Comments Thread For: Steele Has No Regrets Over Chavez-Taylor Stoppage

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Famous former referee Richard Steele, who'll forever be remembered for saving Meldrick Taylor from the fists of Julio Cesar Chavez, just two seconds shy of the final bell in the tweflth round in 1990, has no regrets over stopping the contest.

Richard was at hand at the unveiling ceremony of the Julio Cesar Chavez statue in Culican, Sinaloa.

Steele said: "Julio Cesar Chavez had a very strong will and he wouldn't allow anyone to change his mind. He wanted to win at all times and he wanted to give the fans their money's worth and he always did."
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[Boxing1836]

he handled it awfully, there was a lot of crazy stuff happening after the knockdown so of course the fighter is going to be distracted, and with only like 5 seconds left he could have given him way more of a chance to talk to him instead of just assuming he is not listening.

[Gavinevans]

Steele-Chavez

Steele didn't 'save' Taylor from Chavez's fists. He saved Chavez's unbeaten record. At 2:58 in the round there was no possibility that Chavez could have landed another punch before the final bell rang. If he knew that, as he should have, then he would have known that it would have been safe to give the signal for the fight to resume. By the time Chavez had crossed the ring, it would have been over and Taylor would have been world champion.

[Wulad]

Being cognizant of how much time was left and reacting to this knowledge would have meant that his actions were not true to the moment. This moment could have come at any point in the fight. He let the condition of the fighter determine his actions and not how much time was left before the fight ended. A magnificent job.

[CANELOLUJAH]

damn is this still a topic, Taylor got stopped and ended up ******ed.

Chavez WON! lmfao

dude lives in a mansion, on espn everyday, has the key to the country dude from sinola but even the zetas will give him a pass.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

He could have stopped it earlier. Taylor was a very brave man and my hat goes off to him for an unreal performance. But he was in terrible shape well before the fight was stopped. Broken facial bones and internal bleeding. That's what happens when you go toe to toe with the lion of Culiacan in his prime. I don't blame Steele a bit.

[ИATAS]

And Bevell has no regrets calling a pass instead of handing off to Marshawn Lynch. Some people will never admit they made a mistake or should have done something differently.

[Wulad]

Steele put himself on the line to do what was right. He wasn't worried about Al Sharpton's wrath or forever being referred to as Uncle Tom by Jesse Jackson. He could not care less about potentially being branded as an Abe Lincoln worshipper if it meant making the right call. And the right call he did.

[Mr. Miyagi]

He should have stopped the fight earlier, but the result was correct.

[Cuban Linx]

Looking back at it, the call really wasn't that bad. I think it's hard for people to accept Richard Steele's decision because of the tragic way Meldrick Taylor's career ended up. But Steele wasn't the reason his career was destroyed early, it was Chavez's fault and his corners fault and whoever put the fight together it was their fault not Steele's

For fans to hate on Steele for robbing Taylor of his glory of beating Chavez is a kind of ridiculous.

The reality is that his career would have ended up the exact same tragic way, win or lose. Let's say he doesn't call the fight off and Taylor wins by SD. Chavez would have exercised the rematch clause and he would have knocked him out in the rematch. There goes your 15 seconds of fame... Is that one moment of glory worth it?