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    Nov 19, 2020 3 minutes

    5 JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ w rsf 11 EDWIN ROSARIO

    November 21, 1987; Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas

    FANS may point to other fights as Chavez at his absolute best but the Mexican might have peaked the night he pummelled the resistance out of Edwin Rosario to win the WBA lightweight title in Las Vegas. Unlike Chavez, who was rising in weight, the Puerto Rican was established in the lightweight division and in the form of his life. Rosario had given his countryman Hector Camacho hell (in a fight many observers felt he deserved the decision), destroyed Livingstone

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