“Chocolatito” poleaxes Fuentes

Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez  sparked out Moises Fuentes in the fifth round, on the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin undercard at T-Mobile Arena.

The former four-division champion trapped Fuentes on the ropes and cracked him with a perfect right cross. Gonzalez connected so hard, that he himself went to check on the fallen Fuentes, even  before Referee Robert Byrd could begin his count. Byrd sent Gonzalez to a neutral corner and immediately stopped the super flyweight fight at 1:44 of the fifth round.

It had been mostly one way traffic from the very beginning.  Fuentes was buzzed with frequent two handed attacks. As early as the second round, he nose was bloodied and his left brow was cut, masking his face with the flow.  Hands held low, Fuentes was slow and easy to hit.  Chocolatito was waiting his opportunity to unleash a mighty punch,  which was inevitable, but non the less frightening in its intensity, plus heat seeking/searing pinpoint accuracy.

The 31-year-old ex-champion’s  victory marked Gonzalez’s return from back-to-back losses to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.
Nicaragua’s Gonzalez (46-2, 38 KOs) hadn’t fought in the year since Thailand’s Sor Rungvisai knocked him out in the fourth round of their immediate rematch for the WBC 115-pound championship last September 9 in Carson, California. The 30-year-old Fuentes (25-6-1, 14 KOs) slipped 1-4 in his past five fights and has lost three of those bouts KO.