This is 1984 WBC Lightweight Championship fight was between a super great boxer of the golden age of boxing in Champ Edwin Rosario….and a great boxer of the golden age….who both are being forgotten in this fast paced world of 2017….simply because there were so many boxing legends in almost every weight division during this golden age of boxing….and they both deserve their place in Imasportsphile history….for this was a great fight.
Edwin “Chapo” Rosario (March 15, 1963 – December 1, 1997) was a world champion professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 1997….as 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)….then 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.Â
A rematch with RamÃrez was scheduled, again in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 3, 1984….as Rosario dropped RamÃrez 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 in this Rosario’s first defeat. Some fans felt he never fully recovered, although he won three more championships.
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….as 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….cuz he gave Nazario a 1990 rematch at Madison Square Garden…and 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. Â 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….then he later lost a rematch to Frankie Randall by technical knockout in seven rounds.
Howard Edward Davis Jr. (February 14, 1956 – December 30, 2015) was an American amateur and professional boxer….who grew up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children….when Davis first learned boxing from his father. After being inspired by a movie about Muhammad Ali, Davis embarked on his amateur career. He won the 1976 Olympic gold medal one week after his mother died.Â
As an amateur, Davis was trained by his father, a former boxer. He had an outstanding amateur career. In 1976, Davis won the Olympic gold medal in the lightweight division in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  Davis was also named the Outstanding Boxer of the 1976 Olympics and given the Val Barker Trophy. His Olympic teammates included Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks and Leon Spinks. His Olympic victory came just one week after his mother died of a heart attack.  Davis had an amateur record of 125–5.
He turned professional after the Olympics and went on to compile a professional record of 36–6–1 with 14 knockouts when he retired in 1996. After retirement he became a trainer….eventually working as boxing director at American Top Team in Coconut Creek, Florida….where he trained both amateur and professional boxers and MMA fighters. He was also a motivational speaker and a musician.Â