On June 13, 1986, he met world champion Hector 'Macho' Camacho at the Madison Square Garden in New York. He won a comeback fight vs future world champion Frankie Randall in London and then had to wait one more year before an opportunity to recover the title. It was Rosario's first defeat, and he seemed to never fully recovered from it. Rosario dropped Ramirez once in round 1 and again in round 2, but Ramirez was well trained and got off the canvas to take Rosario's title away with a 4 round technical knockout. Then came Howard Davis Jr, who was leading Rosario on all scorecards and then was dropped with 10 seconds to go in the bout, losing a Split decision.Ī rematch with Ramirez was signed and they met in San Juan for the second time November 3, 1984. Elizondo had lasted 7 rounds with Arguello in a previous world title challenge and was expected to give Rosario a tough challenge. Rosario went back to the ring in 1984 and in his first defense, he knocked out Roberto Elizondo in 1 round. As it turned out, Rosario injured his hand during the fight and needed surgery, for which the World Boxing Council gave him a dispense. The judges, and most of the public present, felt Rosario had done enough to win, and Edwin Rosario had become world lightweight champion by the unanimous score of 115-113 on all 3 judging cards. Rosario then was matched with Mexico's Jose Luis Ramirez, and in May 1, 1983, Rosario dominated the first 7 rounds, but tired down the stretch to make for a very close fight. There was talks of a title fight with World lightweight champion Alexis Arguello, to be held in Miami, but Arguello abandoned the division to challenge Aaron Pryor in a rematch. By this time, he was 20-0 with 18 knockouts. He scored big knockout wins over Young Ezzard Charles in 3 rounds (in the Holmes- Cooney undercard) and Edwin Viruet.
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Rosario, who had turned professional 2 years before his brother's death, kept on going, wanting to honor his brother's memory by winning a world championship. Chapo had a stellar amateur boxing career, inspired by his brother Papo Rosario, a buddying professional who was expected to become one of Puerto Rico's greatest all time fighters, until his supposedly drug related death. Unfortunately, at the end, his long battle with a suspected drug addiction caused him to really die at the age of 36, and, of course, this time he had to stay dead.Ĭhapo, as he was known around the world of boxing, was born in Barrio Candelaria, Toa Baja, an extremely poor barrio filled with sandy streets and kids and dogs playing on them.
Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario ( 1961- 1997) was more like a Boxing version of the Puerto Rican plant Mori-vivi.
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