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Ironically, the most memorable triumph of legendary career of Julio César Chávez It is one of the worst memories from more than 30 years since the elimination of the match Meldrick Taylor In the final seconds of round 12, he confesses that it is the only fight in which felt “dying”.
“That moment marked my career, It was the hardest fight, the biggest fighter I have ever faced. With respect to De La Hoya and the others who beat me, Taylor was the best, the fastest, the strongest, he had everything a fighter wants to have. He was an Olympic champion, a world champion, undefeated, “the Mexican Grand Champion recalled in an interview TUDN.
“It’s the only fight I’ve ever felt death in, it feels horrible. I was with a fighter faster than me, stronger than me, but he didn’t have the balls I had. I wanted to fight at a superhuman pace, so as not to be slowed down with him, from the first round I was on him, my effort was superhuman and I saw that the fight was prolonged. In the 10th round I reach the corner and lose trackI don’t remember anything until in the 12th round they woke me up with those cries of, “Do it for your family, for Mexico, for everyone, you can take it down.”
It could give me a stroke: Chávez
Such was the physical wear and tear that El César del Boxeo was subjected to on March 17, 1990, that to date it is certain that may have suffered a stroke a few seconds after removal Taylor.
“I swear to God that when I knocked him down, I didn’t care to win or lose, what I wanted was for the bell to ring because I wanted to faint, I wanted to throw. If I had shed, I would have a stroke and maybe I won’t count it“he pretended.