By Sean Jones: Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez is ready to avenge his loss to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai tonight in their rematch at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) lost to Rungvisai 6 months ago by a 12-round majority decision on March 18 on the undercard of the Gennady Golovkin vs. Danny Jacobs fight at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Jim Dower: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (43-4-1 39 KOs))and Roman Gonzalez (46-1 38 KOs) both weighed in successfully for their rematch this Saturday night in the SuperFly card on HBO Championship Boxing at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The televised portion of the SuperFly card on HBO has a start time at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.
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.
This past Saturday night, March 18 at The Mecca of Boxing, Madison Square Garden, in front of a packed house of 19,939 boxing fans and millions watching worldwide, GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN improved to 37-0 with 33 knockouts with a superb performance in a 12-round unanimous decision victory (115-112, 115-112 and 114-113) over #1 ranked mandatory challenger DANIEL “THE MIRACLE MAN” JACOBS (32-2, 29 KO’s).
By Gerardo Granados: In a fight of the year performance of Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez and contender Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, the fight judges decided to give the win to the challenger in a heinous robbery of the year nominee. The official score cards were 113-113 and 114-112 twice for Rungvisai, I scored it 115-111 for Chocolatito
By Paul “Paparazzi” Jones: Rarely are boxing fans treated to a fight of the year and upset of the year candidate with a controversial ending on the same night, let alone in the same fight. This kind of ‘March Madness’ is often reserved for upsets by a Cinderella team who runs deep into the NCAA basketball tournament. However, a controversial upset is exactly what fans witnessed when Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (42-4-1, 38 KOs) claimed the WBC super flyweight championship by outpointing previously unbeaten, #1 pound-for-pound fighter Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) on Saturday night.
By Dan Ambrose: Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez saw his star dimmed last Saturday night in a bloody and grueling 12 round majority decision defeat at the hands of Srisaket Sor Rungvisai at Madison Square Garden in New York. Gonzalez dealt with a large cut over his right eye from round 3, and the leaking blood certainly didn’t help Gonzalez’s efforts to try and turn back the threat from the fighter from Thailand. Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) wants a rematch with Rungvisai (42-4-1, 38 KOs) as soon as possible.
By Eric Baldwin: #2 WBC challenger Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (42-4-1, 38 KOs) used his superior size and punching power to defeat previously unbeaten WBC super flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) by a 12 round majority decision on Saturday night on HBO pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York.