Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-04-23, pretty good fight between Roman Gonzalez and McWilliams Arroyo: it gets three stars.The undefeated Roman Gonzalez (he has won world titles in three different weight classes) entered this fight with a perfect record of 44-0-0 (38 KOs=86%) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Valentin Leon (=Gonzalez vs Leon), Edgar Sosa (=Gonzalez vs Sosa) and Brian Viloria (=Gonzalez vs Viloria).
His opponent, the 2009 world amateur boxing champion McWilliams Arroyo, has a boxing record of 16-2-0 (14 KOs=87%) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 11, 2015 when he defeated Victor Ruiz; before this bout he had lost to Amnat Ruenroeng (via split decision, Ruenroeng vs Arroyo). ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez vs Arroyo is valid for the WBC World flyweight title (Gonzalez’s fourth defense); undercard of Gennady Golovkin vs Dominic Wade. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2016-04-23
Where: Forum, Inglewood, California, USA
Division: flyweight (112 lbs, 50.8 kg)
Title: WBC World flyweight title
Gonzalez’s previous fight: Roman Gonzalez vs Brian Viloria
Gonzalez’s next fight: Carlos Cuadras vs Roman Gonzalez
Arroyo’s next fight: Carlos Cuadras vs McWilliams Arroyo
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And this is the best boxer in the World? Im sorry im not impressed. Very Good but struggling against a mediocre boxer. I think we saw the best 2 weeks ago and he even had to retire like the previous best pound for pound mr 49-0.
A record is not everything, at this category there aren’t a lot of great fighters.
Cosmic, With all due respect I’m telling you that boxing isn’t your strength unless that your comment was intended for a different fight. However, Arroyo isn’t a mediocre boxer he is really talented and surprised me because in spite of being a hard puncher, as per his current record, is technically very sound.
Regarding “chocolatito”, to make it short, I’m not able to add more good adjectives to the ones he actually has. Currently, and analyzing all the categories, there are very few boxers that would be able to put a fight like he did tonight. To do that they need to be extraordinary boxers like he fully is.
You should watch the fight again since you may change your mind if your proficiency about boxing is for real.
Arroyo had lost a 4 rounder in his debut and a championship fight. Not too shabby.
2 weeks ago?
Please dont tell me your referring to FMJr? (as he was in the crowd of Pac Bradley) If so please go lock yourself in a room. Buying an undefeated record isnt the same as having one. (yes I said that)
And this was a great fight.
Arroyo is a strong fighter and a good boxer. This is what happens when 2 people who are at the top of their game meet. The difference was an A- against an A+. Though the scores were one sided it does not tell the entire story. Arroyo never gave up and kept trying.
A very unexpected quality brawl, Arroyo made a great name for himself. How about a rematch since there are not a ton of great fighters at this weight? Chocolatito’s KO credentials took a run for its money :)
Excellent fight that fully deserves 4 starts since both boxers make of it a real showtime. To be honest I wasn’t expecting to watch a boxer like Arroyo, with low experience as a professional, so solid and well planted in the ring in spite of losing one of his shoe soil during the bout. He moves very well and put a real fight against to a great boxer and a luminary like “chocolatito” is. I guess it was a very though fight for chocolatito who displayed, with no doubts, his art and proficiency but wasn’t able to knock down such a good boxer like Arroyo is. Congratulations for both fighters since in my opinion this was the most exciting fight, until now, of 2016. You cannot blink your eyes unless you don’t mind to lose some piece of this art.
Yes it was very exciting, I’d like to know what the hell they did to remedy the shoe soil loss, I saw that too. Do you think they had a spare shoe to remedy to this? Even then that is a lot of laces to well lace in one minute. Probably we’ll know on boxing websites tomorrow :)
Matt, I saw his coach putting the tape they use for the gloves around the broken shoe since they don’t have replacement. This was too bad for him because for sure, due to this event, Arroyo lost his concentration in the fight at least for a while. I saw the fight in real time since HBO put it in the air last night. I couldn’t believe that.