Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor
The world championship bout held on March 17, 1990 between WBC world champion Julio César Chávez of Mexico and IBF world champion Meldrick Taylor of the United States, both at light welterweight, was a historic event in professional boxing. It was titled "Thunder Meets Lightning" as an allusion to the punching power of Chávez and fast handspeed of Taylor. The fight was expected to be a rousing and exciting one 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 to this day. It would later be named The Ring magazine's Fight of the Year for 1990, and later the "Fight of the Decade" for the 1990s.
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Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor
The world championship bout held on March 17, 1990 between WBC world champion Julio César Chávez of Mexico and IBF world champion Meldrick Taylor of the United States, both at light welterweight, was a historic event in professional boxing. It was titled "Thunder Meets Lightning" as an allusion to the punching power of Chávez and fast handspeed of Taylor. The fight was expected to be a rousing and exciting one 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 to this day. It would later be named The Ring magazine's Fight of the Year for 1990, and later the "Fight of the Decade" for the 1990s.
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1990-03-17
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Thunder Meets Lightning
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JC Chavez
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Meldrick Taylor
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Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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"TNT"
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"The Great Mexican Champion"
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"The Kid"
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(IBF World Junior Welterweight Champion)
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(WBC World Junior Welterweight Champion)
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Chavez won via 12th round TKO
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(WBC & IBF World Junior Welterweight Unification)
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Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor
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