Taylor vs Chavez - Rewatching the Stoppage

Steele at the 6 second mark says are you ok, fast as hell, gets close say are you ... waives his hands

he didnt even give Meldrick the chance to respond he was going so fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fkqBvP244&feature=related

really watch it, he was going through the motions of his job way to fast

He was a self hating black man who hated seeing black men succeed... true story.

again taylor threw instinct or out of what to do when knocked down advise in training is nod your head yes..during the count with steele litterly in his face taylor had several seconds 4 or 5 seconds to do the head nod..he ignored steele like he was in never never land.taylor was wrong steele was right..

hahaha hey you might be onto something there

think its sick that Steele says it was his proudest moment

screwing someone out of a victory and pretty much ruining there life

guess its true one mans sunset is another mans dawn

the reaction by the ref and fighter HAS to be fast..again taylor had 4 good seconds as steele was in his face looking at taylor to nod yes im ok even before hes asked..asked twice no reaction from taylor.thats a forgone conclution then for the ref to halt the fight.how much time does taylor need..to keep asking r u ok or to allow several more seconds to go by in a fight that has a knockdown opens a ref to critisism you gave fighter A lots of time to recoup..if a fighter dont respond quick its the refs duty to say thats it....you ceratnly dont take 6 seconds to try to avoid a punch do you..

also note no reaction in a agressive verbal way by taylor to dispute the stopage..this supports steele again for taylors mental status and
brain is scrambled.

uhhh Taylor shaking his head asking what is a pretty good sign of protest

look I ref, i dont run up to a guy like i just snorted coke and ask him are you ok as fast as i can and then wave the fight off before i can even get a response

Birdofthad wrote:

Steele at the 6 second mark says are you ok, fast as hell, gets close say are you ... waives his hands

he didnt even give Meldrick the chance to respond he was going so fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fkqBvP244&feature=related

really watch it, he was going through the motions of his job way to fast

Come on Bird. Meldrick was stumbling, batterred and Steele gave him a loooooong look before he stopped it.

It was a legit stoppage.

disagree he gave him a rushed look

oh well stilll love yalls opinions , maybe im wrong on this

on second thought...........naaah Im right hahaha

I find most that disagree with the stoppage simply can't get past the emotional aspect of the whole situation. The emotion that somehow Meldrick was screwed is a hard one to rid yourself of.

Like I've said before it took me years to get past it and come to the conclusion that Steele did the right thing.

It wasn't the popular thing.

It wasn't the feel-good thing.

It wasn't the storybook ending thing.

But it was the right thing.

He did his due diligence as referee to protect the fighters AT ALL TIMES.

Birdofthad wrote:

disagree he gave him a rushed look

oh well stilll love yalls opinions , maybe im wrong on this

on second thought...........naaah Im right hahaha

Looks like its me and u Bird I think it was a bad stoppage. I will give more reasoning in the morning LOL.

I give Steele the benefit of the doubt, i'm not saying he necessarily did the right thing, but I buy his explanation and in the heat of the moment, his actions to protect the fighter were at least understandable.

Bad stoppage, but Taylor was definitely out on his feet.

KrazyHorseBennett wrote:

I find most that disagree with the stoppage simply can't get past the emotional aspect of the whole situation. The emotion that somehow Meldrick was screwed is a hard one to rid yourself of.

Like I've said before it took me years to get past it and come to the conclusion that Steele did the right thing.

It wasn't the popular thing.

It wasn't the feel-good thing.

It wasn't the storybook ending thing.

But it was the right thing.

He did his due diligence as referee to protect the fighters AT ALL TIMES.

+1

KrazyHorseBennett wrote:

I find most that disagree with the stoppage simply can't get past the emotional aspect of the whole situation. The emotion that somehow Meldrick was screwed is a hard one to rid yourself of.

Like I've said before it took me years to get past it and come to the conclusion that Steele did the right thing.

It wasn't the popular thing.

It wasn't the feel-good thing.

It wasn't the storybook ending thing.

But it was the right thing.

He did his due diligence as referee to protect the fighters AT ALL TIMES.

+1