Browsing Tag Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez
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October Fireworks
As we all know, boxing was off the air completely for many weeks this past spring due to the ongoing pandemic, before returning thanks to Top Rank’s summer ...
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The Fight City Podcast No. 44
Brand new edition of our podcast is ready for your listening pleasure, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, as he and site contributor Jeffery Fuss discuss recent ring ...
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The Great Gonzalez
In 2015, Roman Gonzalez was our Fighter Of The Year, and just weeks ago we declared him to be The Fighter Of The Decade. And yet so many ...
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Fight Report: Gonzalez vs Yafai
The Event: The main event, or so we were told, for last night’s solid DAZN card from Texas was a showdown of welterweight contenders, Mikey Garcia and Jessie ...
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Top 12 Fights We Want To See In 2020
No one can dispute the fact that 2019 was a strong year for boxing with some excellent fights we’ll remember for a long time to come. Match-ups such ...
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Sor Rungvisai vs Estrada II: The Fight City Picks
Tomorrow night, it’s finally time for the second chapter in what die-hard fight fans hope will turn into a legendary rivalry as Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico and ...
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The Fighter Of The Decade, Part Four
In our final look at the top candidates for Fighter Of The Decade, we consider Roman Gonzalez, aka “Chocolatito,” who, it should be remembered, was at the top ...
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2017 Knockout Of The Year
Nominations: Zolani Tete KO1 Siboniso Gonya Eleider Alvarez KO5 Lucian Bute Terence Crawford KO3 Julius Indongo Srisaket Sor Rungvisai KO4 Roman Gonzalez David Benavidez TKO8 Rogelio Medina David ...
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Night Of The Superfly
When little-known Srisaket Sor Rungvisai tabbed a controversial upset win over four-time champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez last March, a first round knockdown in favor of the challenger was ...
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The Trials Of Chocolatito
Last March the boxing world was in collective shock when the mighty Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, boxing’s consensus #1 pound-for-pound fighter, was left bloodied and narrowly defeated at the ...
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Antonio Nieves Will Let You Worry About “The Monster”
It’s almost shocking to hear super flyweight contender Antonio Nieves (17-1-2) admit that he’d never heard of Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue (13-0) prior to signing on to challenge the ...
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Getting Set For SUPERFLY
In a truly excellent year for boxing, this weekend’s SUPERFLY card is in a class of its own. The world’s top five super flyweights will be in action, ...
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Broner vs Garcia: The Fight City Picks
Adrien Broner vs Mikey Garcia is a compelling clash between fighters who, at least on the surface, appear to be polar opposites. For Broner (33-2, 24 KOs), the ...
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Boxing Gods, We Want Some More!
As diehard fight fans, every so often we take a long and thoughtful look at the assemblage of talent in the boxing world, all the top contenders and ...
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Canelo vs Golovkin: Four Steps To Make It The Event Of The Year
Louis C. K. has a good bit about how words are neither good nor bad, but just happen to become good or bad depending on how people use them. ...
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Sor Rungvisai Upsets Chocolatito: Great Fight, Wrong Result
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai may well have the most deceptive record of any current world champion in boxing. The story of where he came from in order to become ...
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Golovkin vs Jacobs: The Fight City Picks
Say what you like, but Gennady Golovkin vs Daniel Jacobs is a legit, elite-level matchup, a clash of two of the very best in the middleweight class. Yes, ...
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Fight Report: Gonzalez vs Cuadras
Becoming a star in contemporary boxing isn’t the easiest thing to do, and it’s especially difficult when a fighter scales in far below more popular divisions like middleweight ...
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Vasyl Lomachenko: The Tricks
Having already gifted us excellent videos on virtually every top technical pugilist in the game today, including Roman Gonzalez, Gennady Golovkin, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Andre Ward, Canelo Alvarez and Floyd ...
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Top Men: Connor’s Take
This week Patrick Connor flies solo on Top Men Boxing Radio with plenty to reflect upon and discuss. Last weekend’s HBO double-header merits some attention. Gennady Golovkin, who humbled ...
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2015: The Year That Was
As we charge fearlessly into 2016, boxing fans look back at 2015 with decidedly mixed feelings as the year was clearly a mixed bag of the good, the ...
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Fireworks in Japan
Ohashi Promotions put on a spectacular boxing card in Tokyo last night. The eight fight show was headlined by two world title fights, the first featuring ex-minimum weight ...
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Fight Report: Miura vs Vargas
Boxing at its very best is nothing short of awe inspiring and the courage and resolve displayed by both Takashi Miura and Francisco Vargas on Saturday night is testament ...
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Miura vs Vargas: Ready To Wage War
The upcoming Miguel Cotto vs Canelo Alvarez match is being heralded as a modern day super fight, one to rival the glorious middleweight battles of yesteryear and to add an exciting ...
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The Magnificent Seven
The boxing world has a bad case of ‘Chocolatito Fever’ these days. The diminutive flyweight champion displayed spectacular form in dismantling an experienced and tough Brian Viloria on last ...
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Manny’s Thoughts! No. 48
Hybrid Mma in Montreal! Manny Montreal takes New York! Check it out: ...
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Gonzalez and Golovkin Triumph On HBO
HBO showcased two of the best boxers in the world tonight, Roman Gonzalez and Gennady Golovkin, and both met or exceeded expectations. Which is impressive indeed considering what ...
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