Finally watched Meldrick Taylor vs Chavez

[joseph5620]

Probably the worst stoppage Ive ever seen in a championship fight.

[joseph5620]

You should watch the ending a little more carefully... Taylor was holding onto the ropes the whole time during Steele's count. He was absolutely in no condition to continue. By the way, Steele waved the fight off with 4 to 5 seconds left which was plenty of time for Chavez to landed a coma-inducing shot on a defenseless Taylor. Taylor took a ton of clean single shots all night even though he outworked and outlanded Chavez for most of the fight.

Cool story. Not reality though.

[boogbx]

It’s a terrible stoppage IMO but the truth was Meldrick was done, he had been TKO. It’s Meldricks fault above all else getting caught.

He stays on his feet, no controversy, no stoppage.

[just the facts]

There were two seconds left. Meldrick had fought a great fight and deserved the opportunity to last the rest of the round if he was able.

One more shot could have had life altering results. The main job of the referee is to protect the fighter and that's what Steele did.

[just the facts]

2 seconds left man... nothing was saved but Chavez undefeated record.

that ref was crooked

Bullshyte, it doesn't take two seconds to land a punch and one more punch could have had disastrous results.

[joseph5620]

Nobody earns the right to potentially be killed in the ring.

Whenever I see someone say this about that fight I can show how much BS that is. When Steele was the ref for Hearns-Barkley he allowed that fight to go on with Hearns in much worse shape than Taylor. Watch from 10:38 of the video











This wasn't about protecting Taylor. He never made Chavez stay in a neutral corner and he never had Taylor walk to him like most refs do in those situations.Steele was protecting the Don King fighter. Nothing more to it.

[buddyr]

Maybe he saved Taylor's life.........

No because he fought for over 12 more years. If he was 1 punch from death, as McClellan was against Benn, he wouldnt have been able to take the punishment he did for the remainder of his career.

[buddyr]

To add, watch the 12th round of Mosley Mayorga. The same exact scenario happened. People saying Taylor should have been allowed to continue don’t believe Chavez could have hit him again. Now back to Mosley Mayorga. The ref allowed Mayorga to continue with five seconds left. Mosley landed a knockout blow get the ko. Chavez would have seriously hurt Taylor more than he already had.

Chavez couldn’t make it across the ring that fast unless he grew a pair of wings. Stop it.

[just the facts]

No because he fought for over 12 more years. If he was 1 punch from death, as McClellan was against Benn, he wouldnt have been able to take the punishment he did for the remainder of his career.

Disagree, the punishment he took the remainder of his career wasn't on top of the punishment he had already taken that night. Fighters don't start a new fight in exactly the same physical shape that they were in at the exact moment their previous fight ended.

[Bandman]

I'm sure Steele had money on the line and knew Taylor was on his way to victory. crooked fck

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