Comments Thread For: Twenty Years Later: Chavez-Taylor I Remembered

[mrpain81]

No matter what Taylor paid the price unfortunately, I remember meeting Richard Steele and telling him I thought he did the right decision there and he looked at me like(I don't give a **** what people think) HA ****ing ahole

[mrpain81]

Memorable fight, full of action, Chavez did a great job staggering Taylor who didn't need to brawl with Chavez the way he did, anyways he deserved the win, the worst stoppage I've ever seen. Damn u Richard Steele.

You need to watch more fights if you think that's the worst stoppage.

[Head-Butter]

By Lee Groves - Twenty years ago today, Julio Cesar Chavez and Meldrick Taylor cemented their place in boxing lore by producing a spectacle for the ages. The fight itself had everything a boxing fan could ever want – action, skill, courage and drama – but its destiny proved to be even more than anyone could have imagined.

Referee Richard Steele’s intervention at 2:58 of the final round will forever be a source of controversy and debate, not just 20 years after the fact but for as long as the earth continues spinning on its axis.

One side believes Steele was correct because a distracted Taylor failed to react properly to Steele’s direct questions while others say that the referee should have granted Taylor the benefit of the doubt because of the short time remaining and his previous dominance. [Click Here To Read More]

Taylor LOST. FAIR & SQUARE.

The fight shouldve been stopped 2 rounds earlier. Fkin americans can't get over the fact that TAYLOR GOT THE **** BEAT OUTA HIM!!!!!

The ref did the right thing by stopping fight!!!

One more punch and Taylor would've been seriously injured.

DID PEOPLE SEE HIS FACE????

[mrpain81]

Another thing I will say is that this was the most biased officiating I've ever seen on HBO, they didn't give Chavez any kind of credit. The climax of course is the last 45 seconds when Chavez starts dropping the b's and they go quiet. LMAO.

[BTL]

Every now and then I watch that fight.. Crazy part there is no wrong answer

[istmeno]

one thing that those who are saying it was a bad stoppage fail to acknowledge is that the fight was a full 12 round fight not an 11 round 2 min 57 second fight. chavez rendered taylor unable to continue inside of the full 12 rounds. therefore earning the win. taylor failed to respond, and contrary to what some believe, he did not earn the right to have the fight go to the cards.

it was a great fight, and mind you i had taylor comfortably ahead and had he been able to finish the fight imo he would have gotten the decision. but unfortunately for him, chavez pulled it out inside of the limit. the only controversy is in the personal bias.

had richard steele allowed that remaining time to expire, with taylor not responding, he would have robbed chavez of a well earned dramatic tko win.

[Filipino Floyd]

Both fighters gave all they had that night. It sucks that there had to be a loser. In all fairness, I believe Taylor would have won had it gone to the scorecards. But Chavez definetly came up big in the final 2 rounds. Taylor looked like a leper in round 12. The kid could hardly see and with Chavez dropping bombs, it's amazing he survived. Chavez might not look dynamic but over the course of a fight, those hooks to the body definetly start to take their toll. I don't think there should be so much controversy in Steele's judgement. If anything, I would put the blame on Duva and his manipulation of Taylor. Here you have a kid, who is nearing his prime, fight to the point of ******nation. Duva should have thrown in the towel and lobby for a rematch. Then to jump up on the apron and distract your fighter as the ref is giving his count; very poor judgement call. You have a fighter, who hangs on every word of their trainer, lose because he looks to his corner to find out if he should answer yes or no.

[Thread Stealer]

Trouble with that show is that it brings forward the myth of Taylor being finshed after Chavez I. That's not the case. The fight took something out of him obviously, but he still managed to win over highly touted Aaron Davis, Glemwood Brown and others.

Legendary Nights has spawned more myths than Ancient Greece.

[gran campeon]

all chavez had to do was throw 1 punch in 2 secs and taylor wouldve been dead.......chavez won the fight.......