Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez ¡

Gonzalez vs Estrada II....make it happen!!

 

Saturday was the 1st time I got a chance to watch
Chocolatito and he really rose to the occasion against
a well respected class operator and showed he deserves
the #3 p4p spot in style. Effective pursuer w/ 2 fisted
power and great ring generalship. HBO has a new little
man superstar IMHO.

 

Yeah but his nick is Chocolatito

 

Good-news/Bad-news
The Inoue super fight will be on hold, Gonzales said he wants at least 2 more defenses at Flyweight before moving up...he is however happy to fight Inoue in the future and a fight next year seems to make a lot of sense.

 

Inoue is out for most of the year anyway with injury so it makes sense

 

Expected to be back in August, his hand is fine and he's just waiting for Ohashi and Fuji TV to get a bout sorted. From what I understand Fuji TV (who have Inoue on an exclusive contract) are set to massively overhaul their commitment to boxing so I suspect things are going to move quickly over the next few weeks.

 

Oh that's great. I was under the impression he might have had a Christmas fight at the earliest but that's very good.

 

Any news on potential opponents?

Would a Kono unification be feasible in Japan? :think

 

Ruenroeng is a very good boxer whom I rate very highly. Hes clever in the way he doesn't get sucked into a brawl but he has some pop that could keep Gonzalez honest for a few rounds. He's very slick so Roman woukd have to be at his best but I still think it's a pretty easy fight for him as Gonzalez is just that good

 

The only guy I think gives him a fight at 112 is Estrada. A lot is made of the depth of Flyweight but for me it's those two and everybody else.

I think Segura, Ruenroeng, Ioka, Viliora etc all get wiped out fairly quickly be Gonzalez

 

No news on potential foes but we can rule Kono out. He's going to be fighting Koki Kameda in July or August (90% likely to be late July) in the US under the PBC banner.

We can also rule out Cuadras I suspect and Tete so no unification on his return.

For what it's worth Cuadras, Parrenas and Villanueva were all suggested earlier in the year.

 

I think Parrenas is his mando. Should be an easy enough task for Monster though

 

Sounds like Gonzalez Vs Segura next