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As the bout entered the middle rounds, Julio César Chávez dialed up his relentless pressure in an attempt to close the gap and wear down the challenger. However, Taylor continued to pull ahead by remarkably outworking Chávez inside the pocket, trading four punches for every single counter returned. When Chávez tried using his head and shoulders to wrestle and bully Taylor against the ropes, Taylor countered by weaving shoulder-to-shoulder to off-balance the champion and create new lines of attack.
To further discourage Chávez's low head position and bull-rushing attempts, Taylor landed sharp, short uppercuts that repeatedly disrupted Chávez's posture. Despite Taylor's overall dominance, Chávez began finding a home for his signature left hook by cleverly alternating it with compact uppercuts to exploit Taylor's rear-side cross block. Even so, by the sixth round, Taylor was winning soundly in every area of combat.
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