Richard Steele

[JazMerkin]

Personally, I thought he did the right thing in the Taylor/Chavez fight, to me Taylor looked finished & if one more punch had come I think it was over. I also approve of the ref stopping it regardless of how long is left if the fighter cannot step forward as if there were another minute to go. Taylor was barely able to stand & didn't respond to anything Steele said, I think I remember hearing he'd swallowed 2 pints of his own blood through the fight.

Haven't seen the McGuigan/Cruz fight, but I remember Steele saying about the JCC/Taylor fight that he had learnt from earlier fights never to risk a fighters health for the sake of a win or something like that. Might have been on a ring death in his fight or a fight a close friend was refereeing.

[CGM]

I'm with you guys(Greig and Kirkland). While I would not go as far as saying Steele was in King's pocket or anything, and I do not question Steele's integrity, I do think Taylor got a raw deal. When you look closely at the sequence of events, and I'm not going to take the trouble to describe that here, then I think Steele's actions were wrong.