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Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor, billed as Thunder Meets Lightning, was a professional boxing match contested on March 17, 1990, for the WBC and IBF light welterweight championship. [1] Its title was an allusion to the punching power of Chávez and fast hand speed of Taylor.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. Mexican boxer (born 1962) For his son, who is also a boxer, see Julio César Chávez Jr. For the Paraguayan historian, see Julio César Chaves. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material ...
On March 17, 1990, WBC super lightweight champion Julio César Chávez met IBF super lightweight champion Meldrick Taylor in a unification bout. In one of the most memorable and controversial fights of the 1990s, Chávez, trailing on the scorecards, would score a last-second knockout victory after referee Richard Steele stopped the fight despite Taylor having risen from the knockdown and there ...
Julio César Chávez vs. Greg Haugen was a professional boxing match contested on February 20, 1993, for the WBC super lightweight title. [1] The fight was the featured bout on a boxing card promoted by Don King dubbed The Grand Slam of Boxing .
Revenge: The Rematches was a boxing card that took place on May 7, 1994, when a quartet of rematch bouts took place at the MGM Grand in Paradise, Nevada.The Don King promoted event was one of the largest boxing pay-per-view events ever staged.
Julio César Chávez: D 12/12 Note 1: Super Featherweight 130 lb Azumah Nelson (c) vs. Jesse James Leija: D 12/12 Note 2: Light Middleweight 154 lb Terry Norris (c) def. Joe Gatti: TKO 1/12 Note 3: Middleweight 160 lb Thomas Tate: def. Eduardo Ayala UD 10/10 Lightweight 135 lb Leavander Johnson: def. Bobby Brewer TKO 10/10 Light Heavyweight 175 ...
Julio César Chávez vs. Frankie Randall was a professional boxing match contested on January 29, 1994, for the WBC super lightweight title. [1] The fight was the featured bout on a Don King -promoted boxing card dubbed the Super Grand Slam of Boxing .
A fight between Julio César Chávez and Héctor Camacho, two of the top fighters in the super lightweight division, had been discussed as early as 1989, though problems within Camacho's management team prevented HBO, who then held Chávez's television rights, from making the fight with then-HBO sports head Seth Abraham stating "While I'd love to do the fight, I'm not sure who to make the deal ...