Two Seconds From Glory

Meldrick Taylor was a young prodigy 8 year old kid, who had a dream to become a boxer not any ordinary boxer, but a World Boxing Champion and was raised by Ruby and Ronald Taylor living in Philadelphia Pennsylvania North Philly and his goals and aspirations was to be a fighter and he accomplish many achievements in his amateur boxing career winning the National Golden Glove's and National ABF at only 16 years old and at 17 years old won a Olympic Gold Medal in the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles California and turn Professional and became the IBF Junior Welterweight Champion at the age of 21 and his 5 Title defense, he fought Julio Czar Chavez the WBA Junior Welterweight Champion to consolidate the Title Belts, the Billing for the Match was Lightning vs Thunder for Meldrick speed and fast hands and Chavez great power, this was a action pack fight every single round entertaining leading up to the 12 and final round and Taylor is ahead and winning the fight in dramatic fashion and Chavez needing a knockout to be able to come out victorious, landed a right hand that landed on Taylor face and he went down to the canvas 9 seconds left in the fight Taylor grap the ropes and lifting himself up on his feet and the referee Richard Steele looking at Taylor stop the fight with only 2 Seconds remaining in the fight and the crowd went into a frenzy and Taylor corner man Lou Duva went bazooka, this was the most infamous and Controversial Stoppard in Boxing History

-- Meldrick Taylor