If there was a rule in boxing that said "If a fighter can barely stand but there are a few seconds left, then he should just go for it and try to finish the fight on his feet" then I would agree that the stop was completely unfair but nope, the rules say that if the fighter cannot answer the referee's call, looks unable to continue, etc. Then the fight it is stopped. That's it! Meldrit Taylor simply couldn't answer the referees call, could barely stand, etc. Blaming it on Duva is a bit weak. Sure, lots of Americans hate JC Chavez but I don't see how this stop was completely wrong.

it was prescisely this bullshit stoppage that ruined Meldrick Taylor
Naaaaaaaaah, it was the beating JC Chavez handed him. Look at his face after the fight and you can barely recognize him. Even when Duva is jumping like a maniac in the ring Meldrick's face is like "Uuuuuuuh, where's the cement mixer that just ran over me?"

Chances are if Taylor would have won that fight he would have been satisfied and not continued on as long as he did.
Where did you get this psychological stuff? Didn't Taylor thank Steel later on for the stoppage?

1st he is clearly winning the fight by a landslide coming into the 12th with 30 some odd seconds left you see your cash seemingly get flushed by the knock down, just to see him get back up with a few seconds left and you get all your hope back in an instant, just to see it snuffed out again by Steele
Thats why I dont gamble on sports that would be my luck
Oh man! I can imagine the same thing! I would pull my hair off. But that is what makes the sport of boxing exciting. A single punch can change the outcome. Chavez landed that punch right on the spot and Taylor simply coulnd't continue.