Edwin "El Chapo" Rosario (1961-1997) could be considered a boxing version of the Puerto Rican plant Mori-vivi (Mori-Vivi means dead-alive in Spanish). Unfortunately, his long battle with a suspected drug addiction caused him to die in truth at the age of 36. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Chapo, as he was known around the world of boxing, was born in Barrio Candelaria, Toa Baja, an extremely poor barrio filled with children and dogs playing in sandy streets. Chapo's brother Papo Rosario was a budding professional boxer expected to become one of Puerto Rico's greatest all-time fighters. Chapo was inspired by Papo, and had a stellar amateur boxing career. Toa Baja is a municipality of Puerto Rico. ...

Papo died unexpectedly, supposedly due to drugs, two years after his brother's move to professional boxing. Chapo persevered, wanting to honor his brother's memory by winning a world championship. He scored big knockout wins over Young Ezzard Charles and Edwin Viruet, the former in 3 rounds as the Holmes-Cooney undercard. He eventually gained a record of 20-0 with 18 knockouts. This led to talks of a title fight against world lightweight champion Alexis Arguello, to be held in Miami, but Arguello abandoned the division to challenge Aaron Pryor in a rematch. Larry Holmes is a former world heavyweight boxing champion considered one of the fiercest fighters in the history of heavyweight boxing. ... Gerry Cooney (Born August 4, 1956) was a boxer from Manhattan, New York, who carried, perhaps on the same level as Max Schmeling, what could have been one of the unfairest labels in the history of boxing. ... Knockout (K.O.), or simply knock, is a winning criterion of many ringsports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and others. ... Alexis Argüello (born April 19, 1952), is a former world champion Nicaragua. ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... Aaron Pryor (born October 20, 1955) is a former boxer from Cincinnati, Ohio. ...

Rosario then was matched with Mexico's Jose Luis Ramirez on May 1, 1983. Rosario dominated the first 7 rounds, but tired down the stretch to make for a very close fight. The judges, as well as most of the public present, felt Rosario had done enough to win, and Edwin Rosario had become world lightweight champion by the unanimous score of 115-113 on all 3 judging cards. Rosario injured his hand during the fight and needed surgery, for which the World Boxing Council gave him a dispense. José Luis Ramírez (born circa 1960) is a Mexican national who was a boxer and a two time world Lightweight champion. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World Boxing Council (WBC) has operated since 1963 as a competitor to Venezuelas World Boxing Association (WBA) and, according to its founders, a way to improve professional boxings standards. ...

Rosario returned to the ring in 1984. In his first defense of the title, he faced Roberto Elizondo, who had lasted 7 rounds with Arguello in a previous world title challenge and was expected to give Rosario a tough challenge. However, Chapo knocked out Elizondo in a single round. Howard Davis Jr proved more of a challenge -- he led Rosario on all scorecards with ten seconds remaining in the bout, but was dropped by Chapo and lost a split decision. 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A rematch with Ramirez was scheduled, again in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 3, 1984. Rosario dropped Ramirez once in round one and again in the second, but Ramirez was well trained and got off the canvas to take Rosario's title away with a four round TKO. This was Rosario's first defeat, and he seemed to never fully recover. San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... TKO may refer to: technical knockout in the sport of boxing; see knockout in a military context to refer to knocking out or destroying an enemy target, but it may also instead imply the words take out, with the meaning preserved an episode of the science-fiction television series Babylon...

Rosario won a comeback fight against future world champion Frankie Randall in London and then had to wait one more year before an opportunity to recover the title. On June 13, 1986, he met world champion Hector 'Macho' Camacho at the Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was televised by HBO, and although Rosario shook Camacho badly in the fifth round and rallied down the stretch, Camacho swept the middle rounds and the judges thought that had been enough for him to retain the title by a split decision. To this day, fans debate whether Rosario or Camacho deserved the win. Frankie Randall (born September 25, 1961) is a three-time world champion boxer who is best known as the man who handed Mexican legend Julio César Chávez his first professional defeat. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Héctor Camacho (born May 24, 1962), nicknamed Macho Camacho, is a boxer. ... Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG has been the name of four arenas in New York City, United States. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network. ...

Because of the closeness of that bout, the WBA gave him a chance to challenge the other world lightweight champion, Livingstone Bramble. Rosario went to Miami and defeated Bramble by a knockout in the second round to become world lightweight champion for the second time. His pose, raising his arms after the fight, became Ring Magazine's cover for the next month -- the only time Rosario was featured on the cover of that magazine's English version. He defended the title against fellow Puerto Rican Juan Nazario with a knockout in eight in Chicago, Illinois, but in his next defense he gave the title away to Julio Cesar Chavez in Las Vegas. By the eleventh round, Rosario's eye was almost completely shut and he was spitting blood from his mouth; the fight was stopped by the referee, and Rosario lost. World Boxing Association (WBA) is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title, at the professional level. ... Livingstone Bramble (born September 30, 1960) is a boxer from St. ... Front cover of the first issue of Ring Magazine Ring Magazine is a boxing magazine that was first published in 1922. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Knockout (K.O.), or simply knock, is a winning criterion of many ringsports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and others. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... Julio César Chávez (born July 12, 1962 in Culiacán, Sinaloa) is a Mexican world champion boxer who won world titles in 3 different divisions, went undefeated for 89 bouts before originally retiring with a record of 104-5-2, with 80 knockouts. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...

Rosario again took off for one year, but after Chavez vacated the title in 1989, Rosario came back and won it again, beating tough Kronk prospect Anthony Jones for the championship. Rosario joined the short group of men who had become world champions 3 times in the same division. This time, however, he didn't last long; he gave Nazario a rematch, and Nazario stopped him on cuts in 1990 at the Madison Square Garden in the 8th round. 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Once again, Rosario came back like the mori-vivi. He moved up a weight class to the Junior Welterweight division, and then defeated defending world champion Loreto Garza in three rounds in Sacramento's Arco Arena to become a world champion for the 4th time. However, personal problems started to take their toll. For his first defense, against Japanese Akinobu Hiranaka in Mexico City in 1992, he clearly was not the same Chapo his fans had grown accustomed to. City nickname: The Big Tomato Location Location of Sacramento in California Government County Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 99. ... The ARCO Arena is an indoor arena located in Sacramento, California. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Chapo disappeared from the boxing scene, but years later showed up on the wrong end of the newspapers, having been arrested after stealing some beer from a supermarket. He vowed to stay clean and went into a program to achieve this. In 1997, he won two comeback fights, then won the Caribbean welterweight title by beating Roger Arias of Nicaragua in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in a twelve-round decision. Chapo, once an HBO staple, was now fighting on small cards without any TV showings. He was, however, ranked #10 among Oscar De La Hoya's challengers at the welterweight division after his win over Arias, making him an official world title challenger once again. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... Bayam n (not to be confused with Bayamo, Cuba) is a city in northern Puerto Rico. ... HBO (Home Box Office) is a premium cable television network. ... Oscar De La Hoya (born February 4, 1973) —nicknamed the Golden Boy— is a Mexican-American boxer who won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. ...

However, Rosario passed away before any more fights could take place, dying of an aneurysm in December of 1997. Many celebrities and dignitaries attended his funeral, and a group of Puerto Rican world boxing champions were among the pallbearers. More than five thousand people came to the funeral or watched from their homes as the coffin was driven from the funeral home to the cemetery. December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

• Hector Camacho versus Edwin Rosario

list of famous Puerto Ricans in alphabetical order by last names, where applicable. ... The Hector Camacho versus Edwin Rosario fight took place on June 13, 1986, at the Madison Square Garden in New York. ...