Quote Originally Posted by Chino View Post
well Margarito is fighting the same guy that cotto beat
Good point KingFrnk. A big name that is not in his prime. If Margarito hurts Mosley or even Kos/TKOs him then that can be intimidating. Like saying "I did what you couldn't do" kind of thing. Nobody is loosing/gaining weight drastically or anything. Can't wait to see this fight.
Actually it was a bit longer than a second, more like a second and a half. Two seconds tops. During this time yeah Steele asked him twice, and the after the 2nd time, he didn't even give Taylor time to respond.
It happened too fast. But Steele did things like that.
Yes, the second time he didn't wait as long as the first time he asked. He even got close to Taylor's face to maybe try to find a reaction that showed he could still do it but no, no answer, nothing. I am guessing it all has to do with the fact that there were a few seconds left not for the round but for the entire fight that may be controversial. If this was, say, round 6 when the fight got stopped then I can imagine nobody would argue the stoppage.
On top of that his dumb ass trainer or promoter (cant remember which) jumped up on the canvas and totally ddisctracted Taylor I think it made enough of a difference
Lou Duva who also trained Pernel Whitaker, Evander Holyfield, among others.
Didn't wait as long? When you consider the lag between making up your mind and your arm musles reacting to wave it off, I'd say he didn't wait at all. And if you are not going to wait, then why ask in the first place? Sure the fact that there was two seconds left has a has a lot to do with the notoriety of the call. Taylor was so close. Was Taylor finished beyond doubt? Hard to say. I still say Steele blew the call, but such is controversy.