Alexis Arguello vs Edwin Rosario At LW

Great fight !! I like Arguello. He was a monster at 135, Rosario was no slouch either. I just think Alexis is a better all around fighter,great jab,debilitating body attack. I could see Rosario dropping him early on ( think Ganigan). But, he could climb off the deck and when Arguello had someone hurt ... Fights over !!

 

Man what a good fight! I think Arguello stops Rosario late but would have to get off the floor at some point.

 

Very nice matchup. At the end of the day, I think with this one you have to go with who just had more class and ability, so I went with Arguello to stop Rosario. Wouldn't shock me to see him hit the canvas at least once, and styles might initially favor Rosario as he was a quick starter. In addition, history showed that the best way to beat Rosario was to crowd him and take away his punching room. That wasn't Arguello's game, so he could get tagged early.

But Rosario was also incapable of maintaining control once he was hurt. You hurt him, and the fight was over. He was cooked. I just can't envision Arguello not hurting him.

 

I remember back in late '82 following his dramatic 14th round tko loss to "The Hawk" Aarron Pryor for Pryor's WBA(Ring Magazine)Jr.Welterweight belt that a fight between Alexis Arguello, who was still at the time the reigning WBC(Ring Magazine)Lightweight Champion, and Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario was actually proposed.

Rosario, who was promoted by Don King at the time while Arguello was doing a fight by fight co-promotional deal with Bob Arum's Top Rank, was actually the WBC Mandatory for Arguello's title and even opened up as a 12-5 odds on favorite to dethrone Alexis of the belt, just like Alexis was the 12-5 odds on favorite to beat Pryor in their first fight before losing that one. The two main reasons why the fight didn't happen was because Rosario wasn't yet a household name like Arguello, Pryor, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Howard Davis Jr., Hector "Macho" Camacho or Saul Mamby, so he was considered a big risk little reward type of fight. And secondly with Arguello being the WBC champion and the WBC almost immediately going through with their promise of reducing the championship distance of their sanctioned title fights from 15-rounds to 12-rounds at the turn of January, 1983 Rosario's style of being a good sharp counterpucher with better defensive techniques than that of Mancini, who Arquello definitely needed the 15-round limit for to register his own dramitic come from behind 14th round tko win over in late '81, was all wrong for Arguello in a 12-round fight especially since he was a slow starter. Which is what eventually lead Alexis to right then and there vacate the WBC and Ring Magazine 135 lb belts and thus persue his eventually big money CCT rematch with Pryor a year later.

However beyond actual events a fight between Arguello-Rosario definitely would've been one for the ages given what Arguello accomplished throughout his H.O.F'md career and what Rosario eventually accomplished in his. The one big factor for this fight would've been Rosario's suspect chin which Arguello would've tagged eventually late in the fight from rounds 10-15 in which Arguello would go on to win a deservedly 15-round majority decision, with a possible flash knockdown in the process.

 

Arguello did so many things well. Hard snapping jab,fluid combinations, very heavy hands (left hook right hand/uppercut) solid body attack and superb conditioning,he could get you out late in a fight as well. His glaring weakness was lack of foot speed and a notorious slow starter. Rosario had enough flaws for Arguello to exploit. I don,t see Rosario lasting the distance because his chin could give a bit. And anyone (outside of Pryor) that stood in front of Alexis brutal fists, got punished and eventually stopped. That,s why I can,t see Rosario going the distance... But, it,s a damn good fight until the end !!

 

How many times was Rosario knocked down?

 

I can't think of any. A poster here once mentioned he had been once, though I personally never saw it happen.

Is this an oblique attempt to authenticate his durability? :x

 

No, apart from the fights against Chavez and Bramble, I can't say I know much about him so just wondering why he was considered to have a suspect chin?

 

In a similar thread on CHB I asked the same question...I don't think he ever was decked.

 

He was rocked and stopped by Ramirez and akinobu and I think frankie randall dropped him. Not glass jawed but he was hurtable.

 

I didn't necessarily mean to imply he had a bad chin (in truth it was about average, give or take). I just meant that when he WAS hurt, he had no ability to effectively recover from the damage. Not just that he couldn't clinch; it was like he was in a fog from that point forward, if he lasted very long past that.

 

Even Howard Davis wobbled Rosario if i remember correctly.i think that was probably his most heroic and successful recovery

 

Alexis would decision Edwin in a tight fight.Edwin changed up once he became champ, if he didn't, maybe he could beat Alexis, but not with his championship style.

 

Interesting behind-the-scenes info here, thanks. :good