Julio César Chávez Vs. Meldrick Taylor II
Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor II, billed as ''Unfinished Business'', was a professional boxing match contested on September 17, 1994, for the World Boxing Council, WBC super lightweight title. Background On March 17, 1990, WBC super lightweight champion Julio César Chávez met International Boxing Federation, IBF super lightweight champion Meldrick Taylor in a unification bout. In one of the most memorable and controversial fights of the 1990s, Chávez, trailing on the scorecards, would score a last-second knockout victory after referee Richard Steele (referee), Richard Steele stopped the fight despite Taylor having risen from the knockdown and there being only two seconds left in the fight. The IBF ordered a rematch between the two fighters just two weeks later on the basis that Steele failed to direct Chavez to a neutral corner when he began initiating his 10-count with IBF president Bob Lee stating "We are not saying he shouldn’t have stopped the fight. We think he ...
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