Roman Gonzalez: record, next fight and profile →
On Saturday, WBC, IBF, WBA, IBO middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (36-0, 33 KOs) and mandatory challenger Daniel "The Miracle Man" Jacobs (32-1, 29 KO's) took part in the WBC's mandatory 30-day weight check.
On the night of March 18th at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, both Roman Gonzalez (46-0, 38 KOs) and Carlos Cuadras (35-1-1, 27 KOs) - who engaged in an entertaining back-and-forth affair this past September - will be in action on the Gennady Golovkin-Danny Jacobs HBO pay-per-view undercard.
BoxingScene.com spoke with Tom Loeffler, the managing director of K2 Promotions, about the addition of former WBC 115-pound titlist Carlos Cuadras (35-1-1, 27 KOs) to the March 18th lineup at the Madison Square Garden - that features the middleweight main event between unified champion Gennady Golovkin and mandatory challenger Daniel Jacobs.
Four division world champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez will train in Costa Rica for the scheduled mandatory defense against Thai puncher Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (41-4-1, 38 KO's). The fight was officially announced last week, for the 18th of March, at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Former world champion Carlos Cuadras accused the Nicaraguan four-time champion Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez of not fulfilling his word of promising him an immediate rematch. Last September at The Forum in Los Angeles, Gonzalez won a twelve round decision over Cuadras to capture the WBC super flyweight title. With the victory, Gonzalez became the first boxer to win four world titles in four weight divisions.
Consensus #1 Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World and World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Flyweight Champion ROMAN “CHOCOLATITO” GONZALEZ, (46-0-0, 38 KO’s), fighting out of Managua, Nicaragua, will defend his title against Mandatory Challenger SRISAKET SOR RUNGVISAI (41-4-1, (38 KO’s) of Si Sa Ket, Thailand, on Saturday, March 18, 2017, at “The Mecca of Boxing”, Madison Square Garden.
NEW YORK – Roman Gonzalez chose Srisaket Sor Rungvisai over Carlos Cuadras as his next opponent. Gonzalez could’ve met Mexico’s Cuadras in an immediate rematch March 18 at Madison Square Garden. The 115-pound champion nicknamed “Chocolatito” instead opted to defend his WBC world super flyweight title against Thailand’s Rungvisai on the Gennady Golovkin-Daniel Jacobs undercard.
World Boxing Council (WBC) Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez of Nicaragua is very familiar with his mandatory challenger, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand. As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Gonzalez will make a mandatory defense against Sor Rungvisai, as ordered by WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman.
According to the President of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Mauricio Sulaiman, the winner of the upcoming fight between Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez of Nicaragua and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand will have to make a defense against former world champion Carlos Cuadras.
The President of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Mauricio Sulaimán, held his traditional meeting Mexico on Friday afternoon. The conference took place in the Restaurant La Fonda Mexicana, in Mexico City.