After rising from two knockdowns, Ramírez rallied back to stagger Rosario in the third round. Ramírez lost a close 12 round unanimous decision, but on November 3, of 1984, he and Rosario had a rematch, also in San Juan. Ramírez won his following 10 bouts and on May 1, 1983, he was given the chance at becoming world Lightweight champion for the first time, when he fought Puerto Rican Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the World Boxing Council's championship. By then, Ramírez and Julio César Chávez were gymmates and friends. He then faced Ray Mancini for the North American Lightweight belt, and lost a 12 round decision in Ohio. Ramírez dropped Argüello for the first time in his career in round six, but lost a disputed ten round split decision in Miami. In 1978, as a Featherweight, a 19 year old Ramírez lost by knockout for the only time in his career to legendary three time former world champion Rubén Olivares in two rounds.Īfter his move in weight to the Lightweights, 21-year-old Ramírez accumulated a record of 67-2, and met another boxing legend inside the ring, when he fought Alexis Argüello. He climbed slowly but steadily on boxing's rankings. José Luis Ramírez (born December 3, 1958) is a Mexican former professional boxer who was a two-time World Lightweight Champion.Ī native of Huatabampo, Sonora and a resident of Culiacán, Ramírez made his professional debut on Maat the age of 15. For the NASCAR driver, see José Luis Ramírez (racing driver). Condition: framed 4 display purposes only*Original Don King Productions/HILTON LAS VEGAS official onsite main event boxing fight poster (26in x 20in, excellent condition/ Produced on Quality Kodak photo stock paper.This article is about the Mexican boxer.Poster Size: 26in x 20in Condition: Excellent* Produced on Quality Kodak Photo Stock Paper. We will never knowingly sell trade or pass off such items, all we can say is that to possess an original boxing fight poster is to possess something unique, always remember, time flies by, and today's original posters are tomorrows classics. We do not sell or deal in re-prints, an original boxing poster has a value, a re-print is worthless. Please feel free to checkout our eBay SHOP for more vintage/modern boxing memorabilia: We here at KOfightposters are the only bona fide boxing memorabilia fight poster supplier in the UK. After the bout, Sports Illustrated ran the headline, "Time To Hail Cesar: WBA Lightweight Champion Cesar Chavez of Mexico may be the world's best fighter." This is an original poster.this is not a bogus German or U.S./UK reprint. HBO Punch-stat showed Rosario landing 263 of 731 punches thrown in the fight (36%) and Chavez 450 of 743 (61%). Chavez would ultimately give a career-defining performance as he hammered Rosario, with the referee halting the brutal beatdown in the eleventh round for a TKO victory & lay claim to the WBA Lightweight Championship. Chavez commented, "Everything I've accomplished as champion, and the nine title defenses, would be thrown away with a loss to Rosario." The two fighters nearly exchanged blows during a press conference after Rosario threatened to send Chavez back to Mexico in a coffin. Prior to the bout, there were concerns about how Chavez would handle the move up in weight against the hard punching Puerto Rican. Here we have an original Don King Productions onsite poster for the WBA world lightweight title. EDWIN ROSARIO : Original Onsite Boxing Fight Poster KING.
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