Richard Steele

[BIG H]

I just can't understand people who think that the time is of any relevance. If your reason for thinking he should've been able to continue is because there were only 3 seconds left then you are effectively saying the ref should've helped the fighter, it's no different to saying he should've helped to his feet and held him up

Taylor was fooked, and with hindsight we know how fooked he was, byt the way he was never the same again. Dr. Flip Homansky, who examined Taylor following the fight and immediately sent him to the hospital, summarized his injuries by saying "Meldrick suffered a facial fracture, he was urinating pure blood, his face was grotesquely swollen... this was a kid who was truly beaten up to the face, the body, and the brain"

If that stoppage was at 1 minute of round 8 and Taylor was already loisng badly, nobody would question the stoppage and that's the whole point, because you cannot use time as an argument, this is why ref's do not have watches.

Yeah yeah, we know about that argument, we've hear it many times, but it's not the most relevant argument with respect to time. Take a look at the vid again and ask your self how much time Steele took to make up his mind. If Steele had no intention of waiting for an answer, he shouldn't have been in his face barking questions at him.

You should watch it again mate, coz Taylor hit the deck with 17 seconds left and Steele didn't manage to count to eight until there were 6sconds left, he looked very closely at Taylor and asked him if he was O.K Taylor was gone, couldn't even respond to the question

[ICB]

I just can't understand people who think that the time is of any relevance. If your reason for thinking he should've been able to continue is because there were only 3 seconds left then you are effectively saying the ref should've helped the fighter, it's no different to saying he should've helped to his feet and held him up

Taylor was fooked, and with hindsight we know how fooked he was, byt the way he was never the same again. Dr. Flip Homansky, who examined Taylor following the fight and immediately sent him to the hospital, summarized his injuries by saying "Meldrick suffered a facial fracture, he was urinating pure blood, his face was grotesquely swollen... this was a kid who was truly beaten up to the face, the body, and the brain"

If that stoppage was at 1 minute of round 8 and Taylor was already loisng badly, nobody would question the stoppage and that's the whole point, because you cannot use time as an argument, this is why ref's do not have watches.

Yeah yeah, we know about that argument, we've hear it many times, but it's not the most relevant argument with respect to time. Take a look at the vid again and ask your self how much time Steele took to make up his mind. If Steele had no intention of waiting for an answer, he shouldn't have been in his face barking questions at him.

You should watch it again mate, coz Taylor hit the deck with 17 seconds left and Steele didn't manage to count to eight until there were 6sconds left, he looked very closely at Taylor and asked him if he was O.K Taylor was gone, couldn't even respond to the question

Meldrick Taylor didn't respond because he was distracted by his corner, if you look closely he turned his head into the direction of his corner, when Richard Steele was asking him the question.

And by the time Meldrick Taylor turned his head back the fight was over, Meldrick Taylor was fully aware of his surrondings, and what was going on. Richard Steele didn't give him a chance, no matter what time was left in the round he didn't give Meldrick Taylor a chance IMO.

Come on BIG H Richard Steele certainly had favored Don King fighters in the past, he ruled a BS knockdown in the Razor Ruddock vs Mike Tyson 1 fight, and need i say the controversial stoppage ?

[BIG H]

Yeah yeah, we know about that argument, we've hear it many times, but it's not the most relevant argument with respect to time. Take a look at the vid again and ask your self how much time Steele took to make up his mind. If Steele had no intention of waiting for an answer, he shouldn't have been in his face barking questions at him.

You should watch it again mate, coz Taylor hit the deck with 17 seconds left and Steele didn't manage to count to eight until there were 6sconds left, he looked very closely at Taylor and asked him if he was O.K Taylor was gone, couldn't even respond to the question

Meldrick Taylor didn't respond because he was distracted by his corner, if you look closely he turned his head into the direction of his corner, when Richard Steele was asking him the question.

And by the time Meldrick Taylor turned his head back the fight was over, Meldrick Taylor was fully aware of his surrondings, and what was going on. Richard Steele didn't give him a chance, no matter what time was left in the round he didn't give Meldrick Taylor a chance IMO.

Come on BIG H Richard Steele certainly had favored Don King fighters in the past, he ruled a BS knockdown in the Razor Ruddock vs Mike Tyson 1 fight, and need i say the controversial stoppage ?

Whether or not he was distracted aint Steele's problem, he didn't respond and the rules are you must respond. I'm not sure Taylor was focussing on his corner, i think he was just looking around dazed, the guy was fucked

If the stoppage had occured after 1 minute of round 8 and Taylor had taken a beating for 8 rounds there would be no controversy, there is controvery becuase people look at it emotively and not objectively and no matter whether or not they same time wasn't a factor in their thoughts clearly it was.

[No Contest]

Watch the clip Steel asks you want to continue? Taylor looks to his right and Steele asks again real quickly and waves it off in 1 second. Immediately Lampley goes insane ,lol this is one of the strangest calls in boxing. A Don King cash cow undefeated fighter on a historic streak. Everyone knows if that goes to the cards Taylor won easily. Steele didnt ask him to come forward or even put his hands up. Taylor isn't resigned like he knew he couldnt go on, he was upset.

[CGM]

I just can't understand people who think that the time is of any relevance. If your reason for thinking he should've been able to continue is because there were only 3 seconds left then you are effectively saying the ref should've helped the fighter, it's no different to saying he should've helped to his feet and held him up

Taylor was fooked, and with hindsight we know how fooked he was, byt the way he was never the same again. Dr. Flip Homansky, who examined Taylor following the fight and immediately sent him to the hospital, summarized his injuries by saying "Meldrick suffered a facial fracture, he was urinating pure blood, his face was grotesquely swollen... this was a kid who was truly beaten up to the face, the body, and the brain"

If that stoppage was at 1 minute of round 8 and Taylor was already loisng badly, nobody would question the stoppage and that's the whole point, because you cannot use time as an argument, this is why ref's do not have watches.

Yeah yeah, we know about that argument, we've hear it many times, but it's not the most relevant argument with respect to time. Take a look at the vid again and ask your self how much time Steele took to make up his mind. If Steele had no intention of waiting for an answer, he shouldn't have been in his face barking questions at him.

You should watch it again mate, coz Taylor hit the deck with 17 seconds left and Steele didn't manage to count to eight until there were 6sconds left, he looked very closely at Taylor and asked him if he was O.K Taylor was gone, couldn't even respond to the question

I watched it plenty of times. Yeah he looked at him closely, I'll grant you that. But maybe you should watch it again, cause in addition to the distraction from the corner, I'd say at most one second elapsed from the second time Steele asked "Are you ok?" and waving it off. Hardly enough time to respond, never mind make an assessment of the answer. The point is that if Steele had taken the time needed to make a proper assessment, and that doesn't mean extensive reviews of the video tapes after the fact, it shouldn't have ended the way it did.