@Kevin Myers Steele wasn’t the man throwing punches at Taylor that LITERALLY almost beat him to death (it’s a documented fact that Taylor would’ve died of injuries had he not stayed the night in the hospital, as his kidneys were failing, brain swelling, and had two pints of blood in his stomach that needed to be pumped out...not to mention his shattered orbital socket that probably would’ve cost him his eyeball.). Chavez not only proved he was VERY beatable, but beat him up bad. Your tired argument about two seconds remaining is completely irrelevant and conversation for dopes.
Meldrick Taylor was the fastest boxer in modern history. He was not only fast but he threw punches in bunches and was an outstanding body puncher. With all due respect to some of the fast fighters in the modern day era, most notably Roy Jones, Ray Leornard, and Hector Camacho, none were as fast or threw punches like Taylor, especially pre-Chavez Taylor.
I disagree. I think all 3 of them had more impressive speed. The main reason being that Taylor was an arm puncher about 80% of the time. Those quick two handed flurries you’d see from him were pure fluff. Shoe shining for style points. More importantly, it’s a lot easier to throw “punches” in rapid combination when you put zero leverage into them. The other guys, including Camacho in his early to mid 80s peak, could all throw combinations with speed and conviction. Power combinations. That’s always better than those amateur pitty pat punches.
@@DIVISIONINCISION You’re correct, Chavez essentially ended Taylor’s career, as he was never the same after Chavez. That’s why I stated in my original commentary “pre-Chavez” Taylor was the fastest fighter in modern boxing. Chavez is among my favorite fighter in boxing. He, along with Hagler and Taylor are among my top 5 of all time favorites. I will never quarrel with anyone about Chavez, he’s not only the greatest Mexican fighter of all time, but is among the top 20 greatest fighters of all time, arguably among the top 10. And in case you didn’t know, Chavez after being inducted in the hall of fame, stated that the Taylor fight was his toughest fight. Not Whitaker, De La Hoya, Randall, Mayeather, or Rosario. It was Taylor. But I get your point. Taylor was never the same after Chavez.
hahaha - I have made many a wrong prediction but had Taylor winning this. May have been a tad biased because was a huge fan of all the '84 Olympians but thought Taylor was too fast; too good. If Taylor had any other defensive plan than just natual athleticism and evasivemess he could have been one of the GOATs...All that being said, McGirt was a great fighter and person in general. Good life philosophy
Watching this fight again with an older eye (and that 20/20 hindsight), even in this fight, where Taylor dominated, he stood in and took too many needless shots. McGirt was a great fighter, but he was off this day, and though it is easy to get lost in Taylor's lighting fisted performance, McGirt gets his licks in, but more because Taylor was there to get hit than anything else. Buddy looked wasted after the first round.
@@dontbeasucka.61was it after his rotator cuff injury? I don’t want to take anything away from Buddy McGirt. He was a great champion and an excellent trainer. While I agree that it was an off day for McGirt I think Meldrick wins 8 out of 10. I know styles make fights but could you see McGirt being up on Chavez with ten seconds to go in the fight? I don’t know. It’s not fair to say that as those two never fought. Buddy was one of the best all around fighters of his era. The more I wrote the more I think I am giving McGirt the short end of the stick. Lol
I respectfully disagree with your assessment. Arm punching don't have any to do with speed. There are plenty of arm punchers who don't have exceptional speed. It's true Ray Leonard and Roy Jones had a lot more power than Taylor but they certainly wasn't faster. No way. Taylor's combination was a lot more fluid and the velocity of his punches was noticeably faster. Check out his debut fight when he threw four successive hard left hooks to the body with the blink of an eye or check out the wicked left hook he smacked Chavez with at the start of the 7th round or the three punch combination he countered Chavez with in the 10th round that stopped him in his tracks or the left hook he rocked Aaron Davis with in the 2nd round of their fight. Taylor wasn't all arm punching, he just didn't have knock-out power. As far as Camacho, he rarely sat down on his punches and had an almost identical fight to knock out ratio as Taylor.
Meldrick hit 12 secs after the 2:05 mark at 13:50, I`m comparing how long the gaps are in between each punch he took here compared to Tyzu v R. Mayweather because I feel Taylor`s defense was too weak to beat Tyzu but there will be gaps and that could be significant.
judging by Buddys lacklustre display ive been wondering if this Fight was the beginning of his Contract between Sammy Gravano & The Gambino Crime Family? I loved Buddy & was shocked to hear about this.
