By: Sean Crose
“We know it’s going to be a great fight, a war for the fans,” Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez mentioned of this Saturday’s WBC junior bantamweight title throwdown between himself and outdated nemesis Juan Francisco Estrada. “But we have faith in God that we’re going to come out victorious. We’ve worked well in our training camp, and you’ll see this on Saturday.” Chocolatito has confronted Estrada twice earlier than, as soon as in 2012 and as soon as once more in 2021. He gained the primary match, the second was awarded to Estrada by way of considerably controversial resolution. With a lot using on Saturday’s combat in Glendale Arizona, it’s little surprise that Chocolatito-Estrada 3 is getting higher press than the third Tyson Fury-Derek Chisora combat, which may also go down this Saturday.
Fury is predicted to win handily when he squares off in opposition to Chisora, in any case. No one can say with full confidence how the Chocolatito-Estrada bout will play out. Chocolatito, nonetheless, has been exuding confidence. “My physical condition has been very good,” he mentioned, “and I know it will be a beautiful fight for the fans. We’ve shown that the lighter weights have qualities that fans like to see. I get the feeling this third fight will be legendary too and many people will remember this great fight like the first and the second. The last two fights captured the hearts of the fans so, the third will be a tremendous fight, it could be the best one.”
Of course Chocolatito is now 35 years of age, which might be wonderful if he had been a heavyweight. Chocolatito, nonetheless, goes to be weighing in at not more than 112 kilos for his bout with Estrada. Keeping in thoughts that smaller fighters don’t usually have the longevity larger fighters do, it’s clear that solar will set on Chocolatito’s profession almost definitely sooner somewhat than later. That’s one thing the person himself admits will be troublesome to face. “It’s difficult to stop doing something that you like, you know?” he mentioned. “God has blessed me so much in my life. I’ve been given pretty much everything, I know that we’re coming to a stage where it might be time to hang them up, but we always ask God for time.”
The legendary 51-3 fighter has no complaints. “The most important thing,” he mentioned, “is to enjoy the moment. And right now, I’m enjoying myself because you’ll never get these moments back so, I’m enjoying it, I’m loving it because I feel that God has given me such a great gift, you know?”
