Best I Faced: Julio Cesar Chavez

[Duran1970]

Taylor never took his left arm off the rope. It was a good stoppage. So many guys think it was a travesty he took a beating like that and didn't get the decision. All he had to do was say he wanted to continue, and he'd have won a split decision, but he couldn't do that because as a local NBC sportscaster put it , he didn't know what planet he was on. Regardless of the referee's decision Chavez ended his career as a world class fighter.

He nodded after Steele asked him if he was ok

[Duran1970]

Nobody in the history of fights has been so messed up they couldn't withstand 10 more seconds when they've already withstood 35 minutes minutes and 50 seconds.

Or at least if they couldn't, they didn't need a ref to wave it off, they just needed a ref to count to 10. The fact that Steele couldn't count to 10 meant he shouldn't have stopped the fight.

Can’t count to ten when the guys on his feet, everyone knows the drill when you get knocked down, get up, get your hands up and tell the ref you’re ok to continue, he couldn’t do that so got stopped, wouldn’t expect the ref to know how many seconds left when he’s concentrating on the fighter.

Then why do they bang on the canvas and put red lights on at the ten second warning? The ref should be aware of everything

[margaret thatcher]

Taylor never took his left arm off the rope. It was a good stoppage. So many guys think it was a travesty he took a beating like that and didn't get the decision. All he had to do was say he wanted to continue, and he'd have won a split decision, but he couldn't do that because as a local NBC sportscaster put it , he didn't know what planet he was on. Regardless of the referee's decision Chavez ended his career as a world class fighter.

He nodded after Steele asked him if he was ok

No he didn't , the video is right there on the first page. He just looks away when Steele asks him

[littlepug]

Can’t count to ten when the guys on his feet, everyone knows the drill when you get knocked down, get up, get your hands up and tell the ref you’re ok to continue, he couldn’t do that so got stopped, wouldn’t expect the ref to know how many seconds left when he’s concentrating on the fighter.

Then why do they bang on the canvas and put red lights on at the ten second warning? The ref should be aware of everything

They’re not supermen, with everything going on, the crowd going mental and severely depleted fighter in front of him I wouldn’t expect him to be aware of that other stuff.

[Duran1970]

Watch from other angles..he nodded after 2nd question just as Steele was waving it off

[Duran1970]

Then why do they bang on the canvas and put red lights on at the ten second warning? The ref should be aware of everything

They’re not supermen, with everything going on, the crowd going mental and severely depleted fighter in front of him I wouldn’t expect him to be aware of that other stuff.

Then why the lights and the warnings?

[margaret thatcher]

He was holding the ropes and looking around blindly, no nodding or any clear response to Steele (apparently that's steeles fault lol alp). His body language and reactions were awful and nothing like an alert guy ready continue, it's just a matter of the time for me---there was very little left but still enough that just maybe Chavez could starched him with another shot. I can see both sides

[Duran1970]

Unfortunately Steele doesn't get the benefit of the doubt considering his track record...bad stoppage by a don king ref

[margaret thatcher]

It's the fighters job to show they are okay, not the ref's. Steele was in his face shouting and twice asked him if he was okay, so this stuff about Steele not doing the job to get his attention is nonsense. The fighter needs to show their attention instead of looking around dazed with both hands on the ropes like Melly was. It is massively naive to think as a fighter it's up to the ref to get your attention instead of you showing it in the first place

Gotta judge the ending for what it was and not what other fights were. It was a very tough spot, about the toughest a ref could find themelves in. A badly hurt and depleted guy clearly not showing alertness or clear fitness to continue, with hardly any time left but still enough that maybe jusy maybe a final punch or two could land to seriously damage him further. A lot of people seem really personally stung by the ending but I can see the argument for it, as I can letting it go on.

[Onetimeonly]

Nothing tough at all. Let the final bell sound.. then Wed be talking about the crooked judging. Steele saved Julio in the Randall rematch too.

[margaret thatcher]

Still enough time left for a guy about totally out of it to get knocked cold and for the cards to be irrelevant

[Onetimeonly]

They’re not supermen, with everything going on, the crowd going mental and severely depleted fighter in front of him I wouldn’t expect him to be aware of that other stuff.

Then why the lights and the warnings?

So they know the time. Like saying you gotta take the belt or women weaken legs, etc..

[Onetimeonly]

Still enough time left for a guy about totally out of it to get knocked cold and for the cards to be irrelevant

Lol, zero chance another punch lands.

[margaret thatcher]

lolol, fight was waived off with 5 seconds left, that is plenty

[Onetimeonly]

2

[margaret thatcher]

There is usually some lag in official times and when the ref calls it, there were 5 seconds when he signaled that it was over

[Onetimeonly]

No, there wasn't.

[margaret thatcher]

Yep, and it happens all the time, the official time rolls on a few seconds , maybe as the timekeeper is making sure it's confirmed

[Onamastus]

The fight famously ended with two seconds to go. It's one of the most well known items in boxing history.

[margaret thatcher]

Yep, that's the official time made by someone after the fight's been called, official times are a bit delayed by a few seconds all the time. It has happened over and over and over. You can see rounds start, no breaks in them, a guy gets laid out and the ref stops it, then the official time is clearly a few seconds behind when the call actually was made. You can look at the clock and time the round yourself too if you don't believe me

[Onetimeonly]

Yep, and it happens all the time, the official time rolls on a few seconds , maybe as the timekeeper is making sure it's confirmed

[margaret thatcher]

It happens all the time. Watch the clock (clearly 5 seconds left) and time it yourself to when Steele starts throwing his hands up

[Onetimeonly]

It happens all the time. Watch the clock (clearly 5 seconds left) and time it yourself to when Steele starts throwing his hands up

[margaret thatcher]

Yep, here it is too, Steel already is waiving it off and shaking his head, and you can see JCC celebrating in the background. Time the round for yourself if you think that clock is wrong too--icnidentally it rolls for another few seconds after the fight is stopped, maybe to 2 lol

[Onetimeonly]

The official time is when the timekeeper rings the bell. Clearing up that mystery for you. You're welcome.