Boxing icon Julio Cesar Chavez is often credited with being one of the greatest fighters of all time.
The Mexican great won multiple world titles across several weight classes along the way, with the majority of his success coming throughout the 1990s.
He produced a number of legacy-defining wins during this period, defeating the likes of Greg Haugen, Hector Camacho and Meldrick Taylor amongst many others.
Chavez fought in no less than 115 professional contests between 1980 and 2005, suffering just a handful of defeats prior to his retirement shortly after he was beaten by Grover Wiley in September 2005.
In an interview with The Ring Magazine, Chavez didn’t hesitate to name Puerto Rican great Edwin Rosario as the most powerful opponent of his decorated career.
“Anywhere he hit me it hurt. Frankie Randall was also a hard puncher. [Against Rosario] it was my youth, it was the fact I was in my prime, it all helped me get through that fight.”
Chavez locked horns with Rosario in November of 1987, stopping the two-weight world champion in the 11th round of their Las Vegas showdown to capture the WBA world lightweight title.
Rosario would go on to re-capture world honours just two years later when he defeated WBA lightweight champion Anthony Jones, although his reign would come to an end in his first title defence against Juan Nazario in the following April.
His final bout came in 1997, as he retired with a record of 47 wins from his 53 fights, with 40 of those victories coming by knockout.
