![]() Hector, camacho, edwin, rosario, héctor, camacho, versus, edwin, rosario, fight, took, place, june, 1986, madison, square, garden, york, city, contents, background, undercard, fight, aftermath, notesbackground, edittelevised, united, states, boxing, puerto, ri. The fight's result proved controversial, Puerto Ricans and other boxing fans who saw the fight have argued about the scoring ever since. Minutes later, Camacho was announced as winner and still WBC world Lightweight champion by a split decision (scores of 115–113 twice for Camacho, and 114–113 for Rosario). Rosario continued landing in round twelve, also sweeping the round on all judges' cards. Feeling he had a lead on the scorecards, Camacho again circled around the ring and grabbed, to avoid Rosario's punches. In round eleven, Rosario hurt Camacho again, with a left hook through Camacho's guard. ![]() ![]() Rounds six to ten were dominated by Camacho (out of a possible fifteen combined rounds, as three judges were scoring the fight, Rosario was given only one round between rounds six and ten by one judge). On the verge of falling, Camacho took his distance for the rest of the round, and Rosario continued on pursue, landing other damaging blows. In round five, Rosario connected with a left to the chin as Camacho was getting ready to fire a right hand, and Camacho's knees buckled. In the fourth, Rosario began to turn things around by landing an uppercut in the final seconds, which earned him the round. The first three rounds were swept by Camacho on all three judges' scorecards by keeping Rosario away with his jab and outcircling the pursuing challenger.
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