Forgotten Boxers of the Past: Edwin “El Chapo” Rosario. "Mexican"

Edwin "Chapo" Rosario  ([ˈEðwin roˈsaɾjo]; March 15, 1963 - December 1, 1997) was a world champion professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 1997. He won the lightweight championship of the world three times, as the WBC lightweight champion (1983–84) , and the WBA champion (1986–87) and (1989–90). Rosario won a 4th world championship after moving up to the junior welterweight division by claiming the WBA title, holding that crown from 1991 to 1992.

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Rosario was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.

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Early life and career

Edwin Rosario was born in Barrio Candelaria, Toa Baja, an extremely poor barrio on the north coast of Puerto Rico. Rosario "s older brother Papo became a professional boxer, beginning what looked like a promising career.

His boxing manager and coach (trainer), Manny Siaca Sr., had noticed the younger Edwin Rosario "s talent when the boy was 8 years old. Inspired by his brother Papo, Chapo  Rosario, as he became known in the world of boxing, had a stellar amateur boxing career.

Professional career

Chapo "s brother Papo died unexpectedly, purportedly due to drugs, two years after his entry into professional boxing. Rosario persevered, wanting to honor his brother" s memory by winning a world championship. He scored big knockout wins over Young Ezzard Charles and Edwin Viruet. He beat Charles in three rounds on the Holmes-Cooney undercard in June 1982 in Las Vegas. He also defeated Viruet in three rounds; that opponent had boxed 25 rounds against Roberto Duran-including a world lightweight championship bout-without being knocked out.

Rosario eventually gained a record of 21–0 with 20 knockouts. This led to talks of a title fight against World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Alexis Argüello, to be held in Miami. But Argüello relinquished the title in order to move up in weight to challenge junior welterweight champion Aaron Pryor.

Boxing champion

With Arguello moving divisions, Rosario was matched with Mexico "s José Luis Ramírez on May 1, 1983 for the vacant WBC lightweight title. Rosario dominated the first 7 rounds, but tired down the stretch to make for a very close fight. The judges, as well as most of the public present, felt Rosario had done enough to win. He became world lightweight champion by the unanimous score of 115–113 on all 3 judging cards. Rosario injured his hand during the fight and needed surgery, for which the World Boxing Council gave him a dispensation.

He didn "t return to the ring until 1984. In his first defense of the title, he faced Roberto Elizondo, who had lasted 7 rounds with Argüello in a previous world title challenge and was expected to give him a tough fight. Rosario knocked out Elizondo in one round.Howard Davis Jr proved more of a challenge - Davis Jr was ahead on all scorecards with ten seconds remaining in the bout, but was dropped by Rosario and lost a split decision.

A rematch with Ramírez was scheduled, again in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 3, 1984. Rosario dropped Ramírez once in round one and again in the second, but the challenger got off the canvas to take Rosario "s title away with a fourth-round TKO. This was Rosario "s first defeat. Some fans felt he never fully recovered, although he won three more championships.

Rosario won a comeback fight against Frankie Randall, the future world champion, in London. He had to wait another year before an opportunity to regain the title. On June 13, 1986, he met the world champion Hector "Macho" Camacho at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was televised by HBO, and although Rosario shook Camacho badly in the fifth round and rallied down the stretch, Camacho swept the middle rounds. The judges, in a split decision, awarded Camacho the fight.

Because of the closeness of that bout, the WBA gave Rosario a chance to challenge Livingstone Bramble, the other world lightweight champion. Rosario went to Miami and defeated Bramble by knockout in the second round to become world lightweight champion for the second time. His pose, raising his arms after the fight, became The ring  magazine "s cover for the next month - the only time Rosario was featured on its English-version cover.

Rosario defended the title against fellow Puerto Rican Juan Nazario with a knockout in eight in Chicago. In his next defense, he was beaten by Julio César Chávez in Las Vegas. By the eleventh round, Rosario "s eye was almost completely shut, he was spitting blood from his mouth, and the fight was stopped by his corner.

Rosario was inactive for seven months then went 7–0 with 6 KO's in his next fights. After Chavez vacated the title in 1989, Rosario came back and won it again, beating Anthony Jones, a tough Kronk prospect for the championship.

Rosario joined a small group of men who had become world champions three times in the same division. This time, however, he didn "t hold the title for long. When he gave Nazario a 1990 rematch at Madison Square Garden, he was defeated on cuts in the 8th round.

Rosario moved up a weight class to the junior welterweight division, and defeated defending world champion Loreto Garza in three rounds in Sacramento "s Arco Arena to become a world champion for the 4th time.

However, personal problems started to take their toll. In his first defense, against Japanese Akinobu Hiranaka in Mexico City on April 10, 1992, he lost by a 1st round TKO. He later lost a rematch to Frankie Randall, by technical knockout in seven rounds.

Later career and death

Rosario disappeared from the boxing scene. Years later he received media attention after being arrested for stealing beer from a supermarket. He vowed to stay clean and went into a program to achieve this.

In 1997, he won two comeback fights, then won the Caribbean welterweight title by beating Roger Benito Flores of Nicaragua in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, in a twelve-round decision. Once an HBO staple, Rosario was then fighting on small cards without any TV showings. He was ranked # 10 among Oscar De La Hoya "s challengers at the welterweight division after his win over Flores, making him an official world title challenger once again.

He defeated Sanford Ricks at Madison Square Garden. In his final fight on September 25, 1997, Rosario knocked out Harold Bennett in two rounds at Bayamon. He died before fighting again.

On December 1, 1997, Rosario visited the home of his ex-wife and four daughters, but he cut his visit short an hour later, saying he felt ill. After returning home where he lived with his parents, Rosario was later found dead in his bed by his father. He was found to have died of an aneurysm on December 1, 1997, with fluid accumulated in the lungs. Doctors said that his history of narcotics and alcohol abuse was a factor.

Many celebrities and dignitaries attended his funeral, and a group of Puerto Rican world boxing champions were among the pallbearers. More than 5,000 people came to the funeral or watched from their homes as the coffin was driven from the funeral home to the cemetery.

Legacy and honors

Puerto Rico has given the world boxing many great boxers, among which there are such big names as Carlos Ortiz, Felix Trinidad, Wilfred Benitez and others. There were also gifted fighters who did not fully realize their potential. Our hero is among them.

Edwin Rosario was born March 15, 1963, in Toa Baha, Puzrto Rico, in a poor large family. Edwin's mother, Isabelle, was a nurse's assistant, and his father Antonio was a fisherman. As a child, our hero had the nickname "Chapo" (short for the Spanish word "chaparrito"), which translated as "little man."

Rosario became interested in boxing at the age of 9 when he watched the fights of his older brother Raro, who was a professional boxer. He admired the courage of his brother, when he, in his lost battles, did not give up and fought to the last to earn more money for the family. Enrolling in the boxing gym, he was quickly noticed by the head coach Manny Siak, seeing the fire in the eyes of a boy whom he had not seen in his other students for a long time, he began to work with him more diligently than with the others.

Talent and diligence bore fruit and in March 1979, in the Dominican Republic, Rosario made a successful debut in the professional ring, as part of the featherweight. After several fights, Edwin gained a reputation as a tough puncher, destroying all his rivals. Only in the 16th battle, did the experienced James Martinez manage to cover the entire distance of the battle with Rosario.

Two years after his debut in the pro ring, Edwin Raro's brother died of a drug overdose. However, family grief made the young boxer only stronger to fulfill his brother's cherished dream, to become a world champion, devoting him to his brother's memory. And the famous tandem of two managers, Bill Keyton and Jim Jacobs, agreed to help him in this goal.

After an early victory over the strong and unyielding Edwin Viruet, negotiations were held on holding a title fight with the great champion Alexis Arguello. However, Arguello was waiting for a much larger fee with Aaron Pryor and he left the title vacant. And Rosario enters the championship fight for the vacant WBC lightweight title against experienced and strong Mexican Jose Luis Ramirez. The fight took place on 5 May 1983, in Puerto Rico. The fight turned out to be spectacular and equal. At the end of the battle, all three side judges preferred Rosario with the same score of 115-113.

Of course, a certain understatement was in this battle, but nevertheless, victory is victory. Then, in one incomplete round, he defeated the title contender Roberto Elizondo. The second title defense was given to the champion much more difficult. Challenger Howard Davis Jr. turned out to be a tough nut and only a knockdown in the last round, which was visited by Davis, brought Rosario victory by a separate decision of the judges.

On November 3, 1984, a rematch took place with Jose Luis Ramirez. The fight came out dramatic. Both boxers were knocked down. The Mexican retained more strength and in the 4th round, Rosario was no longer able to defend himself, which forced the referee to stop the fight. It seemed to many then that Edwin could no longer recover.

But after two warm-up fights, Chapo went to England and defeated the undefeated Frankie Randall, who will become the world champion in the future.

Rosario gets a second opportunity to win the same title that he owned in a battle with a young, talented and undefeated compatriot Hector Camacho.

The battle took place on June 13, 1986 in New York, at the legendary Madison Square Garden arena. An unconditional favorite was Camacho. In general, everything looked like this until the fifth round, and in the 5th round, Rosario seriously shocked Camacho, from which Camacho came to his senses the whole fight. By a separate decision, Camacho was given the victory, but as many believe that Edwin deserved her more in this battle. This fight morally broke Camacho and he was never the same again.

In the next fight, Rosario enters Livingstone Bramble's WBA lightweight champion. In the second round, Edwin knocked out Bramble and won the title for the second time.

Having defended the title against Juan Nazario, a match was held with the great Mexican Julio Cesar Chavez.

The battle took place on November 21, 1987. Chavez then was at the peak of opportunities and then no one could stop him. Edwin also did not work out the fight was stopped in the 11th round in view of the clear advantage of the Mexican.

In 1989, Chavez left the title vacant and Rosario played it with Anthony Jones. Rosario for the third time became the champion by knocking out the opponent in the sixth round. But in the first defense he lost by technical knockout in the eighth round to Juan Nazario, whom he had previously won.

Edwin managed to regain the title by knocking out Loreto Garza in the third round.

Then he began to have serious problems outside the ring, and as a result of which the loss of the title after being knocked out in the first round by the little-known Japanese Akinob Hiranake.

After losing in the second fight from Frank Randall, Edwin decided to leave boxing.

After retirement, nobody knew anything about Rosario for a long time until he was arrested for stealing beer in a supermarket. After that, he underwent rehabilitation in a clinic for the treatment of alcoholism.

He decided to resume his boxing career. In 1997, Edwin quickly spent four warm-up fights. It was expected that he would soon meet with Oscar De La Hoya, but this was not destined to happen ...

On December 1, 1997, Rosario visited his ex-wife and four daughters. After a short visit, he left them. He returned to his home in the evening and told his parents that he was not feeling well, after which he went to bed. The next morning, Rosario was found dead. It turned out that the boxer died of an aneurysm (i.e., excess fluid in the lungs).

At the funeral in Puerto Rico, there were many celebrities, as well as 5 thousand ordinary citizens.

In 2006, he was inducted into the International Hall of Fame, becoming the sixth Puerto Rican in a row.

Ring Magazine included Edwin Rosario at 36th place on the list of "100 Greatest Punchers of All Time."

Edwin "Chapo" Rosario  (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈEðwin roˈsaɾjo]; March 15, 1963 - December 1, 1997) was a world champion professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 1997. He won the lightweight championship of the world three times, as the WBC lightweight champion (1983–84), and the WBA champion ( 1986–87) and (1989–90). Rosario won a 4th world championship after moving up to the junior welterweight division by claiming the WBA title, holding that crown from 1991 to 1992.

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With Arguello moving divisions, Rosario was matched with Mexico "s José Luis Ramírez on May 1, 1983 for the vacant WBC lightweight title. Rosario dominated the first 7 rounds, but tired down the stretch to make for a very close fight. The judges, as well as most of the public present, felt Rosario had done enough to win. He became world lightweight champion by the unanimous score of 115–113 on all 3 judging cards. Rosario injured his hand during the fight and needed surgery, for which the World Boxing Council gave him a dispensation.

He didn "t return to the ring until 1984. In his first defense of the title, he faced Roberto Elizondo, who had lasted 7 rounds with Argüello in a previous world title challenge and was expected to give him a tough fight. Rosario knocked out Elizondo in one round.Howard Davis Jr proved more of a challenge - Davis Jr was ahead on all scorecards with ten seconds remaining in the bout, but was dropped by Rosario and lost a split decision.

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A full knockout is considered any legal strike or combination therefore that renders an opponent unable to continue fighting. The term is associated with a sudden traumatic loss of consciousness caused by a physical blow. Single powerful blows to the head can produce a cerebral concussion or a carotid sinus reflex with syncope and cause a sudden, body blows, particularly the liver punch, can cause progressive, debilitating pain that can result in a KO. For example, if a boxer is knocked down and is unable to continue the fight within a count, they are counted as having been knocked out. In mixed martial arts competitions, no time count is given after a knockdown, if a fighter loses consciousness as a result of legal strikes it is declared a KO. Even if the fighter loses consciousness for a moment and wakes up again to continue to fight. As many MMA fights can take place on the mat rather than standing, it is possible to score a KO via ground and pound, a technical knockout, or stoppage, is declared when the referee or official ring physician decide that a fighter cannot safely continue the match.

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Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario  (March 15, 1963 - December 1, 1997), was a Puerto Rican boxer. He won the lightweight championship three times as the WBC lightweight champion (1983–84) and the WBA champion (1986–87) and (1989–90). After moving to the junior welterweight class, he won the WBA Championship, performing duties from 1991 to 1992.

Youth and career

He eventually got a 21-0 record with 20 knockouts. This led to a title fight with World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Alexis Argyuello to be held in Miami, but Argyuello left the title to move up in weight to challenge junior welterweight champion Aaron Pryor.

Boxing champion

With the gone Arguello, Rosario was matched up to Jose Luis Ramirez of Mexico on May 1, 1983 for the WBC lightweight title. Rosario dominated the first 7 rounds, but tired down the stretch to make for a very close fight. The judges, as well as most of the social existing, felt Rosario, did enough to win. He became the World Lightweight Champion by a unanimous score of 115-113 on all 3 score cards. Rosario injured his arm during the fight and needed an operation for which the World Boxing Council gave him permission.

He did not return to the ring until 1984. In his first title defense, he faced Roberto Elisondo, who held out, 7 rounds with Argüello in the previous world title challenge, and was expected to give a tough fight. Rosario knocked out Elisondo in a single round. Howard Davis Jr. proved more of a problem - he led Rosario on all result protocols with ten seconds remaining in the meeting, but Rosario was skipped and lost the split decision.

A rematch with Ramirez was scheduled, again in San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 3, 1984. Rosario missed Ramirez once in the round and again in the second, but the challenger came out of the canvas to remove the name of Rosario with TKO with four rounds. This was the first defeat of Rosario. Some fans felt that he had never fully recovered, although he won three more championships.

Rosario won the fight back with Frankie Randall, future world champion, in London. He had to wait another year before the opportunity to return the name. On June 13, 1986, he met world champion Hector "Courageous" Camacho at Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was televised by HBO, and although Rosario shook Camacho badly in the fifth round and rallied down the stretch, Camacho swept the middle rounds. The judges, in the decision of the division, awarded him the title.

Due to the proximity of that meeting, the WBA gave Rosario a chance to challenge Livingston Bramble, the underworld lightweight champion. Rosario traveled to Miami and defeated Bramble by knockout in the second round to become the world lightweight champion for the second time. His pose, raising his hands after the struggle, became Annular  The cover of the magazine for the next month is the only time Rosario has been featured on its cover of the English version.

Rosario defended the title from fellow Puerto Rican Juan Nasario with a knockout of eight in Chicago. In his next defense, he was beaten by Julio Cesar Chavez in Las Vegas. In the eleventh round, Rosario's eyes were almost completely closed, and he was spitting blood from his mouth. The fight was stopped by his corner and the lost Rosario.

Rosario took off for seven months, went 7-0 with 6 KO's in his next matches. After Chavez vacated the title in 1989, Rosario returned and won it again, beating Anthony Jones, a tough Kronk championship prospect.

Rosario joined a short group of men who became world champions three times in the same division. This time, however, it did not last long. When he gave Nasario a rematch, he was defeated in cuts in 1990 at Madison Square Garden in the 8th round.

Rosario moved the weight category up to the junior welterweight division, and then defeated defense world champion Loreto Garza in three rounds at the Sacramento Arena Arco to become world champion for the 4th time.

But, personal problems began to take their toll. In his first defense, against the Japanese Akinobu Hiranaka in Mexico City on April 10, 1992, he lost to TKO in the 1st round. He later lost the match - a rematch to Frank Randall by technical knockout in seven rounds.

Later career and death

Rosario disappeared from the boxing scene. A few years later he received media attention after being arrested for stealing beer from a supermarket. He vowed to stay clean and went into the program to achieve this.

In 1997, he won two return fights, then won the Caribbean welterweight title, beating Roger Benito Flores Nicaragua in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, in a twelve-round decision. Once a staple of HBO, Rosario then fought on small maps without any TV showings. He was ranked # 10 among Oscar De La Hoya contenders in the welterweight division after his defeat of Flores, making him the official world title challenger once again.

Edwin rosario

Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario  (1961-1997) could be considered a boxing version of the Puerto Rican plant "Mori-vivi" (Mori-Vivi means dead-alive in Spanish). Unfortunately, his long battle with a suspected drug addiction caused him to die in truth at the age of 36. "Chapo", as he was known around the world of boxing, was born in Barrio Candelaria, Toa Baja, an extremely poor "barrio "filled with children and dogs playing in sandy streets. Chapo "s brother Papo rosario  was a budding professional boxer expected to become one of Puerto Rico "s greatest all-time fighters. Chapo was inspired by Papo, and had a stellar amateur boxing career.

Papo died unexpectedly, supposedly due to drugs, two years after his brother "s move to professional boxing. Chapo persevered, wanting to honor his brother" s memory by winning a world championship. He scored big knockout wins over Young Ezzard Charles and Edwin Viruet, the former in 3 rounds as the Holmes -Cooney undercard. He eventually gained a record of 20-0 with 18 knockout s. This led to talks of a title fight against world lightweight champion Alexis Arguello, to be held in Miami, but Arguello abandoned the division to challenge Aaron Pryor in a rematch.

Rosario then was matched with Mexico "s Jose Luis Ramirez on May 1, 1983. Rosario dominated the first 7 rounds, but tired down the stretch to make for a very close fight. The judges, as well as 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 injured his hand during the fight and needed surgery, for which the World Boxing Council gave him a dispense .

Rosario returned to the ring in 1984. In his first defense of the title, he faced Roberto Elizondo, who had lasted 7 rounds with Arguello in a previous world title challenge and was expected to give Rosario a tough challenge. However, Chapo knocked out Elizondo in a single round. Howard Davis Jr proved more of a challenge - he led Rosario on all scorecards with ten seconds remaining in the bout, but was dropped by Chapo and lost a split decision.

A rematch with Ramirez was scheduled, again in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 3, 1984. Rosario dropped Ramirez once in round one and again in the second, but Ramirez was well trained and got off the canvas to take Rosario "s title away with a four round TKO. This was Rosario" s first defeat, and he seemed to never fully recover.

Rosario won a comeback fight against future world champion Frankie Randall in London and then had to wait one more year before an opportunity to recover the title. On June 13, 1986, he met world champion Hector "Macho" Camacho at the Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was televised by HBO, and although Rosario shook Camacho badly in the fifth round and rallied down the stretch, Camacho swept the middle rounds and the judges thought that had been enough for him to retain the title by a split decision. To this day, fans debate whether Rosario or Camacho deserved the win.

Because of the closeness of that bout, the WBA gave him a chance to challenge the other world lightweight champion, Livingstone Bramble. Rosario went to Miami and defeated Bramble by a knockout in the second round to become world lightweight champion for the second time. His pose, raising his arms after the fight, became Ring Magazine "s cover for the next month - the only time Rosario was featured on the cover of that magazine" s Russian version. He defended the title against fellow Puerto Rican Juan Nazario with a knockout in eight in Chicago, but in his next defense he gave the title away to Julio César Chávez in Las Vegas. By the eleventh round, Rosario "s eye was almost completely shut and he was spitting blood from his mouth; the fight was stopped by the referee, and Rosario lost.

Rosario again took off for one year, but after Chavez vacated the title in 1989, Rosario came back and won it again, beating tough Kronk prospect Anthony Jones for the championship. Rosario joined the short group of men who had become world champions 3 times in the same division. This time, however, he didn "t last long; he gave Nazario a rematch, and Nazario stopped him on cuts in 1990 at the Madison Square Garden in the 8th round.

Once again, Rosario came back like the "mori-vivi". He moved up a weight class to the Junior Welterweight division, and then defeated defending world champion Loreto Garza in three rounds in Sacramento "s Arco Arena to become a world champion for the 4th time. However, personal problems started to take their toll. For his first defense, against Japan ese Akinobu Hiranaka in Mexico City in 1992, he clearly was not the same Chapo his fans had grown accustomed to.

Chapo disappeared from the boxing scene, but years later showed up on the wrong end of the newspapers, having been arrested after stealing some beer from a supermarket. He vowed to stay clean and went into a program to achieve this. In 1997, he won two comeback fights, then won the Caribbean welterweight title by beating Roger Arias of Nicaragua in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in a twelve-round decision. Chapo, once an HBO staple, was now fighting on small cards without any TV showings. He was, however, ranked # 10 among Oscar de la Hoya "s challengers at the welterweight division after his win over Arias, making him an official world title challenger once again.

However, Rosario died before any more fights could take place, dying of an aneurysm in December 1997. Many celebrities and dignitaries attended his funeral, and a group of Puerto Rican world boxing champions were among the pallbearers. More than five thousand people came to the funeral or watched from their homes as the coffin was driven from the funeral home to the cemetery. On January 12, 2006 Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, thus becoming the sixth Puerto Rican inducted into the hall.

  See also

* List of famous Puerto Ricans
* List of lightweight boxing champions

* List of WBC world champions
* Hector Camacho versus Edwin Rosario
* List of Puerto Rican boxing world champions

  External links

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