Cholocate's movement, speed, angles and defensive skill see him box his way to a UD although Arguello may have some late success
Chocolate appeared wide at times (although quick) when he bombed at Canzoneri, and although showed some real slickness as well, I reckon Arguello can land his bombs in this one. It will be a close run thing, but I'll go for Arguello to bomb him out in the late going.
Although Chocolate had obvious talent, he was also a bit of a choker in big fights. And although his chin was sturdy, it wasn't invulnerable, and it let him down against two of the bigger punchers he fought. I think Arguello would ultimately overpower him and score a decision or late stoppage.
Arguello was once quoted saying that if landed one decent shot a round he was happy. Of course, one shot with Arguello, a quality shot by his own standards, readied the smelling salts. Chocolate's biggest problem here is Arguello's strength. The man was dauntingly impassive under fire. It's amazing that Pryor didn't buckle when swatted with those late fight skull-denters. Chocolate was a masterful assimilation of all that is technically laudable. The left was not just good, but educated; it fired out like a bolt but could just as easily sweep into a hook. His right clattered home but never was there a trigger-happy impulse to disturb his poise. The 'Cuban Bon Bon' was a boxer first but he knew all about mugging. Moreover he was incredibly well-adapted to it as he worked himself into these fits of movement, the bane of combinations. Ted Spoon feels this is Chocolate's fight to lose. The win will come after a hairy chess-match but if he fails to hit that delicate medium he will eat indigestible consequences. Using his feet, a key jab and spasms of body punching, Chocolate would encase the rigid Nicaraguan in silky movement...if only he can temper the idea to start taking big bites.
