Did Julio Caesar Chavez snr use Plaster in his wraps v Meldrick Taylor?

[Sallywynder]

Even halfway through the fight, and Taylor dominated the fight, yet Chavez was unmarked while Taylors face was badly swollen. Chavez was going up a division, Taylor was the naturally bigger fighter. Tayloy punched Chavez head off. Yet it was Taylor that looked like he was copping a beating. It doesnt look natural. Go look at the video. It looks like Margarito v Cotto. Looks totally unnatural. BECAUSE IT IS... \

I like JCC as much as anyone, but this fight wasnt right.

IT LOOKED LIKE COTTO V MARGARITO. I believe it was because Chavez had plaster wraps.


Miguel Cotto after his first fight with Antonio Margarito (July 2008) and Meldrick Taylor after his fight with Julio César Chávez Sr. (March 1990) really did show a similar type of post-fight damage, though the situations were different. Meldrick Taylor after Chávez (1990)

• Injuries: Severe swelling on the face, especially around the eyes and cheekbones; a broken orbital bone was later reported.
• Fight style: Chávez relentlessly pressured Taylor for twelve rounds, landing a high volume of heavy, thudding body and head shots.
• Result: Stopped with two seconds left in the 12th round. Taylor required hospitalisation for observation.

Miguel Cotto after Margarito (2008)

• Injuries: Both eyes badly swollen, significant facial bruising and cuts—particularly the left eye and nose.
• Fight style: Margarito applied constant pressure and threw a huge number of power punches, forcing Cotto onto the back foot until he went down late.

Why the aftermath looked alike

• Sustained, cumulative punishment: Both fighters absorbed round-after-round heavy punches without being cleanly knocked out until late, so damage built gradually.
• Swelling and facial trauma typical of volume punchers: Long fights against aggressive pressure fighters often end with pronounced facial swelling and cuts, even when there’s nothing illegal about the wraps.