MELDRICK Taylor will learn tonight in Las Vegas if his
four-and-a-half-year nightmare will finally end, or if five seconds back
in 1990 will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Taylor will fight Julio Cesar Chavez for the Mexican's WBC
super-lightweight title. Chavez will receive $1m and Taylor $400,000.
But more than the championship and probably even more than the money,
Taylor will be fighting to exorcise the final few seconds of his first
fight with Chavez, who turned almost certain defeat into a victory that
has had as much controversy surrounding it as any fight.
In addition to the Taylor-Chavez rematch there will be five other
title fights. Juan Goggi of Argentina will defend the WBA junior
welterweight crown against America's Frankie Randall.
In what could be the most exciting fight of the night, Puerto Rican
Felix Trinidad will defend the IBF welterweight title against Mexico's
Luis Ramon Campas. WBC super-featherweight champion ''Jesse'' James
Leija (USA) will be challenged by Gabriel Ruelas of Mexico, and the card
will begin in the afternoon with Italy's Gianfranco Rossi defending the
IBF junior-middleweight title against Vincent Pettway of the US.
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