Taylor chavez, this still makes me sick

[Sithis]

You do realize this fight ruined Taylor both physically and mentally. He was never the same, drooling and slurred talking. His camp refused to train him, he had to hire all new people. Taylor didn't even really get as upset has he should have, dude didn't respond, and Richard Steele is not the time keeper.

he has ears though. and he heard the 10 second warning.

[Sithis]

2 seconds is the time of the stoppage, not how much time would have been left had Taylor been exposed to Chavez. Steele waves off the fight and some seconds roll off the clock. Enough time for any fighter to waltz right in get hammered again. There is rarely a time when a fighter scores a knockdown and he stays all the way with his back to the corner. They're oftentimes already halfway to their opponent when actions resumes.

Taylor lost.

Game over, insert another quarter.

no disrespect. but by the time steele would of let action ebgin again. bell would have sounded.

[poeticlsykuac]

he has ears though. and he heard the 10 second warning.

My point is this, should the fight have been stopped sooner? He was ruined, never really the same. Taylor wasn't nearly as upset as he should have been, he didn't have any negative emotions regarding the decision at that moment, look at him. Dude the 10 second warning isn't something he is listening for when Taylor was being beaten badly and is on his last leg. Again Steele is not the time keeper, he is a ref, and for all we know it all fades out except the bell when he is working.

[machotime]

It doesnt matter how many seconds were left, he was in really bad shape and was getting severely hurt.... Any good referee would have done the same. And just like Steele said, when stopping a fight, a referee always must take into account the amount of cumulative punishment that the fighter has taken throughout the fight and in this case, he did.

[El Dominicano]

I know this has been probably posted to death. But its so disturbing. there was 4 seconds left when steele began to wave his hands to end the fight. The bell would of sounded before they could even start to fight again. What a truly disgusting stoppage that destroyed a great fighter.

Your suppose to do your job regardless of how much time there is left

[βetamax]

Unless the HBO' clock was inaccurate, there was 5 seconds left when Steele called the fight.

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[Vasyl’s dad]

no disrespect. but by the time steele would of let action ebgin again. bell would have sounded.

No, because the amount of time Steele used up to ask a question and wait for a response would have given even more time for Chavez to inflict damage. So thats possibly at least 8-10 seconds before the bell would have rung.

[Vasyl’s dad]

Unless the HBO' clock was inaccurate, there was 5 seconds left when Steele called the fight.

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Exactly, 2 seconds is when the timekeeper realized the fight had been stopped.

[Sithis]

respect all of your opinions. But Im just stating mine. I have seen guys in much worse condition. He got up at the count of 5. And to be completely honest, by the time he let action get back on. bell would have already sounded. That stoppage ruined him, the kid was traumatized.

[MANGLER]

This is old, old news, but yeah it still sucks. One of the worst screwjobs in history.