E Gomez]

I haven't watched the fight in a long time, as there are a few fights where the end (long term) result ruins any enjoyment I could possibly receive. There are rules in place in boxing for a reason, rules get changed and adapted sometimes. It would've been nice if there was a way to make sure the fight was paying attention to the ref and not somebody else. But if the ref asks the question and youdon't respond, I wouldn't expect him to repeat it.

[Silencers]

Anyone else have opinions on this?

Nice points made by all.

[TheGreatA]

Here's another Richard Steele refereed fight, Thomas Hearns vs Iran Barkley.

[BattlingNelson]

Here's another Richard Steele refereed fight, Thomas Hearns vs Iran Barkley.

One of my all-time favorites. What a comeback for The Blade.

Fight was definetely stopped too late though. Second KD was cosmetic and unnessecary.

Steele refereed more than 100 titlefights. Overall he was one of the best all-time IMO. Always in shape and always alert.

[Scott9945]

Here's another Richard Steele refereed fight, Thomas Hearns vs Iran Barkley.

I'd like to know when Richard Steele made Tommy say that he was ok. Or if anyone has the balls to say he wasn't in worse shape than Meldrick Taylor was. This proves my point that Steele was a house ref who had different standards for different fighters. He raised the standard for Taylor so he could hand the fight to the housefighter, Chavez. Green K for posting this Manchine.