This clip here is one of the most devastating and dominant knockouts.

Rosario hit like a mule at 135lbs. Shame he couldn't take the shots as well, and fell in love with his power. He wasn't the first, he wasn't the last.

 

Yep, Rosario had the problem many of the great punchers do. They are so big on landing they are open to counters when they are commiting to throwing the big punch. I loved watching Rosario punch. His left hook came literally out of nowhere.

 

I noticed that also at the time. Bramble kept his hands up well, and it worked with Mancini, but against Rosario who hit harder than Ray it was a flaw. Rosario's punches were hooks pretty much, and when he punched he hooked around the gloves of Bramble and everything seemed to land. Poor Bramble had nothing he could do in this fight. He was in there with a faster counterpuncher than he was and a much much harder puncher. Bramble was never the same after this fight. Before this fight Bramble was I think top 3 or 4 in the P4P just behind Hagler and Hearns and Curry, and Rosario was thought to be washed up a little. Well Bramble was a bit overrated and Rosario underrated and this fight proved it.

 

Man, Rosario was dishing out some pain in that bout.

Good post.

 

Rosario is considered the biggest puncher in the history of 135, and with good reason. He permenently changed Camacho's fighting style with one left hook.

And the destruction of Bramle is probably one of my favorite short fights to watch. Not because it was one of the more brutal KO's, cause theres been more brutal. But the way Chapo put his combos together when he had Bramble hurt was just devestating, and brutal to watch.

Its all the more impressive cause Bramble was thought to have a granite chin coming into this fight.

 

Boy did he. Notice near the end of the fight Rosario is hitting Bramble at will with Bramble on the ropes, and Bramble gets off the ropes since he must have figured he is getting hit clean there, so he moves off the ropes and Rosario still keeps landing and lands two huge punches at ring center and Bramble goes down. Bramble didn't know where to go to avoid being hit. Nothing he could do. That must suck to be as good as Bramble and fight a guy like Rosario who is better and hits that hard. I remember Bramble before this fight and after Crawley said something like "no one can break this coconut head". After Rosario beat him ring magazine's article said "Rosario turns Bramble's coconut head into custard".

 

Once Chapo landed that left hook, it was pretty much all over...

 

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Even if he hit you with the right, you're in trouble.

 

Good point, that is really tough to swallow for alot of good fighters. That's where alot of the mental strenght a boxer has to have comes into play, that ability to lace them up and still believe in your skill and will.

But man, Rosario's uppercuts were just mean. I love seeing a guy throw quick, clean uppercuts like that.

 

wow that minaya clip. You can see the power and all the sweat from Minaya's head. Rosario was just an awesome puncher. No other way to describe it.

 

Exactly. Once Rosario hit Bramble clean he was all over him. He was not going to stop until Bramble went down. And Bramble was the 4-1 favorite. Hector didn't want to fight him again and moved up to 140 to avoid him. Then Chavez beat Rosario with ease. That is how good JCC was.

 

Camacho actually looked pretty unstoppable himself before facing Rosario...Once Chapo landed that left hook, Camacho was running for dear life. What a great fight that was, and i personally thought it could of gone to either fighter.

 

in a way the comparison of Camacho/Rosario and Bramble/Rosario shows how much more complete Camacho was as a fighter. Rosario hurt him in round 5 and he was landing punches on Hector, but nothing really clean like he did with Bramble, and then Hector would get on his bicycle and win the rounds. Bramble's defense with his hands up was good with some guys, but that style always is a flaw down the road. The only guy who pulled off the hands up high defense well and never paid might be Starling, although the Molinares fight was at the end of the round when he was relaxed. But the comparison of Camacho to Bramble in how they performed against Rosario clearly showed how much better Hector was. I hate to say it, but this fight with Bramble sort of showed how overrated Bramble had become. He beat Mancini and really didn't defend against anyone except Crawley, who was not a that great a fighter.