Edwin Rosario vs Roberto Garcia - HBO 11-14-81 - video Dailymotion

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Edwin Rosario takes on Roberto Garcia in a Jr. Welterweight bout on HBO Boxing

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00:00Rosario giving away 10 years to Roberto Garcia, but Rosario a very, very promising boxer.

00:06Jose Torres has talked about him a great deal. You like him a lot, Jose.

00:09Yes, he's a very good boxer and a very smart boxer.

00:12You can look at some of the numbers on these two. They are comparable.

00:15Garcia a couple of inches taller and a couple of pounds heavier,

00:18but Rosario a very promising contender here.

00:24Rosario has an advantage in his age. He's only 18 years old.

00:28The other man is 28.

00:30The other fighter is 28 years old.

00:36Rosario in the dark trunks, Garcia in the white trunks.

00:48Rosario undefeated as a professional.

00:55I think Jose Torres taught Rosario. He boxes just like him.

00:59He's a good boxer.

01:01Are you sure you're not training him on the side?

01:10First round here, and again, this is the usual feeling out process,

01:13especially in the case of a young fighter, right-hand lead by Rosario.

01:17Comes up a little bit short.

01:17Rosario almost resembles Benitez in that side-to-side action. That's what Benitez does.

01:31Left and right, left and right, and the piston-type, his arms go in his piston-type motion.

01:35He, too, looks very poised for someone who is relatively inexperienced as a professional.

01:42Well, he is the aggressive. There's no question about that. The other guy's on the bison.

01:48And an uppercut also a little bit short. First round, no damage so far.

01:52There's the left hand that scores by Rosario on the chin of Garcia.

01:57Garcia also carries his head very high. He was hit with a left hook head, and his head was very, very high.

02:02See how he steps back with his head going back?

02:08Rosario showing good ability to counterpunch there, as Garcia did score on him.

02:11A little bit of a little mantilla.

02:12A little while right there.

02:12And this is, three or four punches miss on the back of Garcia, thrown by Rosario.

02:21Garcia will bend forward and then come up almost straight up with his Adam's apple showing.

02:27First round here, both fighters missing to a certain degree here.

02:39He just committed the cardinal sin in boxing by leading with a right hand.

02:51Rosario again, missing the left hand.

02:53Looping, wild right hand by Garcia.

02:55This is not what I'm putting in half.

02:57I like the way Rosario bobs and weaves.

03:07Left hand did score on the chest of Edward Rosario.

03:11Rosario comes back with the left hand of his own.

03:13Rosario pressing the action here.

03:14Garcia, his bicycles, we come to the end of round one.

03:19Let's take a look at Edward Rosario now.

03:21Another member of Jimmy Jacobs' stable.

03:26Another unbeaten member.

03:27And someone who many boxing observers feel would be reckoned with in the future.

03:41He's saying to jab more, to jab more, to keep the pressure.

03:45But the kid is a slow starter.

03:49He's famous for that.

03:52He's won 19 of his 20 victories by knockouts.

03:58But the last time we saw him was on the Hearns Leonard card.

04:03And that was the only decision on his record.

04:07And he did come out in the first round looking a little bit anxious to get a knockout in Las Vegas.

04:14It's hard to listen to Melisiaca, his trainer, because he stoners a lot.

04:19He does.

04:22So, Edward Rosario comes out to meet Roberto Garcia for round two and again forces the action.

04:28Right now, there's a left hand and a right hand right behind him that scores.

04:31Garcia comes back with a right hand of his own as the pace picks up here early in round two.

04:35Rosario has the type of stance where he'd much rather throw a left hook.

04:43His jabs are not really crisp and strong.

04:46He's a left hooker.

04:48Garcia's been very wild with his punches so far.

04:52You're not going to have any chance of beating a fight of the caliber of Edwin Rosario

04:55if you don't start straightening some of those punches out.

05:00Rosario, too, a little bit wild through the first round and a half here.

05:03It appears to me that Garcia really knows the strength that this young man has

05:11and he's on the retreat at all times.

05:24Again, Garcia on his bicycle and Rosario just continues to pursue it.

05:29And another wild right hand that didn't have anything on it.

05:32He even had it to score.

05:33Garcia doesn't want to engage him because he knows that this kid can hit pretty hard.

05:47There's a right hand that did score on the top of the head.

05:50Another left hand whistles above the head.

05:51There we go.

05:52Left hand right on the button by Edwin Rosario.

05:55And that is all.

06:04And that was a smashing left hand right to the nose, it looked like, of Garcia.

06:10Well, you have to say, he might have missed a couple of punches early on.

06:17He did not miss that combination.

06:20That was...

06:20He was such a hard left hook.

06:24Punch landing right on the button.

06:35And Garcia now being helped to his feet.

06:41They'll sit him down, take no chances.

06:43You look at a smiling Edwin Rosario, smiling with good reason.

06:47And when he finally caught up with Garcia, it didn't last long.

06:50That is true.

06:52That was a beautifully executed punch.

06:54Great press.

06:55All right, right now, let's go up to Jimmy Lennon, the official decision.

07:01Ladies and gentlemen, we have the time of the knockout.

07:03One minute, 45 seconds.

07:06In round number two.

07:08And the winner by knockout,

07:12El Puerto Riqueno, Edwin Rosario.

07:17El Puerto Riqueno.

Edwin Rosario vs Roberto Garcia - HBO 11-14-81

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