Comments Thread For: Chocolatito: 'I'm Ready to Retire,' But Hasn't Made Decision

[-Kev-]

He can't make 112lbs but his fans will cry for him to do so, not knowing what he went through to make 112 for Arroyo.

Too 'small' for 115, can't make 112 at this point. Just retire.

[HarvardBlue]

If he's ready to retire he should make the decision. He can't keep taking the kind of punishment he took in his last few fights.

[Mexican_Puppet]

This hype job is shot actually...

He never learn about boxing and defensive skills.

He was all his career fighting and bullying bums and midget, never had a great win vs a great rival, never was clear in his big fights.

Never unified a division.

Ducked Estrada so bad in flyweight division and ducked the rematch vs Cuadras.

The 115 division is a hell of a division, and this diva is not necessary to watch great fights with Cuadras, Inoue, Estrada, Sor, etc.

[Mexican_Puppet]

He can't make 112lbs but his fans will cry for him to do so, not knowing what he went through to make 112 for Arroyo.

Too 'small' for 115, can't make 112 at this point. Just retire.

Exactly..

In his last fight vs Arroyo he jumped 16 pounds...



He said 2 years ago that he cant make the 112 division, he was having troubles...

[Johnny_Roa]

He sounds absolutely done. Just retire champ. You did great

[True That]

If you really can't make 112 anymore and are adamant to not go down to 112, then yes retirement would be the best option for your health.

Competing at 115 at this point is not worth it or worth the risk of taking more beatings and putting your health at risk.

Retirement would be the best option.

[Combat Talk Radio]

If you're thinking about retirement, you should just go ahead and do it.

Agreed. He's found his Barrera (Hamed)...his Salido (Lomachenko)....his Tarver (Jones)...

Happens to every fighter eventually. Well, except Floyd.

Hang up the gloves, Choco. Don't be like Manny, getting bullied by school teachers in a foreign county. Save what's left of your legacy. If you come back you'll just be scared of getting knocked out all the time.

[True That]

I'm guessing HBO is now going to look to Naoya "Monster" Inoue and try to make Monster their new Chocolatito

[Eff Pandas]

Eh, he's only 30 & that L & previous L had to f#cking suck for him so I wouldn't take him THAT seriously as this seems like a rash decision. Granted he's not THAT young for a lil guy, but he still has some paydays left in him so I'd be surprised if he's legit retiring.

And I mean usually I think if a guy is talking retirement they should retire, but immediately after a L, in particular a surprisingly one sided KO L like last night, I think a guy might be more prone to be thinking with their emotion over what they actually will feel in a couple days or weeks.

Respect to Roman whatever ends up happening doe as if he's felt he's seen his best days & doesn't wanna be an also ran guy I'd be hard pressed to disagree with him there despite feeling like he can still compete at the top for awhile.

[-Kev-]

Exactly..

In his last fight vs Arroyo he jumped 16 pounds...



He said 2 years ago that he cant make the 112 division, he was having troubles...

If he's too big for 112, I don't know how he can be too small for 115. But that's fan logic.

He walks around at 130.

When I was a kid at 130lbs, there's no way I could make 112. People think that being perfect for a weight class has to be looking like a skeleton and then rehydrating 12-15lbs on fight night.

The guys who were really in the weight they belonged are the guys who rehydrate 2-3lbs on fight night. Yeah that means that not many boxers fight in the weight they belong in.

Roman Gonzalez being "too small" for 115, while walking around at 130lbs, really means that fighters his own size are too much for him and that if he can not feast on smaller opponents he will not be great. That's the interpretation I read.