According to NBC News, former world champion and Olympic gold medalist Meldrick Taylor is being charged for his alleged role in an armed standoff with Philadelphia police. The men who say they have Meldrick Taylor's best interests at heart called a news conference Sunday to convince the boxing world that their man was cheated Saturday night against Julio Cesar Chavez. Philadelphia Police .

According to … Even before Taylor's official retirement in 2002, a series of legal troubles began to mount. The Ring Magazine’s Fight … As an amateur, Taylor won a gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Taylor Before and After is a page-turning and vivid series of snapshots that thrust the reader into eighth-grader Taylor’s life. Sport > Boxing Julio Cesar Chavez vs Meldrick Taylor: Two seconds and pure boxing pandemonium in a fight for the ages.

In 1998, Taylor was banned from boxing in New Jersey. Meldrick Taylor was once a hero in Philadelphia’s storied boxing scene. The story focusses on themes of friends, enemies, and people you can’t quite decide whether or not to trust. In the last seconds before the 12th and final round of last Saturday night's super lightweight title fight in Las Vegas, Lou Duva was hunched over the puffy, battered face of Meldrick Taylor, screaming at his fighter above the din of the crowd. Julio Cesar Chavez went on to celebrate after that epic battle.

The text is easy on the eye and will captivate older children and young adults from Year 8 (12-year-olds) upwards. A former boxer and Olympic medalist is facing charges of armed assault after trying to evict a tenant from a building he owns at gunpoint. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF junior welterweight title from 1988 to 1990, and the WBA welterweight title from 1991 to 1992. Meldrick Taylor (born October 19, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002.

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