On September 17, 1994, Julio César Chávez (90-1-1, 75 KOs), the super-lightweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Meldrick Taylor (32-3-1, 18 KOs).
Julio César Chávez is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a technical decision win over Frankie Randall, 4 months and 10 days ago. Meldrick Taylor is on a 3-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Chad Broussard, 4 months and 10 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Julio César Chávez at 99-1 winning odds. Meldrick Taylor really doesn't have much to present against Chávez.
In the rematch, Julio César Chávez stopped Meldrick Taylor via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-lightweight title. Chávez improves his record to 91-1-1 (76 KOs), while Taylor adds a loss to his record at 32-4-1.