One last miracle?
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NO sport loves a resurrection story quite like boxing, and no resurrection story has been as compelling as that of Román “Chocolatito” González in recent years.
Deemed washed up and on his way to retirement in 2017, the outrageously skilled Nicaraguan has somehow, against the odds, flourished in the Indian summer of a fantastic 53-fight professional career. Now, at 34, very much retirement age for a boxer of his size, González is deemed not washed up but dangerous all over again. He is a man whose experience is seen as a benefit and not a hindrance; a man whose damage has led to adjustments and not retirement.
This Saturday (March 5) in San Diego, however, he will be visited once more by Father Time to see if he is ready for him, or, conversely, should be granted a stay. The test will arrive in the form of Mexico’s , a man seven years his junior, whose style – all aggression and spite – is both capable of making González look a million dollars and ushering him towards the
