![]() With all he managed to achieve, Rosario doesn’t deserve to be too far behind, does he? By which time, of course, Julio was, and still is, referred to as a living legend. This post-Chavez period of Edwin’s career, possibly the most eventful, all took place between the years 19. And finally, in his last world title fight, he was relieved of this belt by way of a defeat to the Japanese fighter, Akinobu Hiranaka, in one sensational round. Then, after losing the WBA lightweight title for a second time – by TKO to former victim Juan Nazario – Rosario moved up himself and smashed his way to the WBA light-welterweight championship with a third round destruction of Loreto He regained his old title – thanks to Chavez vacating it so as to go up in weight – with a sixth round stoppage win over Anthony Jones. “Chapo” actually managed to become a world champ on another two occasions. While Rosario ploughed on in an assortment of further world title chances. Chavez went on to reach the aforementioned 90-0-1, collecting another world title (light-welter) and drawing for a fourth (welter) along the way. ![]() Chavez was the new holder of the WBA lightweight title.īoth men continued fighting for a living for a number of years to come. Referee Richard Steele had seen enough and intervened at two minutes and thirty-eight seconds of the round. The beating began almost right from the opening bell and by the eleventh round Edwin had one eye hammered almost completely shut and a mouth that was badly spitting blood. ![]() All combined, these attributes served to steadily destroy the slightly younger man. But the relentlessly forward moving machine he had in front of him on this night proved to be way too much.Ĭhavez had an absolutely iron chin, a great array of punches to both body and head and seemingly limitless stamina. His courage was admirable, without a doubt. Rosario shipped an awful lot of punishment over the eleven rounds the fight went. Though many expected to see a close and competitive fight, one that the slugger from Puerto Rico could very possibly win by a KO, what they got was a one sided master class from an all-time great. They met at The Las Vegas Hilton on the 21st of November 1987, and a quite magnificent display of fighting prowess from the twenty-five year old Chavez followed. The man standing in the way of his second world championship was the lethal punching Rosario. Julio then made the move up to lightweight. Went on to make nine defences in less than three years, a fine work-rate. Challenging his countryman, Mario Martinez for the vacant WBC super featherweight championship in September of 1984, Julio was successful in eight rounds. That day was still some time away, however. In fact, Julio would one day reach the astonishingly impressive figure of ninety-one fights without a loss! (one draw). Julio Cesar Chavez of Culiacan, Mexico.Ĭhavez began his pro career one year after Rosario, and like the man he would eventually face, he too went unbeaten as a fighter until receiving his first shot at a world title. One successful retention followed – an eight round stoppage over yet another Puerto Rican boxer in Juan Nazario – before a match-up with a certain Mr. This time he seized it with both hands.Ĭrushing the talented Livingstone Bramble in just two rounds three years on from his first tenure as a world champion, Rosario was the new WBA lightweight king. ![]() Due to the furore the result caused, Edwin was given yet another crack at world glory. The champion remained as such thanks to his being awarded a controversial split decision when many ringsiders felt Rosario’s hand should have been raised. After shaking the unbeaten Camacho, who had taken the title from Ramirez, Rosario was in hot pursuit of his fellow Puerto Rican, who did nothing but run and fight negatively down the stretch. Boxing the self proclaimed, “Macho Man” in Hector Camacho, “Chapo” made him look anything but macho in the later rounds.
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