This was the longest undefeated streak in almost 80 years! In UFC simmilar thing happend Korean Zombie vs Yair, last second the dude who was losing on scorecard threw elbow or someshit and KO'd a … "My opinion," Duva said, "is that he was turned down because he had Meldrick Taylor ahead when Taylor fought Chavez." The fight was a beast on both sides of the ropes: In one corner with 68 wins and no defeats was Julio Cesar Chavez, the lord of Mexican boxing and a fighting genius.

Already a three- time world champion in the Junior lightweight, Lightweight and Welterweight divisions - Julio Cesar Chavez brought an astounding undefeated record of 68-0 into this fight with 55 wins by knockout. It's sad that people talk more about Taylor than Cesar when this is brought up, because what Cesar did in the last 10 second's it's incredible. Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor 3/17/1990 Boxing Program . The Julio Cesar Chavez-Meldrick Taylor I encounter was named 1990 fight of the year. This fight was promoted as "Thunder Meets Lightning," after Julio Cesar Chavez's punching power versus Meldrick Taylor's blazing speed. In the other corner was Meldrick Taylor, unbeaten in 25 fights, an Olympic darling. Details about Vintage Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor Boxing Fight Program Scorebook. Julio Cesar Chavez rallied in the final seconds to knock out Taylor and retain his title, Mexico's World Boxing Council superlightweight champion came back again, stunning Taylor with a looping left hook in Round 8 and then finishing him off at 1 minute 41 seconds of the round with a barrage of punches before a pro-Chavez crowd of 15,200 at the M-G-M Grand Garden Qualifying purchases could enjoy No Interest if paid in full in 6 months on purchases … Page 1 of 4 - Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor revisited. The Ring Magazine/Getty Images Taylor dropped to his back, using the ropes to … But the Chavez camp did not want Roth. Meldrick Taylor was 23 years old, a gold medalist, was 24-0-1 with 14 KOs, was the IBF belt holder.

Both were world champions, they came from viciously rival camps, backed by opposing promoters. In that 1990 fight Chavez TKO'd Taylor when referee Richard Steele stopped the fight with two seconds remaining in the final round. Chavez was 27 years old, was 66-0 with 56 KOs, was the WBC 140-pound champion. JCC vs Meldrick Taylor is one of the most intense fights I have ever seen.

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