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he didn't get the response....????..........he got up.............why should a fighter have to say anything..........he got up...............in the 12th round at that...........a fighter is clearing his head.....and you want to ask him questions when he has 10 seconds or less to resume fighting????........please............every last chavez fan i've talked to has been straight phony on this topic when they say........steele didn't get the response........lol.....snicker.......when they have seen fighters hurt far worse than taylor.........never answer a ref, and are still allowed to continue..........and a 140 lb unification fight too...............and i rooted for chavez and years later came to the conclusion it was a bad stoppage............i hated mel's style and was glad chavez beat him..........but damn.........
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The timing was unfortunate, but the referee absolutely made the correct call...
He asked Taylor if he was ok. Taylor, completely dazed, had no response. At this point the referee could have legitimately stopped the fight but considering the magnitude of stopping the fight so late, Steele asked Taylor again. Still nothing. Whether it's two seconds or two minuets the fight was over at that point.
A boxing official’s main job is to protect the health of the fighters in the ring. As well, Steele couldn’t say for sure who was winning the fight, nor did he know for sure how many seconds were left. Again, it's hard because we all have the benefit of hindsight to know that Taylor would have won by split decision but the decision to stop the fight, though unfortunate, was absolutely the right decision under the circumstances.
Frankly, Taylor could have used more referees like Richard Steele in his career as he can barely put together a sentence at this point, which in my opinion is a hell of a worse tragedy than losing a fight.
I wish Taylor well in his life.Comment
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forget the time..........why is the ref talking to a man after the first knockdown in a unification fight if that fighter has the sense to get up and not wobble all over the place......????..he even had enough sense to grab the rope, and look to his corner for help which is what fighters are taught...taylor was very diappointed when the fight was stopped..............????...you understand.........we aren't talking about mel taylor later on in life.........we are talking about that instance......Comment
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Y did fat dova get on the ring apron! still shound't have been stopped!Comment
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