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By Cliff Rold - Twenty years.
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On St. Patrick’s Day 2010, boxing marked the twentieth anniversary of its most famous bar brawl. The 1990 Fight of the Year took place on March 17, a 1984 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist named Meldrick Taylor entering at 24-0-1 to face a by then three-division champion Julio Cesar Chavez listed at 68-0.
It was a classic in every sense. It was a controversy which endures to now. Behind on points, Chavez roared back in the late rounds and nailed Taylor with a right hand in the closing seconds to send his man to the floor. Taylor beat the count. Referee Richard Steele determined it was not enough, waving his arms at 2:58 of the twelfth and final round to declare Taylor a beaten man.
In rememberance of Chavez’s greatest and most debated victory, the opportunity is seized to look back on the “Lion of Culiacan,” “El Gran Campeon Mexicano,” and ask: how good was Chavez, measured against all-time? [Click Here To Read More]
Two seconds.
On St. Patrick’s Day 2010, boxing marked the twentieth anniversary of its most famous bar brawl. The 1990 Fight of the Year took place on March 17, a 1984 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist named Meldrick Taylor entering at 24-0-1 to face a by then three-division champion Julio Cesar Chavez listed at 68-0.
It was a classic in every sense. It was a controversy which endures to now. Behind on points, Chavez roared back in the late rounds and nailed Taylor with a right hand in the closing seconds to send his man to the floor. Taylor beat the count. Referee Richard Steele determined it was not enough, waving his arms at 2:58 of the twelfth and final round to declare Taylor a beaten man.
In rememberance of Chavez’s greatest and most debated victory, the opportunity is seized to look back on the “Lion of Culiacan,” “El Gran Campeon Mexicano,” and ask: how good was Chavez, measured against all-time? [Click Here To Read More]
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