On November 3, 1984, Edwin Rosario (24-0, 21 KOs), the lightweight WBC champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Jose Luis Ramirez (87-5, 73 KOs).
Edwin Rosario is coming in to the fight on a 24-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision win over Howard Davis Jr., 4 months and 11 days ago. Jose Luis Ramirez is on a 5-fight win streak with a 79% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Martin Quiroz, 5 months and 1 day ago.
The winning odds are at 90.8-9.2 in favor of Jose Luis Ramirez. It is going to be very difficult for Edwin Rosario to win this fight.
In the rematch, Jose Luis Ramirez stopped the champion via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBC lightweight champion. Ramirez improves his record to 88-5 (74 KOs), while Rosario adds a loss to his record at 24-1.