Casimero: I Can Drop Chocolatito Just Like I Dropped Ruenroeng!

By Ronnie Nathanielsz

Newly crowned IBF flyweight champion John Reil Casimero wants pound for pound No. 1 WBC/WBA flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez for his next fight after scoring a 4th round knockout over  previously undefeated Thai world champion and IBF “Fighter of the Year” Amnat Ruenroeng in Beijing,China on Wednesday.

Casimero who enjoyed what he termed a sumptuous dinner at our home in Quezon City along with trainer Jhun Agrabio, co-promoter Sammy Gello-ani and other members of Team Casimero told The Standard “I plan to fight Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez whose name was first called out by well-known lead promoter Sampson Lewkowicz right after the Amnat fight.

Lewkowicz said a unification bout between Casimero and Gonzalez needs to happen.

He claimed “they say no one wants to fight Gonzalez. We do! John Reil is right here and ready to unify the championships. My phone is always on. Let’s make it happen.”

Casimero admitted that the 28 year old Nicaraguan  “Chocolatito” Gonzalez “ who has a record of 45-0 with 38 knockouts “ is tough  but I can take him. He is like Amnat, unbeaten, but I can drop Chocolatito just like I dropped Ruenroeng twice in the fourth round."

In his last fight on April 23 this year at The Forum in Inglewood, C alifornia, G onzalez scored a near shutout victory over  Puerto Rico’s talented McWilliams Arroyo.

Gonzalez retained the 112 pound title for the fourth time and made it look raher easy against a quality contender  in Arroyo.

In October 2015 Gonzalez dominated former unified title holder Brian Viloria who started off aggressively but soon felt the power of “Chocolatito” who bloodied his nose, saw Viloria’s face swell up and pounded him in the 9th round before the referee called  a halt.