Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor 2 Was an Underrated Fight

I dont think Taylor could have put in a better performance than he did against anyone but Chavez on the night.
That stoppage in the final round in their first fight really haunted and burned inside of Meldrick Taylor. It was because of that that I think he was able to muster a great go of it in the first 6 rounds of the fight.


"He was stronger than I thought he would be!"
Melrick Taylor said that after he was stopped again by Chavez.

Kind of tells me that Chavez had grown into the weight and his power and strenghth was felt much more than it had been previously when Chavez had first stepped into the 140 lbs division.

Looking back at it now, it bothers me as a fan that Taylor lives with the stigma of 2 seconds, when he should be proud that he took a true ATG in his prime to the brink of defeat, and gave him all he could handle.
Just wish I could hear in Meldrick Taylor's words that he's not bitter but proud!

 

Chavez stopped Taylor in the first fight, destroyed his health and career.................then in the rematch Chavez stopped Taylor in the 8th round, Taylor was finished as a fight for good..............Chavez also stopped Roger Mayweather two times in two different weight divisions............

 

What I meant to say when someone just interrupted me and absolutely destroyed rephrasing was that I remember quite well when Meldrick took the IBF titles from Buddy McGirt and then he had that super damaging fight with JCC and if you don't believe it, believe in the chronic traumatic brain injury that he acquired, Meldrick got too involved in that fight, looked like he wanted to prove something even in that very last round stumbling forward and letting Chavez manoevre at will to find the right spot as Taylor's legs were buckling in the neutral corner.

Of course that winning the WBA WW title from Aaron Davis and making more three defenses including against Glenwood The Real beast Brown who had him on the deck twice gave him the confidence to fight Terry Norris two years on but he couldn't jump easily and swiftly back and front unleashing hayemakers to counteract Norris assertive jab and cross, str8 punches, speed and power, superior reach and power so he was nailed and taken in four.

That Norris loss was a bad, very bad taste of what was to come in Earls Court Exhibition Hall in London against the Latin American based there Crisanto Espana who was very rangy like Norris, who was sharp like Norris and had what Taylor had not at this point, a sense of distance.

I believe that after losing that WBA WW title in October 1992 until September 1994 the time of the rematch with Cesar Chavez who had lost one and drew once, Taylor had a sense of offense and the tools to hurt, he Ko'd 2 or 3 guys going into this one at the MGM and there was a time he traded like in the first fight, it must had come up to him that he could catch Chavez with speed like Frankie Randall caught him hooking with the hooker but Mills Lane saw that he was unstable in his legs and at some point, he went splashing across the ring courtesy of a short left hook and on the follow-up, took a barrage that Mills immediately called it off. Meldrick would go on to fight 10 more professional fights and lose more 4 fights and develop that brain injury. And yeah, I believ after all, Richar Steele was right, he was out even tho 2 seconds were remaining in the clock to end round 12 and the WBC Super Lightweight IBF Light Welterweight Championships of the World.

 

What about watching the fights instead of reading boxrec atsch ever heard of Mario Martinez, Juan Laporte or Rocky Lockridge for example ?
Have you ever watched Frankie Randall fights ? Guy was awesome when he fought Chavez and Coggi. You can't imagine what he would do to a guy like Danny Garcia ...
I know I'm loosing my time beacause it's obvious tou have never watched any of these fighters but I have to say that. It's not the first time I'm reading making a fool of yourself about Chavez.