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Mexican champion. Chávez, realizing time was running out, came at Taylor aggressively in the last round. With 17 seconds left in the fight, Chávez floored Taylor. Taylor beat the 10-count and got back to his feet at six. Referee Richard Steele twice asked Taylor, "Are you ok?" Taylor did not respond and only looked at his corner. Steele waved the fight off with just two seconds left, awarding Chávez a win by TKO.
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384:Featherweight
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62:
59:
55:
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45:
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40:
35:
30:
21:
20:
3472:Tyrell Biggs
3447:Mark Breland
3431:
3313:
3208:Andreas Tews
3161:
2840:Paul Fritsch
2824:
2811:Richard Gunn
2702:
2672:
2667:Buddy McGirt
2626:Olympics.com
2577:
2563:
2549:
2535:
2524:
2515:
2505:
2498:Terry Norris
2491:
2338:Apr 6, 1985
2129:Feb 2, 1986
2120:Robin Blake
2096:Apr 3, 1986
2084:Jose Rivera
1951:Feb 6, 1987
1908:Primo Ramos
1857:Nov 4, 1987
1739:Sep 3, 1988
1726:Buddy McGirt
1541:Mar 17, 1990
1496:Primo Ramos
1427:Jun 1, 1991
1416:Luis Garcia
1311:May 9, 1992
1298:Terry Norris
1265:Oct 31, 1992
1155:May 7, 1994
1118:Sep 17, 1994
1026:Tommy Small
969:Aug 6, 1998
864:Roxy Theatre
719:Round, time
679:By decision
668:By knockout
644:
635:
625:
623:
612:
609:
593:
585:Terry Norris
580:welterweight
569:
550:
543:
541:
537:
522:
489:
481:
455:Round of 64:
441:
420:welterweight
397:
396:
324:Medal record
277:Total fights
270:
212:Welterweight
191:
123:
114:
104:
97:
90:
83:
71:
60:
43:verification
36:
3514:1966 births
3457:Virgil Hill
3312:2012–2016:
2978:Ján Zachara
2788:Oliver Kirk
2697:Aaron Davis
2441:Luke Lecce
2287:Nery Reyes
1816:Apr 9, 1988
1456:Aaron Davis
1225:May 8, 1993
1176:Craig Houk
632:2019 arrest
573:Aaron Davis
469:Omar Catari
3508:Categories
3452:Frank Tate
3442:Jerry Page
2618:(archived)
2493:HBO Sports
2476:References
2170:Pavilion,
2101:Felt Forum
1393:ARCO Arena
1316:The Mirage
850:Tim Scott
293:Wins by KO
229:5 ft
192:Statistics
155:1966-10-19
87:newspapers
3139:Rudi Fink
2641:Olympedia
1733:12 (12),
1534:12 (12),
1277:, England
943:, Denmark
725:Location
713:Opponent
663:8 losses
605:Las Vegas
600:Halloween
533:Las Vegas
199:Weight(s)
39:citations
3410:Athletes
3314:not held
2825:not held
2268:Bellaria
2090:6 (10),
1981:2 (10),
1851:2 (10),
1809:5 (10),
1695:7 (12),
1617:5 (10),
1584:1 (10),
1382:6 (10),
1305:4 (12),
1258:8 (12),
1218:2 (10),
1182:3 (10),
1149:2 (10),
1111:8 (12),
1069:1 (10),
937:Atletion
922:Hasan Al
904:, Mexico
660:38 wins
641:Personal
575:for the
545:The Ring
507:knockout
498:for the
260:Orthodox
117:May 2014
65:libelous
3496:—
3492:Coaches
2449:1 (6),
2368:3 (6),
2295:1 (6),
2270:, Italy
2197:4 (8),
2005:12–0–1
1972:13–0–1
1939:14–0–1
1905:15–0–1
1875:16–0–1
1842:17–0–1
1800:18–0–1
1763:19–0–1
1722:20–0–1
1684:21–0–1
1648:22–0–1
1608:23–0–1
1575:24–0–1
1523:24–1–1
1493:25–1–1
1452:26–1–1
1413:27–1–1
1373:28–1–1
1338:29–1–1
1294:29–2–1
1247:29–3–1
1209:30–3–1
1173:31–3–1
1140:32–3–1
1100:32–4–1
1060:33–4–1
1023:34–4–1
990:34–5–1
957:35–5–1
918:35–6–1
884:35–7–1
847:36–7–1
810:37–7–1
773:38–7–1
739:38–8–1
710:Record
707:Result
424:amateur
238:⁄
180:The Kid
101:scholar
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2790:
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2604:BoxRec
2500:fight.
2466:, U.S.
2424:, U.S.
2385:, U.S.
2345:, U.S.
2335:5 (6)
2312:, U.S.
2174:, U.S.
2140:, U.S.
2067:, U.S.
1925:, U.S.
1828:, U.S.
1786:, U.S.
1634:, U.S.
1553:, U.S.
1435:, U.S.
1399:, U.S.
1275:London
1086:, U.S.
1046:, U.S.
1040:Hilton
976:, U.S.
941:Aarhus
870:, U.S.
833:, U.S.
796:, U.S.
759:, U.S.
728:Notes
690:Draws
352:
336:Men's
301:Losses
256:Stance
226:Height
168:, U.S.
103:
96:
89:
82:
74:
2602:from
2379:Scope
2117:10–0
2081:11–0
2042:12–0
2026:Sands
2002:Draw
1520:Loss
1291:Loss
1244:Loss
1097:Loss
987:Loss
915:Loss
881:Loss
736:Loss
722:Date
716:Type
309:Draws
248:Reach
108:JSTOR
94:books
32:This
3342:2024
3319:2020
3290:2008
3267:2004
3244:2000
3221:1996
3198:1992
3175:1988
3152:1984
3129:1980
3106:1976
3083:1972
3060:1968
3037:1964
3014:1960
2991:1956
2968:1952
2945:1948
2922:1936
2899:1932
2876:1928
2853:1924
2830:1920
2801:1908
2778:1904
2526:ESPN
2451:2:31
2438:1–0
2435:Win
2399:2–0
2396:Win
2370:2:09
2365:TKO
2359:3–0
2356:Win
2332:TKO
2326:4–0
2323:Win
2297:2:35
2284:5–0
2281:Win
2257:TKO
2251:6–0
2248:Win
2221:7–0
2218:Win
2199:2:45
2188:8–0
2185:Win
2154:9–0
2151:Win
2114:Win
2092:2:07
2087:TKO
2078:Win
2039:Win
1983:1:49
1978:TKO
1969:Win
1936:Win
1902:Win
1872:Win
1853:1:19
1839:Win
1811:2:47
1806:TKO
1797:Win
1760:Win
1748:Won
1735:2:00
1730:TKO
1719:Win
1697:3:00
1681:Win
1645:Win
1619:1:59
1614:TKO
1605:Win
1586:1:57
1581:TKO
1572:Win
1560:For
1536:2:58
1531:TKO
1490:Win
1478:Won
1449:Win
1410:Win
1384:1:51
1379:TKO
1370:Win
1335:Win
1323:For
1307:2:55
1302:TKO
1260:2:11
1255:TKO
1220:3:00
1215:RTD
1206:Win
1184:1:02
1170:Win
1151:1:01
1137:Win
1113:1:41
1108:TKO
1071:2:59
1066:TKO
1057:Win
1020:Win
954:Win
853:TKO
844:Win
807:Win
770:Win
285:Wins
149:Born
80:news
41:for
3358:UZB
3335:ROC
3306:UKR
3283:RUS
3260:KAZ
3237:THA
3214:GER
3191:ITA
3168:USA
3145:GDR
3122:CUB
3099:URS
3076:MEX
3053:URS
3030:ITA
3007:URS
2984:TCH
2961:ITA
2938:ARG
2915:ARG
2892:NED
2869:USA
2846:FRA
2817:GBR
2794:USA
2639:at
2624:at
2614:at
2445:TKO
2227:UD
2194:KO
2160:UD
2126:10
2123:UD
2111:10
2075:11
2053:10
2050:UD
2036:12
2018:10
1999:13
1966:14
1948:10
1945:UD
1933:15
1914:10
1911:UD
1899:16
1884:10
1881:UD
1869:17
1848:KO
1836:18
1794:19
1772:10
1769:UD
1757:20
1716:21
1691:RTD
1678:22
1657:12
1654:UD
1642:23
1602:24
1569:25
1517:26
1502:10
1499:UD
1487:27
1463:12
1460:UD
1446:28
1424:12
1407:29
1367:30
1349:12
1346:UD
1332:31
1288:32
1241:33
1203:34
1179:KO
1167:35
1146:KO
1134:36
1094:37
1054:38
1032:10
1029:UD
1017:39
999:10
996:SD
984:40
963:UD
951:41
929:10
926:UD
912:42
893:12
890:UD
878:43
841:44
816:UD
804:45
779:SD
767:46
748:10
745:UD
733:47
703:No.
682:18
671:20
615:HBO
589:WBC
577:WBA
554:HBO
525:WBC
500:IBF
417:WBA
410:IBF
183:TNT
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2353:3
2320:4
2308:,
2291:KO
2278:5
2260:3
2245:6
2230:6
2215:7
2182:8
2163:8
2148:9
2136:,
2063:,
2014:SD
1824:,
1782:,
1630:,
1549:,
1420:SD
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1273:,
1082:,
1042:,
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