Legendary Nights on HBO
04-17-03, 02:47 PM
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Legendary Nights on HBO
Has anybody been watching the Legendary Nights documentaries on HBO?
I'm not a real big boxing fan but these stories have been really captivating. Last night's story on the Julio Cesar Chavez - Meldrick Taylor fight was a perfect example of that. I remember in the early nineties Meldrick Taylor was a pretty popular fighter but then he just seemed to vanish from the face of the earth. While watching the show I was wondering why they were not interviewing him and toward the end of the show it became obvious when they showed a brief clip of him trying to speak. It further astonished me when they said he was still boxing to this day.
I'm not a real big boxing fan but these stories have been really captivating. Last night's story on the Julio Cesar Chavez - Meldrick Taylor fight was a perfect example of that. I remember in the early nineties Meldrick Taylor was a pretty popular fighter but then he just seemed to vanish from the face of the earth. While watching the show I was wondering why they were not interviewing him and toward the end of the show it became obvious when they showed a brief clip of him trying to speak. It further astonished me when they said he was still boxing to this day.
04-17-03, 02:54 PM
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I agree. Actually, I just put a similar post as this one in the sports forum. I guess I'll leave it there since I am not sure where it should go.
I thought Taylor must have been dead or something until they showed him. Very very sad stuff.
I thought Taylor must have been dead or something until they showed him. Very very sad stuff.
04-17-03, 07:38 PM
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Last night's pissed me off, especailly after seeing the state Meldrick Taylor is in.
He fought his heart out and the fight would have been his if the ref let the round continue. Although I think his manager gave some bad advice becasue he didn't need to win that last round. Look what two seconds did to this guy.
Anyway I've been enjoying the shows and taped everyone so far in case they aren't released on DVD.
He fought his heart out and the fight would have been his if the ref let the round continue. Although I think his manager gave some bad advice becasue he didn't need to win that last round. Look what two seconds did to this guy.
Anyway I've been enjoying the shows and taped everyone so far in case they aren't released on DVD.
04-18-03, 01:40 AM
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Originally posted by Samuel
Last night's pissed me off, especailly after seeing the state Meldrick Taylor is in.
He fought his heart out and the fight would have been his if the ref let the round continue. Although I think his manager gave some bad advice becasue he didn't need to win that last round. Look what two seconds did to this guy.
Anyway I've been enjoying the shows and taped everyone so far in case they aren't released on DVD.
Last night's pissed me off, especailly after seeing the state Meldrick Taylor is in.
He fought his heart out and the fight would have been his if the ref let the round continue. Although I think his manager gave some bad advice becasue he didn't need to win that last round. Look what two seconds did to this guy.
Anyway I've been enjoying the shows and taped everyone so far in case they aren't released on DVD.
They said that he was in the hospital 4 days, and that he was urinating almost pure blood. He also took some vicious shots to the head, and some really hard straight shots in the last few rounds. Even those they talked to said that he was never going to be the same from the injuries he had.
I don't think that he would have fared much better later on, as I think that fight ruined him, but I do think that he probably deserved to go to a decision in this fight.
04-24-03, 11:18 AM
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Last night's episode was pretty good, even though I didn't really like the idea of cramming three matches into one 30 minute episode.
It's funny how many times people thought Holyfield was washed up, especially after the third Holyfield/Bowe fight. Then a year later he destroyed Mike Tyson.
It's funny how many times people thought Holyfield was washed up, especially after the third Holyfield/Bowe fight. Then a year later he destroyed Mike Tyson.
