Still Controversial 30 Years Later – Chavez-Taylor I

By: Sean Crose
Those of us who saw it live remember where we were at the time. Me, I was at a friends' house in Springfield, Massachusetts that Saint Patrick's night. My friends and I knew Julio Caesar Chavez was a big deal. We knew Meldrick Taylor wanted to be a big deal. We knew they were fighting at the Las Vegas Hilton to unify two of the major junior welterweight titles. What we didn't know was how infamous their battle would become. Yet, thirty years to the day later, Chavez-Taylor I remai