‘Chocolatito’ excited to pursue history against Cuadras

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If you like the smaller weight divisions, have we got a fight for you: pound-for-pound king and flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez moving up in weight to challenge junior bantamweight titleholder Carlos Cuadras.

They are set to meet Sept. 10 (HBO, 10 p.m. ET/PT) at the Forum in Inglewood, California, in one of the best fights that can be made between little guys. They are a combined 80-0-1 with 65 knockouts, and the draw on Cuadras’ record is of the technical variety, the result of an aborted fight due to an accidental head butt.

Gonzalez (45-0, 38 KOs) and Cuadras (35-0-1, 27 KOs) are both outstanding fighters. Gonzalez is universally hailed as the No. 1 flyweight in the world and as the pound-for-pound king by most. Cuadras is, at worst, the world’s No. 2 junior bantamweight.

“It means a great deal to me to win a fourth world title and I dedicate this fight to the memory of my mentor and hero Alexis Arguello.”

Roman Gonzalez

“Great fights such as ‘Chocolatito’ versus Cuadras happen because great fighters want them to happen, in this case two champions in their respective divisions seeking the toughest challenges — two undefeated champions willing to get in the ring for the fans to prove who’s the best,” Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions, Gonzalez’s co-promoter, said at the kickoff news conference at the Forum on Monday. “This fight is a testament …

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