Gennadiy Golovkin was the main attraction, a staple of HBO Boxing for nearly a decade, but just before he entered the ring in Inglewood, California, on a May 2015 night to face Willie Monroe Jr., there was a diminutive boxer from Nicaragua who had the industry buzzing. With a second-round TKO of Edgar Sosa, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez's star shined bright. Once again, he highlighted the oft-dismissed lower weight classes and showed that those that step in the ring with him should no longer be neglected. Even though the action lasted less than six minutes, it became evident what only the most hardcore of fans already knew: Gonzalez, at 5-foot-3, was not only a generational talent but a thrilling fighter. read more https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_...z-changed-boxing-perception-smaller-divisions
