Julio Cesar Chavez as soon as named the ‘hardest hitter’ he confronted throughout his outstanding 115-fight profession, admitting that even a jab would shake him right down to his boots.
The Mexican, after all, was no feather-fisted buyer himself, ending 85 of his 107 skilled victories inside the space previous to his retirement in 2005.
Earlier than struggling his first defeat to Frankie Randall, one other heavy-handed operator, in 1994, Chavez had cultivated an astonishing 90-fight unbeaten run whereas additionally turning into a three-division world champion.
With Randall amassing 42 stoppages in 58 victories, many would suspect that he was probably the most potent puncher that Chavez ever encountered.
Even the likes of Meldrick Taylor and Hector Camacho, two of Chavez’s most notable opponents, may generate appreciable energy with their blistering fists.
In keeping with the person himself, although, it was really Puerto Rican banger Edwin Rosario who made him really feel as if he was getting hit with a bat.
The pair squared off in 1987, again when Rosario was the defending WBA world light-weight champion and Chavez had simply moved up from 130lbs.
Rosario had beforehand claimed the WBC title at 135lbs and, regardless of having suffered defeats to Camacho and Jose Luis Ramirez, he had additionally secured important victories over the likes of Randall and Livingstone Bramble forward of his conflict with Chavez.
Talking at a press convention in 2016, Chavez, who gained their struggle by way of an Eleventh-round stoppage, named Rosario as probably the most highly effective fighter he ever got here up in opposition to.
“He was the toughest hitter, I swear to God, out of all 115 of my fights. He would hit me with a jab and it felt like he was hitting me within the head with a bat.”
Rosario ended his profession with a formidable file of 47-6 (40 KOs) in 1997, earlier than tragically dropping his life on the age of simply 34.
