While he is obviously biased, Jose “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (17-0-2) is very confident that his cousin Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (50-2) will come out with a victory when he faces Juan Francisco “Gallo” Estrada (41-3) on Saturday night in Dallas in a rematch of their 2012 fight that Gonzalez won by unanimous decision. The fight will top a DAZN stream that is promoted by Matchroom USA.
Their first fight was contested at the 108 pound light flyweight limit. It was the first and only time that Estrada fought at that low of a weight class and he is mentioned on multiple occasions that dropping down in weight affected him in the fight.
Gonzalez’s cousin acknowledges that the rematch, which is taking place at the 115 super flyweight limit, will be a much tougher fight. The elder Chocolatito is now 33 years old while Estrada is 30 years old and appears to still be in his prime. Even so, Jose believes his cousin will prevail via stoppage victory.
”It is a little tough for my cousin but I think he will pick it up and stop him in the 10th round or win by decision. It is a little tough because he is older now but I believe he will be able to get it done and get the win,” Gonzalez told BoxingScene.com.
As for his own career, Gonzalez last fought in February when he captured the WBC Latino super bantamweight title in Managua, Nicaragua. With the unanimous decision victory he moved one step closer to a title shot.
“It was amazing to fight in the country where my father was born and where my family is at. I fought for the WBC Latin America championship and they all supported me,” said Gonzalez.
“I want to get back in the ring as soon as possible. I have to speak to my team and get back in there. I want to fight for a world title soon. I could see myself fighting for a world title by the beginning of next year.”
Gonzalez has also kept himself busy working in a completely different field. His management team of Sean McHugh, Chris Schoewe and Luke Lichotta have helped him get a part time job on Wall Street.
”I am just helping out with my manager, clearing the tickets and the trades he does. When he executes the trades I clear them out. I am the only boxer working on Wall Street. It is an amazing atmosphere down there. It is just different. It is fun,” said Gonzalez who also plugged the application that he works for. ”Trade Zero is an app where you can invest in stocks and that is the company that I work for.”
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