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. Cotto was the guy who lost to the stars such as Floyd Mayweather, Canelo Alvarez, and Manny Pacquiao.The date was June 13, 1986.
Miguel Cotto was 20-6, with 16 KOs in world title fights.Ĭriticism: When Cotto fought the true greats of his era, he never won. Title Wins: Kelson Pinto (WBO 140 lbs), Carlos Quintana (WBA 147 lbs), Michael Jennings (WBO 147 lbs), Yuri Foreman (WBA 154 lbs), Sergio Martinez (WBC 160 lbs), and Yoshihiro Kamegai (WBO 154 lbs) Sad, that his prime was impacted by Antonio Margarito, who was caught with weapons in his handwraps, as Cotto would still go on to be great, but a bit of luster was lost in that bout – even after he avenged the loss.
A good boxer, who started his career out with a huge knockout streak, leading to many different periods in his career. A boxing icon with iconic look and an iconic style. 05) Miguel CottoĪccomplishments: As big of a star as “Tito” Trinidad and Camacho, who fought all the greats of his era. Ortiz is 14-4, with 9 KOs in world title fights.Ĭriticism: He produced similar performances against great fighters to lower-tier fighters it is easy to overlook or sum up his career quickly because a lot of his fights looked very similar making him one of the hardest legends to watch. Title Wins: Kenny Lane (NYSAC 140 lbs), Joe Brown (WBA 135 lbs), (WBC 135 lbs), Ismael Laguna (WBA & WBC 135 lbs) Ortiz could do everything, but for that reason was not one of the more fun fighters to watch, as he didn’t have one trait that jumped out of the screen at you. When we think of the Puerto Rican boxing tropes, they started with Ortiz, and he fought in an era, where you just had to fight people. A major influence on fighters like Miguel Cotto and Wilfredo Gomez. 04) Carlos OrtizĪccomplishments: The first WBC lightweight world champion, a pioneer, and holds the most world title wins at lightweight at ten. “Macho Time” was one of the fastest fighters ever, but his vices outside of the ring took over at a certain point leading to a shortened prime, and one of which, not unlike Adrien Broner – when they left their prime, the guy we fell in love with, never came back. Title Wins: Carmelo Negron (NY Golden Gloves), Rafael Limon (WBC 130 lbs), Jose Luis Ramirez (WBC 135 lbs), Tony Baltaza (WBO 140 lbs), and Greg Haugen (WBO 140 lbs)Ĭriticism: What could have been. Camacho is the reason that New York City is veiwed as the venue for Puerto Rican boxers to this day. Camacho invented the ring walk, and was social media before social media. Prime Camacho was one of the five best Puerto Rican Fighters ever, but addiction hurt his career badly. 03) Hector CamachoĪccomplishments: One of the most colorful personalities boxing has ever seen.
Title Wins: Dong Kyun Yum (WBA 122 lbs), Juan La Porte (WBC 126 lbs), and Rocky Lockridge (WBA 130 lbs)Ĭriticism: In hindsight I wish we could have gotten more of him at 122 lbs. A big reason was Salvador Sanchez is thought of so highly is because of his win over Gomez A three-division world champion that many consider the greatest super bantamweight of all-time was a master of turning defense into offense, and one of the biggest punchers in the lower weights.
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