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ROMAN GONZALEZ WINS A CLOSE DECISION OVER CARLOS CUADRAS
(AP) Los Angeles, CA (September 11th, 2016)– Boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter Román “Chocolatito” González added a fourth world championship belt on Saturday by defeating Carlos Cuadras in a super-flyweight clash at the Forum in Los Angeles. The Nicaraguan, 29, won the World Boxing Council 115-pound belt in a unanimous decision and remains undefeated (46-0).
With his fourth world title belt, González succeeded his mentor and countryman, Alexis Arguello, who won three world titles. “Chocolatito”, who quit school after the fifth grade and worked as a door-to-door salesman in between sessions in the gym, was once trained by Arguello, a legendary fighter and divisive political figure in his homeland. “He was a father figure to me,” said González. “I will never be better than Arguello. He is the teacher. I am his son. He will always be No1.”
In what will be hailed as a fight of the year candidate, the action was constant for 36 furious minutes. In the early rounds, González pressured Cuadras with a relentless attack full of multiple combinations to the head and body. Cuadras couldn’t counter punch because he was back-peddling furiously. When he did step forward to try and control the ring, he was able to land some power punches, but the Nicaraguan was too fast with his hands and feet. González continuously beat him to the punch. “He is very strong, but my combinations were the difference tonight,” said González.
As the fight went into the middle rounds, Cuadras altered his tactics and started moving laterally. González struggled with the change of strategy for a round or two as Cuadras repeatedly landed his left hook to the side of his opponent’s temple. González was able to weather the punishment. He had trained with Gennady Golovkin at a high-altitude training camp to give himself a “third lung” and his fitness showed. Cuadras – who sparred 200 rounds, more than he had ever done for a fight – was equal to the task, too. Both men never stopped punching as the fight went into the championship rounds. According to CompuBox, they threw 1,872 punches (González landed 322, Cuadras landed 257.) At the end of the 12th both men raised their hands in victory, but it was obvious which fighter had really won.
The scorecards were presented to the ring MC. Cuadras’ once omnipresent smile gave way to battered resignation. Dozens of people in the crowd waved Nicaraguan flags and chanted “Nicaragua!” The scorecards (117-111; 116-112; 115-113) were in favor of González who had endured one of his toughest tests as he outdid his idol, Arguello, who died in 2009. Arguello attempted but was never able to win a fourth weight division, twice losing by stoppage to Aaron Pryor in the early 1980s. Cuadras, upset, escaped the ring and rushed to his dressing room.
In the fight’s build-up, the undefeated Mexican (35-1-1) played a wise-cracking antagonist, drinking “Chocolatito” milk at a news conference and asking people in the gym: “Why does everyone ask me why I’m so happy? Do you want me to be mean?”
“If that’s what he has to do to pump himself up, it’s no problem for me,” said González, never breaking a smile.
That these two fighters have received so much attention is unusual. Fight fans typically don’t view fighters under 130 pounds as main attractions. The 5ft 3in González has fought several times as a co-headliner with middleweight Golovkin, who defeated Kell Brook six hours earlier in London. But it was a testament to González’s growing popularity, and sublime skills, that his size didn’t matter. There were nearly 7,000 people in attendance at the storied Forum, and HBO rightly featured the fight as a main event.
HBO, the most prominent premium network in boxing, has seriously curtailed its investment in the sport this year, disappointing boxing fans and sending shock waves through the economics of the sport. It’s been a down year in boxing as promoters feud and demonstrate matchmaking cowardice, avoiding super fights, such the unrequited Canelo Álvarez versus Golovkin matchup. Even Manny Pacquiao, who has always tried to face the fiercest challengers, has chosen to fight unheralded Jessie Vargas, a fight that will be produced on pay-per-view by Top Rank, Pacquiao’s promoter. HBO didn’t want to broadcast it. Television networks are reacting to promoter’s ineptitude and infighting by avoiding the sport.
But on Saturday, fans worldwide were able to see how dramatic boxing can be, as one Roman González of the tough streets of Managua became super flyweight champion of the world.
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