17th March 1990 - Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
vacant World Light Welterweight title
WBC title - 3rd defence by Chavez
IBF title - 3rd defence by Taylor
1990 Ring Magazine Fight of the Year
Chavez earned $1.4 million, and Taylor got $1 million
Dr. Flip Homansky, who examined Taylor after the fight, said, “Meldrick suffered a facial fracture, he was urinating pure blood, his face was grotesquely was a kid who was truly beaten up to the face, the body, and the brain.“