If Meldric Taylor used the Oscar De La hoya tactic

[Jerry Rice]

OK I have a confession.

I had the fight even coming into the 12th round.

There I have said it.

Many of the boxing writers at the time had it the same. The consensus, then, was that the judge that had Taylor way ahead wasn't watching the fight close enough. Over the years, the reality has changed to the point where Taylor was dominating the fight until Chavez landed a lucky punch and a Don King employee stole the fight from poor Meldrick.
I had Chavez up by two going into the 12th, but knew there were very close rounds that could go the other way. I thought the KD would have sealed it for him.

Some of these comments are strait out of the twilight zone

1. LOl about how he could not run, however he could stand there a battle for three more rounds, takes way more energy to box than it does to run, and body punishment will effect someone's boxing before it effects someone's running ability

2. The question was not about his nature as a boxer, it was how his career would have been different

3. No boxer in history did what Oscar did, however if many had boxing history would be rewritten, this is the best example.

1. You are assuming he would've been able to purely run, without having to throw his jab or set traps, feint etc Chavez was a monster and very adapt at cutting the ring off, it would have taken a lot more energy to keep distance and still avoid punishment at that point in the fight for Taylor, yes.

2. You can't really seperate the two, was the point made. He had already taken a crapload of punishment before the championship rounds that likely took a lot out of him. The stoppage was just a footnote to this.

3. No it isn't.

1. I am not assuming anything, I am saying take the De La hoya tactic and implement it in this fight, the samething you saw Oscar do is what Meldric would do, one minute you justify a cowardly act by a boxer, the next you say it is impossible for another boxer to do it, makes no since.


2. We do theoretical props all the time, we do you mean we cannot seperate the two.

3. If it isn't give us an example of what is.