On September 12, 1992, Chávez faced WBO Light Welterweight Champion Hector "Macho" Camacho (41-1-0, 18 KOs) in a highly anticipated bout. Later that year, he defeated Frankie Mitchell (29-1) by fourth round TKO. On April 10, 1992, he scored a TKO victory over number one ranked contender Angel Hernandez (37-0-2, 22 KOs) in the fifth round. On September 14, 1991, Chávez won a twelve round unanimous decision over former champion Lonnie Smith. On March 18, 1991, he defeated WBC number four ranked fighter John Duplessis (34-1) by fourth round TKO. On December 8, 1990, he defeated the WBC mandatory challenger Kyung-Duk Ahn (29-1) by third round knockout.
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While many hoped for an immediate rematch, Taylor does not receive an good offer to face Chavez striking, so he moved up in weight and their next bout and the fighters did not meet again until 1994 when Taylor was already far from his best times and finished physically, and Chávez now dominated him and knocked out a faded Taylor in eight rounds.Īfter unifying the titles, Chávez engaged in a busy series of title defenses and non-title fights. When I see a man that has had enough, I’m stopping the fight." The Ring named it the "Fight of the Year" for 1990 and later the "Fight of the Decade" for the 1990s. You know, I’m not the timekeeper, and I don’t care about the time.
As Steele put it, "I stopped it because Meldrick had took a lot of good shots, a lot of hard shots, and it was time for it to stop. Steele defended his decision by saying that his concern issupposedly protecting a fighter, regardless of how much time is left in the round or the fight. Many boxing fans and members of the media were outraged that Steele would stop a match that Taylor was winning with only two seconds left, while others felt that Steele was justified in stopping the fight given Taylor’s condition and the fact that he was unable to respond to Steele before the conclusion of the match. Although Taylor rose at the referee’s count of six, but despite missing Taylor stand and two seconds to finish the fight, the referee Richar Steele decided to stop the fight and give him the victory unexpectedly Chavez. While Taylor won the early most rounds, Chávez rallied in the later round, scoring a knockdown with two seconds remaining in the final round of the fight. On March 17, 1990, he faced Meldrick Taylor, the undefeated IBF Light Welterweight Champion, in a title unification fight.
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