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Ironically, the most memorable triumph is in the legendary career of Julio César Chávez It is one of the worst memories He has since been knocked out of Meldrick Taylor In the closing seconds of round 12, he admits this is the only fight in which felt “he was dying”.
“That moment marked my career, It was the hardest fight, the greatest fighter I’ve ever faced. With the respect of De La Hoya and the others who beat me, Taylor was the best, the fastest, the strongest, he had everything a fighter wants. He was Olympic champion, world champion, unbeaten, ”The Great Mexican Champion recalled in an interview with TUDN.
“It’s the only fight I’ve ever felt death in, it feels awful. I was faster than me with a fighter, stronger than me, but he didn’t have the balls I had. I wanted to fight at a superhuman pace so as not to see myself sluggish with him, I was on him from the first round, my effort was superhuman and I could see the fight getting longer. On lap 10 I get into the corner and lose trackI don’t remember anything until they wake me up on round 12 with those cries of, “Do it for your family, for Mexico, for everyone, you can knock him out.”
He could give me a hit: Chávez
The physical wear and tear to which El César del Boxeo was exposed on March 17, 1990 was so great that he is still certain that may have had a stroke seconds after switching off Taylor.
“I swear to God when I hit him I didn’t care to win or lose, I wanted the bell to ring because I wanted to pass out, I wanted to throw up. If I had thrown up I would have a stroke and I might not count it“he claimed.