If you really look at this fight from start to finish…you see Chavez beat this man gradually… history shows… Taylor was NEVER the same!!! These are rare fights where it would have been better to have been knocked out by a single blow in the early rounds. But when you sustain a consistent beating for 12 rounds… sadly the effects are long term

@@richardsalazar7842 I don't disagree with you that Chavez was inflicting more physical damage on Taylor over the course of the fight than Taylor inflicted on him. But round by round, it's impossible for me to see an argument for Taylor not winning that fight if he survives those final couple of seconds. As far as Taylor never being the same after this fight. I disagree. He won a world title at Welterweight not long after this fight. Did Chavez take something out of him in this fight? I don't doubt that he did. But I think Taylor could have survived those final couple of seconds if given the chance, and if he did, he wins that fight. I'm not arguing some grand conspiracy that Richard Steele screwed Taylor over. I think a reasonable ref in that situation who looked at Taylor might have come to the conclusion he was done (especially if his eyes were still rolling around in his head). But I can think of several refs, like Steve Smoger or Frank Cappuccino, or more recently Tony Weeks, who would have given Taylor a chance to survive those last couple of seconds. That's what I think Steele should have done, but I wasn't in his shoes and he made his call.