Edwin Rosario and Wilfredo Gomez comparisons

I'll try to help. Gomez at 122 was as good as it gets. One of the best at that weight. Superb boxer puncher. Could really do it all. Not as good obviously when he moved up.
I remember Rosario was thought of as a phenom.
So talented at a really young age. From what I've read since his passing is that drugs had him earlier in his career than most thought so most likely robbed of what he was capable of being. I really enjoyed watching both. Rosaries style was kind of unique I always thought.

 

Russell, I have high regard for Chapo, but he was no Bazooka Gomez. Within that ideal weight division of 122, Wilfredo Gomez was one of the finest, most total fighters that I have ever seen. If Bob Foster can be as highly rated and esteemed for his work in the lightheavy class, with no real regard for his disasterous forays into the heavyweight realm, then so be it for Wilfredo Gomez...he must be rated as an all time great...a magnificent fighter who could do it all in the 122 lb division. Edwin Rosario, as good as he was, never came close to approaching the Bazooka IMO.

 

Gomez vs Zarate is proof of his greatness,...a shocking wipeout of another great fighter, and the titanic struggle he went through with Lupe Pintor before overcoming and clobbering his man...every bit as impressive a performance as Ali-Frazier lll btw, showed how well he could deal with adversity and triumph over it.

 

Gomez was definitely a greater fighter than Rosario in pretty much every way - dominance, consistency, longevity and greatest wins. Rosario had talent but never really fulfilled his potential.

The question about the greatest Puerto Rican fighter? I generally think it's between Gomez and Carlos Ortiz, but that Gomez edges it. Not sure if there is a clear consensus on this though.

 

Thanku for that RC. You have a much better way with words than I do my pal.

 

Lol, only sometimes Robert...only sometimes...I find myself agreeing with your posts damned near all the time, my man!

 

Russell
The way Chapo held his hands was just different. He had those elbows flaired a lot of the times. It just looked different. I liked his angle changes. I just liked the guy. But as RC stated they were in a different zip code when it came to greatness.

 

I think your in the minority with that brother LOL!!!

 

Russell now I'm just assuming drugs already had ahold of Rosario when he fought Chavez. Now I think Chavez beats any version of Rosario but I would have liked to have seen a completely clean Rosario

 

Edwin Rosario was being hyped as the next Duran after his destruction of Edwin Viruet. He won the WBC LW title at 20. When he was good he was very good bordering on greatness. Well publicized his personal problems and drug problems and lack of training but less a severe right wrist injury that happened in first Juis Luis Ramirez fight and hampered him for the rest of his career. It never healed properly and it plagued some of his future performances. He would often start off strong, looking for early ko if he didn't come his punch rate would drop dramatically. He went from box puncher of the early Rosario to pure ko artist. If he didn't have this injury and have to change his style he might achieved greatness.

 

Will have to research it more before answering u question fully. SI thought very highly of Rosario potential.
https://www.si.com/vault/1983/05/02/619618/big-fish-in-a-big-pond