Roman Gonzalez: record, next fight and profile →
Former four division world champion Román "Chocolatito" González has arrived back home in his country of Nicaragua after getting a big knockout win in Japan this past Monday against Filipino Diomel Diocos.
Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez won’t put a dent into the Fighter of the Decade race, but his latest win at least ends the 2010s on a high note. The former four-division titlist ended a 15-month inactive stretch with a stoppage win to close out the 2010s, stopping overmatched Diomel Diocos in two rounds Monday evening in Yokohama, Japan. A standing eight count and subsequent flurry forced the stoppage at 2:20 of round two.
Two days before Christmas, American fight fans will be treated to a special fistic stocking stuffer, a world championship tripleheader plus the return of the former pound-for-pound king and future Hall of Famer, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez.
Former four division world champion, Nicaraguan Román "Chocolatito" González, will finally snap his stint of inactivity, when he faces Filipino Diomel Diocos, on December 23, as part of a big card being staged by Teiken Promotions at the Yokohama Arena in Japan .
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On November 17, 2012, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez defeated Juan Francisco "El Gallo" Estrada by unanimous decision in California. In a colossal battle, the Nicaraguan came out on top, retaining his 108 pound belt of the World Boxing Association (WBA). Although Estrada went home with a loss in his record, that was the beginning of his projection in boxing. He had shown that he had a case to be a champion, which he later succeeded in dethroning Brian Viloria in flyweight.
Former four division world champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez is training hard at the Roger Deshon gym in Nicaragua, as he prepares for a planned fight to be announced in the coming future. Although he says he still has no information about his next fight, the months that he's spent in the gym are already evident in his physique and even his movements, simulating a fight to look more fluid and precise, as if he were ready to return to the ring.
Junior bantamweight contender Pedro Guevara knocked out Nicaragua’s Marvin Solano late Saturday night at the Plaza de Toros Monumental in Cihuatlan, Jalisco, Mexico. With the win, Guevara, a former world junior flyweight titleholder improves to 34-3-1, 20 knockouts.
By Michael Rosenthal - To be selected as Fighter of the Year is a rare, legacy-defining honor and is often among the proudest moments in the career of any boxer. To be selected Fighter of the DECADE? That’s reserved for only the greatest in the sport. As we approach the end of the 2010s, it’s natural to begin speculating...
Three months have passed since the last time former four division world champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez stepped inside a gym. It was in Coachella, California in the hands of Marcos Caballero at the end of November when he last trained and it ended with his right knee injured. According to German Garcia, this past Tuesday Gonzalez returned to the gym but in Nicaragua, at Roger Deshon, with his team that accompanies him in the country, led by his father Luis González.