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

[Dr Rumack]

Lou Duva losing his cool and climbing up onto the ring apron is probably what cost Taylor the fight in the end. Without that happening, Taylor doesn't look away from Steele and Steele probably lets him continue.

It was a very tough call. I don't think anyone can ever say it was definitely right or definitely wrong.

[solo20]

Lou duva should never have jumped up onto the ring

But yea, it was a bad stoppage by the referee

Taylor was looking at duva instead of the referee and that's why the ref stopped it

no it was not a bad stoppage by the referee

[SkillspayBills]

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?

They did have a rematch and Chavez DID Knock him out lol. I do agree that win or loss there futures probably would have still been the same. Chavez beat the prime out of Meldrick that night.

[joseph5620]

They did have a rematch and Chavez DID Knock him out lol. I do agree that win or loss there futures probably would have still been the same. Chavez beat the prime out of Meldrick that night.

The rematch happened years too late when Taylor was totally shot. It was meaningless.



Following the fight with Chavez, Taylor moved up to Welterweight and beat a very tough Aaron Davis impressively . He wasn't a shot fighter immediately after the Chavez fight.

That's when the rematch should have happened and the stoppage was horrible. Steele didn't even send Chavez to a neutral corner and he also knew the round was over in less than 10 seconds because of the warning light.

Bogus stoppage.

[HarvardBlue]

Why would he have any regrets? The check cleared.

It was a bogus call. I'm a big fan of Chavez Sr but he got a few gifts during his career.

[nacho daddy]

They did have a rematch and Chavez DID Knock him out lol. I do agree that win or loss there futures probably would have still been the same. Chavez beat the prime out of Meldrick that night.

not only would chavez have beaten him savagely in the rematch being taylor would have been half the fighter in the rematch but chavez might have put him in a coma where they pull the plug

[Mr.Fantastic]

It wasn't a bad stoppage, I think Taylor did the right thing in getting up but instead of looking to the side, he should of looked directly to the ref and raised his hands. Dude is a true warrior though.

[-PBP-]

He was doing his job. Duva and Taylor blew that one. Just like Pete Carroll blew the Super Bowl.

[The Big Dunn]

Meldrick has no one to blame but himself. He snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by not fighting smart. I wished the fight wasn't stopped but it is what it is.

[CANELOLUJAH]

and he shouldn't.

when you think a fighter has had enough, you stop the fight. a ref is not a clock.

the best put!