After years of being overlooked, underrated and attacked, it finally feels like everyone is a believer. Chocolate is the flavor of the month, and I’m all good with that. It’s a real pleasure to witness the celebration and outpouring of respect that Gonzalez is currently receiving from the boxing world. Thanks for kind and caring words, John, and thank you for sharing your thoughts on Chocolatito. I hope you and yours are well and that everything is wonderful at The Ring. Thank you, as always, for your work in boxing. What do you think? Are the judges scoring against the gentleman fighter? If you score any of Chocolatito’s fights on the actual scoring criteria ( especially effective aggression and defense) it’s a lot harder to find any rounds for Martinez. I think it happened last night too, as 116-112 is far too close a score for the fight I watched (117-111 is also poor). I believe this happened in the first Sor Rungvisai fight as well as in the Estrada rematch. I think the judges, after many close rounds in many of his fights, see his body language and score for the other fighter. He does not ever appear to enjoy punching or hurting people. His face lights up after the fight, when he talks about God. When Gonzales is in the ring, he seems to be there to do a job. Gray.įrankly, I think that Chocolatito consistently has rounds scored against him because he does not seem to enjoy fighting. I didn’t have the advantage of watching that fight in person, but I did not see it the same as Mr. Gray after the first Sor Rungvisai fight because he scored it for the Thai Tank. I also agree with Chocolatito that he’s only lost one fight in his entire career. Mayweather and Pacquiao had their best fights before that time, no one has been better than Roman over the past 13 years. He clearly deserved Fighter of the Decade from 2010 to 2019. I also want to reassert that Chocolatito is, was, and will always be the best fighter of the years of his career. Do you feel like you appreciated him early enough? I started watching and loving the Little King before his HBO contract and I feel like I was still late to the party. I want to ask you how much you appreciate being able to cover Chocolatito throughout your career. I loved your article following the fight.
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