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Marvin Hagler was a true fighting man. Marvelous Marvin defined toughness, incited violence and encouraged war inside the ring, so much so that the former middleweight giant would have looked down at the American Airlines Center this weekend with a mischievous snarl across his face.
Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez delivered what was expected. In their second meeting, “Gallo” and “Chocolatito” ignited round 13 of their rivalry without a single thought of retreat. Two and a half thousand punches were thrown between two small men with gigantic hearts, underlining their status as two of the most respected and fiercest competitors of the modern era.
Four division world champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez is very frustrated with the scorecards from last Saturday's fight against Juan Francisco "El Gallo" Es.
IT ended the way virtually everyone thought it would, with referee Luis Pabon standing between
Juan Francisco Estrada and
Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, while MC Michael Buffer was getting ready to announce a decision that was so close it had us filled with anxiety as to the fate that awaited the combatants. What we could be certain of was that no matter who had their hand raised the outcome would cause debate.
It was a sombre night at the American Airlines Center with the news having spread earlier in the evening of the death of Marvin Hagler. As tributes poured in for the former world middleweight champion, the biggest one of all may have been delivered by Estrada and Gonzalez, who engaged in the type of head-to-head combat that the Marvelous one was well known for.
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