I've always thought rosario was one of the top punchers ever. I'd put him in my top five. Smaller men with power are usually much more explosive and with no one is that more evident than rosario. When he hit guys it was more visible that they were being bombed than with any other fighter I've seen. The way guys would contort and fall over was unlike anything I've ever seen. Just the fact that he kayoed Viruet when Duran went the distance with him tells you a little bit. There are different types of punchers, you have guys like chavez who had heavy, ponderous blows which did all kinds of damage, then you have guys like Duran who is a mix of the two. It's too bad Rosario got involved with the drugs, no telling how much better he could have been. He never developed the stamina and skills necessary to fulfill his potential. He could have been a much better boxer who could have set up kayos better. I was reading a couple weeks ago about how he died of an anyeurism which was thought to be drug related. Don't know what it is about them Puerto Rican guys but you take the heart of guys like Rosario and Gomez and add some ability and you have tremendous, gutsy fighters.
