Edwin Rosario
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Rosario in 1984
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Edwin Rosario |
| Nickname(s) | Chapo |
| Rated at | Lightweight |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Reach | 66 1⁄2 in (169 cm) |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Born |
March 15, 1963 Toa Baja, Puerto Rico |
| Died | December 1, 1997 (aged 34) Toa Baja, Puerto Rico |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 53 |
| Wins | 47 |
| Wins by KO | 41 |
| Losses | 6 |
 You may watch Edwin Rosario vs José Luis Ramírez on YouTube
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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.
Rosario was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.
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, with what looked like a promising career.
His boxing manager and coach (trainer), Manny Siaca Sr., had noticed the younger Edwin Rosario's talent when he 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.
Chapo's brother Papo died unexpectedly, supposedly due to drugs, two years after his move to 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, the former in three rounds on the Holmes-Cooney undercard, and the latter, who had boxed 25 rounds against Roberto Duran-including a world lightweight championship bout-without being knocked out, also in three rounds.
He 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 to move up in weight to challenge junior welterweight champion Aaron Pryor.
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