By Jim Dower: Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez is highly motivated to avenge his loss to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai this Saturday night in their fight in the “Superfly” triple-header on HBO World Championship Boxing at the StubHHub Center in Carson, California.
By Jim Dower: Former 3 division world champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) weigned in at 119.9 pounds for his World Boxing Council mandated 7-day weigh-in for his rematch against WBC super flyweight champion Srisakat Sor Rungvisai (42-4-1, 38 KOs) on September 9 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
A tremendous crowd of international media welcomed five of the world class fighters on the outstanding “SUPERFLY” professional boxing event set for Saturday, September 9 at the iconic StubHub Center in Carson, CA and televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.
By Donavan Leonard: Boxing ain’t what it used to be. Although fans do not truly long for a revisit of the “bum of the month” tour, more activity by the top fighters would certainly be appreciated. As recently as 2013 Gennady Golovkin fought four times in one calendar year.
By Dan Ambrose: Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) will be attempting to avenge his loss to WBC Super flyweight champion Srisakt Sor Rungvisai (43-4-1, 39 KOs) in less than 3 months from now on September 9 on HBO Boxing After Dark from a still to be determined venue in California. The Rungvisai-Gonzalez 2 fight comes just one week before the huge fight between IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez on September 16 on HBO PPV.
The Super Flyweight Division, long one of boxing’s most exciting, filled with many of the sports’ legendary superstars, will add another chapter into its annals of memorable evenings on Saturday, September 9.
WBC Super Flyweight World Champion SRISAKET SOR RUNGVISAI, (43-4-1, 39 KO’s), of Si Sa Ket, Thailand, defends his title against former champion “ROMAN “CHOCOLATITO” GONZALEZ (46-1-0, 38 KO’s), of Managua, Nicaragua, in a rematch of their epic battle this past March. The rematch headlines a tripleheader that will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.
By Jeff Aranow: Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) will be back inside the ring in 3 months from now fighting a rematch against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (43-4-1, 39 KOs) on September 9, according to RingTV.com. The WBC ordered the rematch between Gonzalez and Rungvisai, as there were a lot of complaints from the boxing fans, who felt that the decision should have gone the other way.
By Jim Dower: Former 4 division world champion and number 1 pound-for-pound fighter Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) is targeting September for his next fight on HBO Championship Boxing. Gonzalez’s opponent is expected to be WBC super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Negotiations for a rematch between Gonzalez and Rungvisai are still underway. If the two sides are unable to agree in the negotiations, then Gonzalez will fight someone else in September.
By Jeff Aranow: Following a request by K2 Promotions, the World Boxing Council has given the green light to a rematch between newly crowned WBC super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (43-4-1, 39 KOs) and former WBC champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) by ordering a rematch between them. Gonzalez lost a disputed 12 round majority decision to Rungvisai on March 18 last month at Madison Square Garden in New York. The judges scored the fight 114-112, 114-112, and 113-113. the 29-year-old Gonzalez was knocked down by a right hand to the body in round 1. It was a flash knockdown. In round 6, Rungvisai lost a point for a head-butt.
By Chris Williams: HBO Boxing will be televising the replay of the Gennady Golovkin vs. Daniel Jacobs and Roman Gonzalez vs. Srisaket Rungvisai tonight. The card will begin at 10pm ET/PT on HBO. This is the replay of last Saturday’s fight card on HBO pay-per-view, which saw Golovkin edge Jacobs by a 12 round unanimous decision, and Rungvisai send the previously undefeated “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) down to defeat by a 12 round majority decision. Both fights were controversial unfortunately.