Weight Controversy Jeopardizes Chocolatito-Martinez Bout

Weight Controversy Jeopardizes Chocolatito-Martinez Bout

Printed on March 4, 2022

It was a wild Friday in San Diego, as for some time it seemed as if the Matchroom Boxing Most important Occasion between Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez and “El Rey” Julio Cesar Martinez was not going to occur. This on account of Martinez being considerably over the contracted 115 lb. weight restrict.

First, Martinez, who was slated to maneuver up from Flyweight at 112 lb to satisfy Chocolatito at 115 lb., came in more than 2 lb above at 117 lb.+ at the late morning Pacific Time weigh in. With the combat slated to headline the Saturday night time DAZN /Matchroom present, Martinez was given two hours to return again and attempt to lose the load.

Julio Cesar Martinez weighs in at 116.4 kilos ⚖️#ChocolatitoMartinez pic.twitter.com/4hEquha80o

— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) March 4, 2022

However, he didn’t come shut, nonetheless weighing over 116.4 lb. on the second strive. That’s when an settlement was lastly brokered that Martinez may have one final probability after re-hydrating on Friday night time and Saturday morning to not be over 125 lb. or the combat will, the truth is, be referred to as off.

That may be a severe blow on the final minute for Matchroom on a important occasion that was already put collectively in late January. This got here, when it was discovered that Juan Francisco Estrada contracted Covid-19 and could not fight Chocolatito for a third time defending the WBC Tremendous Flyweight Championship.

Saturday night time’s bout is actually an “eliminator” from the WBC for the winner to get their probability at Estrada later this summer time.

Hear us previewing the bout (if it occurs) on “Huge Struggle Weekend” podcast with visitors Todd Grisham of DAZN and Gayle Falkenthal of NYFights.com, who’s based mostly in San Diego by clicking right here:

Gonzalez is 50-3, 41 KOs and is likely one of the most fun knockout fighters on the planet on the smallest  lessons.He and Estrada fought an exhilarating, motion punching bout in Texas final March with Estrada nosing out Gonzalez on a choice.

Martinez was final in motion in June, when he defended his 112 lb. world title with a sixth spherical beating of overmatched Joel Cordova in Guadalajara, Mexico. “El Rey” 18-1 (14 KOs) has now defended his Featherweight title thrice and was prepared to assist salvage the date and what will probably be a offered out venue for his combat.

So, now we wait to see if Martinez does an excessive amount of re-hydrating and consuming and ruins the Saturday combat, as soon as and for all.