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	Meldrick Taylor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meldrick Taylor (born October 19, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former Olympic gold medalist and world boxing champion in two weight classes.
		Taylor, one of many boxing champions hailing from the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, learned his craft in the gyms of his hometown and posted a 99-4 record as an amateur fighter.
		Taylor is the brother of fellow former boxer Myron Taylor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meldrick_Taylor (676 words)

	Thunder Meets Lightning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taylor's rise through the professional ranks was also quick, as his speed and reflexes proved to be nearly impossible to counter, and while not known as a prodigious puncher, his strength was to be respected and earned him 14 KOs in his 25 victories prior to the Chavez bout.
		However, in a strange scene between rounds, Taylor's trainer Lou Duva told him that he needed to win the final round, and as a result Taylor did not stay away, but continued to trade with Chavez, even though he was so exhausted and battered that he was staggering around the ring.
		Taylor seemed to be drawing on some reservoir of courage and pure will to carry him through the round, but his strength was rapidly leaving him, as evidenced by the way he fell to the canvas after missing Chavez with a wild left.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thunder_Meets_Lightning (1262 words)

	Irish Boxing
		The fight with Taylor was an obvious choice because it received the fight of the year award in 1990 and Chavez also got the fighter of the year award on the strength of this performance.
		Taylor had beaten Chavez strategically and physically but not mentally, nobody could do ever do that to this amazingly resilient man. Chavez' 66 fights looked to have taken their toll, it looked like his number was up and then with just two seconds left on the clock.
		Taylor had almost every advantage, he was a bigger, stronger, faster and younger man. He fought the fight of his life on a night when Chavez was not showing his best stuff but unfortunately for Taylor just wouldn't allow himself to be beaten.
	www.irish-boxing.com /chavez.htm (8254 words)

	Sportscolumn.com - Sports News - Timeless: Chavez Vs. Taylor
		While Meldrick Taylor indeed had the lifeblood of "A City of Brotherly Love" careening violently through his veins, it was his equal measure of talent that defined his climb toward glory.
		It was in his determination that Taylor had taken far too much punishment, and if he, after being knocked down, could not properly affix a definite equilibrium, the match would end in a technical knockout in favor of the resurgent Chavez.
		It's important to note that Taylor was not thoroughly pounded without recourse at any point of the fight, rather, rounds eight, nine, and ten, were all contested evenly, however, it was the effect of Chavez's blows on Taylor that caused such disparity in how the fight was judged and how it was actually fought.
	www.sportscolumn.com /story/2006/5/22/181328/300/oth_box/Timeless:_Chavez_Vs._Taylor (1473 words)

	Julio Cesar Chavez -vs- Meldrick Taylor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Taylor (24-0-1, 14 KOs) was winning most on points and looked like he would be the fighter to give Chavez his first career defeat.
		Taylor tried to respond, but Chavez was landing and got in another hard right flush on the chin.
		Taylor fell to the canvas and pulled himself up by the ropes, on his feet at about the count of five.
	chavez360.com /chavez/record/070.php (1090 words)

	PHILLY BOXING HISTORY
		On this day in 1990, Meldrick Taylor fought the most memorable fight of his career and lost his Jr.
		Taylor was a fine fighter with a fleeting prime.
		March 17, 1990 was the night Meldrick Taylor both reached his peak and toppled from it.
	www.phillyboxinghistory.com /days/0317.htm (639 words)

	Meldrick Taylor - Two Seconds In Time - Boxing News
		Meldrick Taylor won an Olympic gold medal at the tender age of seventeen in the 1984 games.
		No, Taylor embodied the tough streets of Philadelphia where he grew up and where he learned, for better or not, that a man who deems himself a fighter fights with his heart and his stubbornness.
		In the end though, all that was left were the remnants of Meldrick Taylor, his face and body beaten so badly all he could do was recline wearily on his couch, slippers on his feet and watch that night, that moment, endlessly on video and shake his head.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=2696&more=1 (1254 words)

	CNNSI.com - Boxing - Former champ accused of attempted rape - Tuesday April 11, 2000 02:46 PM
		Taylor was being held at the discretion of his probation officer, police said.
		Taylor was on his feet when referee Richard Steele waved the fight over with just two seconds left in one of boxing's more controversial decisions.
		Taylor went on to win the WBA welterweight belt in 1991, but the Chavez fight had taken its toll.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /boxing/news/2000/04/11/taylor_assault_ap/index.html (336 words)

	East Side Boxing - comments on 'Meldrick Taylor - Two Seconds In Time'
		My opinion of Meldrick Taylor is this, Hew was a Philadelphia fighter who didnt have to be, Philadelphia fighters are known to be tough rugged fighters who back down from no one.
		Meldrick didnt need to fighjt that way he had legitimate boxing skills and world class handspeed, he could have been one of the 10 best welterweights of ALL-TIME if his heart and desire to slug it out dint get the best of hm.
		Meldrick Taylor, to me, was the most sound fighter I have ever had the pleasure to watch.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /b2commentspopup.php?p=2696&c=1 (325 words)

	TalkingBoxing.com - For All Your Boxing Needs - News and Discussion
		Taylor says Hopkins was mistaken but if he was nervous before the Edouard fight then he must have butterflies in his stomach before the biggest fight in his life.
		Taylor’s history has not shown that he can be aggressive enough to swarm Hopkins and make him fight more than he wants to and it just doesn’t seem that Taylor will have answers for everything Hopkins will bring to the ring.
		Taylor will not go the route of David Reid, who was crushed in the biggest fight of his career against Trinidad and is thought to have been ruined in that fight.
	www.talkingboxing.com /articles/2005/ricejuly15.html (2281 words)

	Boxing: The Corner, Where Fights Can Be Won and Lost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Taylor’s corner was caught up in the excitement of the event and sent their boxer out with the feeling that Taylor needed to win the final round in a big way to earn a decision.
		Taylor rose at the count of six and there were only 10 seconds left in the fight.
		Taylor appeared to be ok enough to hold on for the last few seconds, but he failed to answer Steele.
	ringsidereport.com /Lepak8232005.htm (1234 words)

	Doug Fischer
		Jermain Taylor could be the leader of the new generation of HBO boxing stars, so we're all going to have to get used to exuberant praise from "the crew" when the young man fights.
		Taylor was landing miminal pitty pat shots and Hopkins was landing the bigger shots.
		Taylor should'nt get the props HBO was throwing out for being aggressive in the beginnning and then getting his ass kick in the last 4 rounds.
	www.maxboxing.com /Fischer/Fischer071805.asp (5659 words)

	BoxingScene Review Database - Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor
		Taylor was so confident and in control of the fight that he was even starting to showboat in the middle rounds.
		The face of Taylor was swelling bad, his mouth was bleeding bad and he was starting to show signs of the fatigue in the late rounds.
		Taylor was ahead on two of three score cards at the time of the stoppage and would have won the fight if Steele did not stop the action.
	www.boxingscene.com /review/showproduct.php/product/13 (1251 words)

	King's Pawns
		Taylor, however, was under contract with promoter Dan Duva to fight for WBA welterweight champion Aaron Davis' title on Jan. 19 in Atlantic City.
		Taylor's victory over Kidd was yet another twist in a six-and-a-half-year soap opera that began the night Taylor was 15 seconds away from beating Chavez.
		Taylor, says McClary, seems completely focused on what he is doing, even though just about a month ago, he and his family were nearly killed in a car wreck when a tractor trailer cut them off on the Schuylkill Expressway.
	www.citypaper.net /articles/022097/article005.shtml (5345 words)

	Boxing News :: Articles : Forgotten Greatness – Meldrick Taylor
		Meldrick Taylor burst unto the national boxing landscape in 1984, by earning a spot on the Olympic team as a Featherweight.
		Taylor would then reel off eight consecutive victories before landing a title shot against IBF Light Welterweight champion James “Buddy” McGirt in September of 1988. In a competitive fight that Taylor was clearly winning, McGirt was TKO’D in the twelfth and final round to secure his first world title.
		Taylor went out on his shield and though millions of dollars in future paydays dissipated into thin air after the Chavez loss, the respect gained from the boxing community for his heart is eternal and priceless.
	www.boxingscene.com /?m=show&id=2805 (1252 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports
		Two-time world champion Meldrick Taylor's agent shot back yesterday with claims that his boxer is still a sound fighter and should be allowed to fight in Waikiki on Halloween.
		Taylor is best remembered as the boxer with the lightning-quick mitts who dominated Julio Cesar Chavez for 11 rounds in 1990 before being knocked down in the 12th.
		Taylor is currently out on bail awaiting trial in January in Philadelphia on an attempted rape charge.
	starbulletin.com /2000/10/26/sports/story3.html (610 words)

	CNNSI.com - Boxing - Taylor wins split decision in controversial return to ring - Saturday June 01, 2002 02:45 AM
		In the ring, you had Taylor, 35, once a beautiful boxer, a teenage gold medalist at the 1984 Olympics, who has been dogged by serious concerns about his health.
		Taylor found himself such an oasis in Alabama, where he scored a controversial split-decision over southpaw Dillon Carew in the eight-round main event.
		Taylor proved to be a shadow of the fighter he once was, and even his name only brought out a few hundred boxing fans.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /boxing/news/2002/05/31/taylor_return (550 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Taylor when he was an amateur, were actually there in Los Angeles when he was on the Olympic team.
		TAYLOR: I still have the ability and the skills to be champion.
		He stated that although Taylor was checked out by a Birmingham physician, Louisiana was going to suspend Taylor after the fight and require further testing before he fights again.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0206/02/sm.25.html (651 words)

	Roberto Duran vs Meldrick Taylor - THE MAXBOARDS - Talking Boxing 24/7 at MaxBoxing.com
		I think Taylor had the skills to give Duran (or anyone else) trouble, but his willingness to trade would be his undoing.
		Taylor at his very best was a hell of a fighter.
		Taylor was too brave for his own good and he was there to be hit despite his physical gifts.
	forums.maxboxing.com /index.php?showtopic=12890 (854 words)

	CycleForums Archive - One the saddest stories I ever read.....
		Yet Meldrick's story resonates because we all sometimes feel the odds are stacked up against us, itching to knock us to the ground.
		Meldrick had unbelievable speed in both his hands and feet.
		Meldrick Taylor won an Olympic gold medal at the tender age of 17 in the 1984 games.
	www.cycleforums.com /forums/showthread/t-178553.html (1930 words)

	Interview with Meldrick T.N.T. Taylor "I could still beat any top 10 welterweigh - Boxing Chat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Taylor defended twice and took a couple of non-title bouts before engaging the most important fight of his career against living legend Julio Cesar Chavez.
		Taylor made two unimpressive defenses of the welterweight title before junior middleweight champion Terry Norris massacred him in four rounds in a fight Taylor knew he shouldn't have taken because of the size difference.
		If Meldrick thinks he ca, than he can, but I'd rather he train someone, someone younger that could go farther, like a Meldrick Taylor of the now generation, it'd be better for him, and get him payed at the same time without having to take punches.
	www.saddoboxing.com /boxing_forum/index.php?topic=12231.msg139058 (2359 words)

	Who Thinks Meldrick Taylor Was Screwed - Boxing Chat
		When you look at thge accumulative damage of Meldrick if time wasn't a factor that fight would have been stopped I think the whole controversy is that it was fight with 5 seconds left.
		Taylor was unfit to continue, he was clearly out of it.
		Taylor was out of it, I don't think anyone can argue that he wasn't.
	www.saddoboxing.com /boxing_forum/index.php/topic,33251.0.html (1280 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports
		Former world welterweight champion Meldrick Taylor, once a match for the best in the world, angrily spoke out yesterday after being removed from a pro boxing card here scheduled for Halloween night.
		Contacted for an update on the status of Taylor's (37-7-1, 20 KOs) scheduled 10-round bout with fellow Pennsylvanian Bobby Heath (22-8-4, 11 KOs), Machado said he had been informed by promoter Ed Presley midday that the fight was being taken off the card.
		Taylor's backers say a mere speech impediment causes people to misjudge his condition.
	starbulletin.com /2000/10/28/sports/story3.html (595 words)

	LOOKING BACK: JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ VERSUS MELDRICK TAYLOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There were two reasons: Taylor was a U.S. citizen, plus the fact that he was a gold medallist and Chavez is from Mexico.
		In the fist fight between Chavez and Taylor as an example: Even as far behind as Chavez was before the last two rounds, Taylor had already begun to feel the affect of Chavez’s punches.
		And as proof of Chavez’ championship caliber was when told in his corner that he was behind in the fight that he went out in the 11th round and took command of the situation.
	www.insideboxing.com /Featured_pieces/looking_back.htm (453 words)

	Meldrick Taylor still fighting (sad sh!t) - SOHH.com Global Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He knew how much of a Meldrick Taylor fan I was when I was younger.
		Meldrick Taylor only had one major “Superfight” in his career.
		Taylor's younger but the 2 knockout defeats to Chavez plus the Terry Norris one took it out of him.
	forums.sohh.com /showthread.php?t=433550 (765 words)

	ESPN.com: BOXING - Ex-welterweight champ Taylor decisioned by Martell
		MAHNOMEN, Minn. -- Meldrick Taylor, the former two-time world champion and 1984 Olympic gold medalist, was outpointed by Wayne Martell in a 10-round welterweight fight Saturday night.
		The 35-year-old Taylor, fighting for the second time in two months after a 2½-year layoff, dropped to 38-8-1.
		Taylor, the former IBF junior welterweight champion and WBA welterweight titleholder, weighed in at 145½ pounds, his lowest weight in about eight years.
	espn.go.com /boxing/news/2002/0720/1408171.html (111 words)

	Meldrick Taylor (000553) - OOTP Developments Forums
		Meldrick had high expectations placed on him when he entered the professional side of the sport.
		The ammount of punches that Taylor had taken in his many years as an amateur and pro began to catch up with him and after 1992 he never looked like the same fighter though he would go on to fight for another 10 years before officially retiring.
		Meldrick Taylor was also trained by George Benton, and his
	www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=82752 (263 words)

	THE MAXBOARDS - Talking Boxing 24/7 at MaxBoxing.com > Roberto Duran vs Meldrick Taylor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Mar 27 2005, 03:31 AM I think Taylor had the skills to give Duran (or anyone else) trouble, but his willingness to trade would be his undoing.
		Mar 27 2005, 10:19 PM If Taylor would stick and move, use his blinding speed and footwork, and not stand and trade, he would beat Duran.
		Mar 27 2005, 11:03 PM If Taylor would stick and move, use his blinding speed and footwork, and not stand and trade, he would beat Duran.
	forums.maxboxing.com /lofiversion/index.php/t12890.html (914 words)

	David Avila
		It was 15 years ago that Robinson’s buddy Meldrick Taylor was beaten by Chavez (107-5-2, 88 KOs) in a controversial fight that took place in Las Vegas.
		In that fight Chavez met Taylor in a battle of undefeated junior welterweight title-holders.
		That night Taylor used his speedy combinations to keep the Mexican fighter off, but in the 12th and final round Chavez caught the former Olympian with a right hand that dropped him.
	www.maxboxing.com /Avila/Avila052805.asp (571 words)

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