Meldrick Taylor v. Richard Steele, 1990.

I watched a documentary on it a few years back and it just tugged at your heart strings when you watched his biography leading up to the fight, the actual fight, and then his bio afterwards....soooo sad!! I cried.
Maybe his injuries were that bad, but come on man, there was like 2 seconds left! What could have happened in 2 seconds?

You're just wrong here. He was on the other side of the ring with 3 seconds. That's not counting the amount of time it'd take the ref to center both the fighters and wave his hand to say it's good to go again. He had zero chance to land a single punch. Zero. I stand by that.

Also, considering how fixed the sport of boxing has been through the years, it doesn't help seeing stuff like this.

I believe he was right to separate the fighters. I'm not completely blaming the ref. He had other things on his mind. I'm just saying it was a blown call. Things happen, but it was definitely an screwup.

...to protect the boxer, and to award a knockdown to the opponent.

The reason a standing 8 count exists is because one of the two combatants is unable to defend himself, the official fears for that combatant's immediate saftey, and to make an evaluation of that fighter's ability to continue.

The reason the knockdown is awarded

Again, like I said "to protect the boxer."

Regardless, I said a knockdown is awarded, which is correct. I don't see how those two reasons didn't cover everything you just stated.

I guess I just fail to see where these 5 or 6 seconds are coming from. The ref didn't raise his hand until 4 seconds.

At that exact moment, Chavez's back was turned and he was already celebrating.

By the time the ref would've let him go, it would've been over, right? If I'm seeing this wrong, let me know.

I just know that the ref's hand wasn't raised until 4 seconds were left, and the opponent was on the other side of the ring, beginning to celebrate. Where was the danger of these 3-8 power punches?

Maybe not worse call of all time but one of the most bizarre.

Twins vs Braves in the 91 WS. Ron Gant ropes a single. He kind of makes a wide turn at first so has to scramble back to the base when they throw at him. He gets back in time but kind of gets tangled with Kent Hrbek. Hrbek has his glove hand/arm under Gants leg, lifts him up off the bag and the ump calls him out. Horrible, horrible call.

Rookie Everth Cabrera scored a run on a bizarre play in the fourth. Third baseman Mark Loretta collided with Cabrera in a rundown. As Loretta fell to the turf, he grabbed Cabrera’s leg while the rookie was attempting to get back to third. Loretta was charged with an error and Cabrera was awarded home on the obstruction call.

Selecting Robert Green for the world cup,