It was heartbreaking to see Taylor speak in the HBO legendary night documentary. He was saying that he was still the same fighter and could still become a champion. It actually made me reconsider watching boxing for a while.
It was brutal, as they even showed first how he used to sound in a interview, pretty normal, then after that war and knockout losses... It was bad, real bad. I was shocked to hear him like that.
Taylor deserved the opportunity to continue. Steele waived it off with 2 seconds left. Taylor was never the same but had it not been waived off, he would have won a split decision.
He was asked twice, “are you ok?”. He never answered. He didn’t deserve anything more than what any other fighter gets.
I mean look I sympathize with people who say taylor deserved to see the final bell with only like 3 secs left or whatever, but bottom line is if the ref asks you a question 2 times, and you don't answer, what is the ref supposed to do???
"Oh, he fought his heart out f*qq it I'll let him continue to take punishment for just these last few seconds even though he did not respond to me" *shrug*
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