Thunder Meets Lightning

The fight was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it was a world title unification bout, nicknamed like that in allusion to Chavez's punching power and Taylor's speed.

Taylor held a small but steady lead on the scorecards (106-103, 104-105 and 106-103, which would have given him a split decision win even if he had lost the last round in all scorecards) but Chavez rallied with 12 seconds to go, dropping Taylor with a right hand, and the referee stopping the fight in favor of Chavez with only 2 seconds to go in the bout.