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. On June 13, 1986, he met the world champion Hector 'Macho' Camacho at Madison Square Garden in New York. He had to wait another year before an opportunity to regain the title. Rosario won a comeback fight against Frankie Randall, the future world champion, in London. Some fans felt he never fully recovered, although he won three more championships. Rosario dropped Ramírez once in round one and again in the second, but the challenger got off the canvas to take Rosario's title away with a fourth-round TKO. Howard Davis Jr proved more of a challenge - Davis Jr was ahead on all scorecards with ten seconds remaining in the bout, but was dropped by Rosario and lost a split decision.Ī rematch with Ramírez was scheduled, again in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 3, 1984. Rosario knocked out Elizondo in one round. In his first defense of the title, he faced Roberto Elizondo, who had lasted 7 rounds with Argüello in a previous world title challenge and was expected to give him a tough fight. Rosario injured his hand during the fight and needed surgery, for which the World Boxing Council gave him a dispensation. He became world lightweight champion by the unanimous score of 115-113 on all 3 judging cards. The judges, as well as most of the public present, felt Rosario had done enough to win. Rosario dominated the first 7 rounds, but tired down the stretch to make for a very close fight. With Arguello moving divisions, Rosario was matched with Mexico's José Luis Ramírez on for the vacant WBC lightweight title.
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