<P> On March 17, 1990, he faced Meldrick Taylor, the undefeated IBF Light Welterweight Champion, in a title unification fight . While Taylor carried the fight to Chavez through round 8, Julio rallied in the last four rounds . With about 30 seconds left in the 12th round, he landed a hard straight right hand on the chin of Taylor, which hurt him badly . Shortly thereafter, he knocked down the former olympian . Although Taylor rose at the referee's count of six, he failed to respond coherently to referee Richard Steele's questions and continued to hold onto the ropes in the corner, resulting in Steele stopping the fight with only two seconds remaining . Many boxing fans and members of the media were outraged that Steele would stop a match that Taylor was winning with only two seconds left, while others felt that Steele was justified in stopping the fight given Taylor's condition and the fact that he was unable to respond to Steele before the conclusion of the match . Steele defended his decision by saying that his concern is protecting a fighter, regardless of how much time is left in the round or the fight . As Steele put it, "I stopped it because Meldrick had took a lot of good shots, a lot of hard shots, and it was time for it to stop . You know, I'm not the timekeeper, and I don't care about the time . When I see a man that has had enough, I'm stopping the fight ." The Ring named it the "Fight of the Year" for 1990 and later the "Fight of the Decade" for the 1990s . While many hoped for an immediate rematch, Taylor moved up in weight in his next bout and the fighters did not meet again until 1994, when Chávez dominated and knocked out a faded Taylor in eight rounds . </P> <P> After unifying the titles, Chávez engaged in a busy series of title defenses and non-title fights . On December 8, 1990, he defeated the WBC mandatory challenger Kyung - Duk Ahn (29 - 1) by third - round knockout . On March 18, 1991, he defeated WBC number four ranked fighter John Duplessis (34 - 1) by fourth - round TKO . On September 14, 1991, Chávez won a twelve - round unanimous decision over former champion Lonnie Smith . On April 10, 1992, he scored a TKO victory over number one ranked contender Angel Hernandez (37 - 0 - 2, 22 KOs) in the fifth round . Later that year, he defeated Frankie Mitchell (29 - 1) by fourth - round TKO . </P> <P> On September 12, 1992, Chávez faced WBO Light Welterweight Champion Hector "Macho" Camacho (41 - 1 - 0, 18 KOs) in a highly anticipated bout . Chávez dominated Camacho en route to a unanimous decision win . The final scores were 117 - 111, 119 - 110 and 120 - 107 for Chávez . After the fight, on his arrival to Mexico, the President Carlos Salinas de Gortari sent the special car for the Pope to take him from the airport to the President's house . </P> <P> His 1993 fight with Greg Haugen featured trash talk from Haugen, who derided Chavez's 82 - fight unbeaten streak as consisting mostly of "Tijuana taxi drivers that my mother could have knocked out" and insisting that "There aren't 130,000 Mexicans who can afford tickets" to see the fight in Estadio Azteca . Chávez responded by saying, "I really hate him bad . When he looks at me, I want to vomit . I am going to give him the worst beating of his life; I am going to make him swallow the words that came out of his dirty mouth ." Ultimately, 132,274 showed up to set a world record for fight attendance (which still stands as of 2017) as they watched Chávez drop Haugen quickly and then back off with the apparent intention of punishing him for his prefight remarks . However, the referee had seen enough by the fifth round and stopped it for a TKO victory for Chávez . After the fight, Chávez commented to Haugen; "Now you know I don't fight with taxi drivers" and a bloodied Haugen sportingly responded, "They must have been tough taxi drivers ." Later that year, Chávez scored a sixth - round TKO victory over number one ranked contender Terrence Alli . </P>

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