In the fifth round, the tide would change and Rosario was riding a surfboard right into the storm which was Camacho. On this night, the nickname “Macho” was truly put to the test, and Camacho earned every dime of his $500,000 paycheck.ĭuring the first two rounds, the fighters split them, winning two each. On paper, this fight had the makings of a “Super Fight.” By the attendance that evening at Madison Square Garden in New York, it lived up to the hype. Rosario had a record of 28-1 with 24 knockouts. Going into this fight, Camacho was at the top of his game with a perfect record of 29-0 with 16 knockouts. Camacho won by a 12 round unanimous decision, and Rosario was stopped in four by Ramirez. Rosario lost the title that Camacho held to Jose Luis Ramirez, who Camacho beat to win it ten months earlier. Camacho was defending against fellow Puerto Rican, and former WBC Lightweight Champion Edwin “Chapo” Rosario. That 24 year old champion was none other than Hector “Macho” Camacho. In the boxing world, the equivalent to a modern day “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya was defending his World Boxing Council Lightweight Championship (WBC) title for the first time. Nintendo video games are introduced in the United States and sales sky rocket. Oprah Winfrey’s show hits the airwaves on national television. Barry Diller, head of News Corp., creates Fox, the fourth television network.

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