Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez proved on Saturday that he’s still one of the best fighters in the world, but more so, that age isn’t slowing him down.
His masterclass performance en route to a unanimous-decision victory over Julio Cesar Martinez was just the latest impressive outing in a Hall of Fame career filled with them. Gonzalez could be headed to a rescheduled third bout with Juan Francisco Estrada, but Martinez’s future is less clear after the kind of career-altering beating he sustained.
In the co-main event, Mauricio Lara kept building momentum with a wild knockout of Emilio Sanchez in the third round of a slugfest. At this point, Lara simply deserves a title shot in his next outing and it would be unfair if it didn’t materialize.
On Friday night, Jose Ramirez reminded the boxing world that he’s still a player at 140 pounds when he grinded out a…
