Julio Cesar Chavez Vs. Meldrick Taylor

Julio Cesar Chavez Vs. Meldrick Taylor

The boxing world championship bout held on March 17, 1990 between WBC Jr. Welterweight world champion Julio César Chávez of Mexico and IBF world champion Meldrick Taylor of the United States was a historic boxing match. It was nicknamed "Thunder Meets Lightning" as an allusion to the punching power of Chávez and blinding speed of Taylor. The bout was expected to be a rousing and exciting fight, but few, (if any) could have foreseen the intense action it would produce, or the lasting fame it would earn in boxing history due to its dramatic and controversial ending that continues to be widely debated. It would later be named The Ring Magazine's "Fight of the Year" for 1990, and later still the "Fight of the Decade" for the 1990s.