I was at the Estrada v. Chocolatito 2 this past weekend and although it was close and it seemed/sounded like Estrada was landing the heavier punches I had Choco winning the fight! It was a memorable night I’ll never forget especially because Choco signed my cowboy hat as he was leaving. Keep up the good writing, Dan!
Well said Dan - Carlos Sucre joins the likes of C J Ross and Adalaide Byrd (both ridiculous scorecards for Canelo) in the pantheon of incompetent (or bent) judges.
Sucre will no doubt blame his view of the fight or something like that to excuse himself - imo the current archaic method of judging big fights should be updated.
I'm Black so I had no dog in the race between Estrada and Gonzalez. I was there Saturday and I saw a draw and this looks like a whole bunch of crying because your fighter lost. Paul Williams is my 2nd favourite fighter ever and I admit Lara beat him. Gonzalez clearly lost to Gonzalez so stop protecting your favorite fighter.
I couldn't agree more! My family is from Estrada's hometown so I'm forced to listen to their BS about how he won but it's very clear Chocolatito won that fight!
Chocolatito was supposed to be long in the tooth & get knocked out by Estrada. The robbery leaves him with a mere moral victory when in reality he should be unified champ in yet another weight division.
Great point about still being potentially undefeated. My immediate thoughts were that he should have the 1 knockout loss on his record, but Rungvisai never would have had the rematch opportunity if the first fight had the right decision.
Hey DAN,I will love to READ what was your opinion RIGHT AFTER CHOCO VS CUADRAS SLUGGFEST,117-111 & 116-112 lopsided "WIN".Just look at how CHOCO'S FACE looked.But I didn't hear,from many commentators nor EXPERTS,say much.
Gonzalez didn't do much at all in the first four rounds, so those are all Estrada rounds. Chocolatito took the fifth and Estrada came back and got the sixth. That's already five rounds for Estrada. Now, how can you begin to claim that Estrada didn't win at least one or two of the last six? I watched it three times and depending on what the judges were looking at Chocolatito could have earned the decision, but to say he was robbed is ridiculous.
Was at the SSR v Choc Gonzales I at MSG .. I vividly remember the MSG faithful giving a standing ovation at the end .. but a chorus of BOOOOs after the decision went to SSR. The rematch happened way too qucikly also. And speaking of hurt.. the Chico stoppage against MW still kind of stings. Am I wrong to suggest, Chico wasn't in any serious danger of getting hurt and if one man on this planet deserved to continue on.. for a miracle ending (which he later proved in spades).. it was him?? RIP to a legend. Thanks DTM!
Worst decision i’ve seen since Darleys Perez got gifted a draw against Crolla after being outboxed and having 2 points deducted.
I agree. Estrada is a tremendous fighter but he did not win this fight in my opinion...
I was at the Estrada v. Chocolatito 2 this past weekend and although it was close and it seemed/sounded like Estrada was landing the heavier punches I had Choco winning the fight! It was a memorable night I’ll never forget especially because Choco signed my cowboy hat as he was leaving. Keep up the good writing, Dan!
Well said Dan - Carlos Sucre joins the likes of C J Ross and Adalaide Byrd (both ridiculous scorecards for Canelo) in the pantheon of incompetent (or bent) judges.
Sucre will no doubt blame his view of the fight or something like that to excuse himself - imo the current archaic method of judging big fights should be updated.
I'm Black so I had no dog in the race between Estrada and Gonzalez. I was there Saturday and I saw a draw and this looks like a whole bunch of crying because your fighter lost. Paul Williams is my 2nd favourite fighter ever and I admit Lara beat him. Gonzalez clearly lost to Gonzalez so stop protecting your favorite fighter.
I couldn't agree more! My family is from Estrada's hometown so I'm forced to listen to their BS about how he won but it's very clear Chocolatito won that fight!
Chocolatito was supposed to be long in the tooth & get knocked out by Estrada. The robbery leaves him with a mere moral victory when in reality he should be unified champ in yet another weight division.
Great point about still being potentially undefeated. My immediate thoughts were that he should have the 1 knockout loss on his record, but Rungvisai never would have had the rematch opportunity if the first fight had the right decision.
Hey DAN,I will love to READ what was your opinion RIGHT AFTER CHOCO VS CUADRAS SLUGGFEST,117-111 & 116-112 lopsided "WIN".Just look at how CHOCO'S FACE looked.But I didn't hear,from many commentators nor EXPERTS,say much.
Gonzalez didn't do much at all in the first four rounds, so those are all Estrada rounds. Chocolatito took the fifth and Estrada came back and got the sixth. That's already five rounds for Estrada. Now, how can you begin to claim that Estrada didn't win at least one or two of the last six? I watched it three times and depending on what the judges were looking at Chocolatito could have earned the decision, but to say he was robbed is ridiculous.
Was at the SSR v Choc Gonzales I at MSG .. I vividly remember the MSG faithful giving a standing ovation at the end .. but a chorus of BOOOOs after the decision went to SSR. The rematch happened way too qucikly also. And speaking of hurt.. the Chico stoppage against MW still kind of stings. Am I wrong to suggest, Chico wasn't in any serious danger of getting hurt and if one man on this planet deserved to continue on.. for a miracle ending (which he later proved in spades).. it was him?? RIP to a legend. Thanks DTM!