Comments Thread For: Chocolatito Finds His Old Self Again In Texas

[TexasCowBoy]

Welcome to Texas , Chocolatetito

[theface07]

Yafai fought completely the wrong fight, should have stayed on the back foot and used his jab instead of getting stuck in the pocket with a smaller more compact man. Any fight in a phone box will favour the man with shorter levers, let alone one with the ability of Chocolatito. I normally turn up the volume between rounds to hear the cornermen, didn't need to for this - lost count of the amount of times Yafai had the riot act read to him.

I hear what you're saying but I don't think, Yafai was going to beat Chocolatito regardless of his gameplan. Yafai thought he was facing a faded fighter but I'm sure he trained well regardless, knowing what Chocolatito is capable of. If Yafai backed up more, Chocolatito would've just pushed him to the ropes while throwing those explosive, smooth combinations. The same way Manny dropped Thurman when Thurman backed up in the 1st round would've been similar to Gonzalez dropping Yafai had Yafai not tried to stand his ground. Gonzalez was/is too dynamic a boxer to lose to Yafai as long as his mind is right, which it was on Saturday.

[Pantera_]

He should fight Anjacas, Nietes, or Rung next. A win over any of those guys would set up a huge mega fight against Estrada.

[Adamsc151]

I got the impression that Yafai tried to do this a couple of times in the fight but that choco closed the distance quickly and it reverted back to the type of fight that favoured choco. I think choco forced the tempo of the fight and how it was fought and all yafai could do was hang in there as best he could. To be fair, yafai hung in there pretty well for the first 5 rounds, but it was at a pace he quickly realised he couldn't maintain over 12. That might have prompted him to try get a finish while he still had something in the tank, but by 6 he was starting to run on fumes and choco, if anything, was increasing the tempo.

Choco simply has at a different level and can't see any way yagai could have dictated how the fight was fought.

No doubt Choco's the far more gifted fighter who Yafai wrongly thought was past it. I saw Yafai try to get his distance a few times, but he started off trying to brawl for 2-3 rounds which was his mistake. Once Choco was set into his groove he wasn't getting bumped out of it.

[Adamsc151]

I think he was overwhelmed and facing a great opponent
And he picked the wrong strategy , not sure if he knows any other way but Saturday , that was all wrong
And I’m fugging with you about throwing the fight

Guessed that after I saw your other reply, lol. Long and short of it was the best Yafai was never going to beat the best Chocolatito; who wasn't as far past his best as Yafai thought.

[Adamsc151]

I hear what you're saying but I don't think, Yafai was going to beat Chocolatito regardless of his gameplan. Yafai thought he was facing a faded fighter but I'm sure he trained well regardless, knowing what Chocolatito is capable of. If Yafai backed up more, Chocolatito would've just pushed him to the ropes while throwing those explosive, smooth combinations. The same way Manny dropped Thurman when Thurman backed up in the 1st round would've been similar to Gonzalez dropping Yafai had Yafai not tried to stand his ground. Gonzalez was/is too dynamic a boxer to lose to Yafai as long as his mind is right, which it was on Saturday.

They say it's all about timing in this sport, and Yafai really didn't time this one right.

[MulaKO]

Guessed that after I saw your other reply, lol. Long and short of it was the best Yafai was never going to beat the best Chocolatito; who wasn't as far past his best as Yafai thought.

Or anybody else for that matter
But I enjoy watching a Yafai

[sensfulviolence]

WAR CHOCOLATITO FOREVER!!!!

If you don't appreciate him as a boxer, you don't know boxing and you're probably an ******.

I say he beat SSR pretty clearly the first fight (SSR did more fouling than clear punching). The 2nd fight SSR bodies and KTFO him, but that's 1 loss.

Chocolatito is back!!! WAR CHOCOLATITO!!!

[Willy Wanker]

Really happy to see Chocolatito back with a good win.

[Phill lynott]

Big props to Chocolatito!! I had no other thought leading into that fight that it would end any other way. Especially after the way he looked in his last bout. Nothing against Yafai, just there was nothing Yafai could offer Chocolatito he hadn't seen before. Yafai was limited in experience especially under pressure. There was no plan B. This fight will make Yafai better if not smarter in the future. A good loss I'd say if he wants to gain from it.