Gonzalez vs Diocos

Who won Gonzalez vs Diocos?

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez beat Diomel Diocos by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Monday, December 23rd, 2019, at Arena, Kanagawa.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Ryota Murata beating Steven Butler for the WBA World Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Moruti Mthalane beat Akira Yaegashi for the IBF World Flyweight belt.

Gonzalez vs Diocos stats

Back in December 2019, Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez stepped into the ring with a record of 47 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws, 39 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Diomel Diocos made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 5 losses and 3 draws, with 4 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Gonzalez had a massive power advantage over Diocos, boasting a 83% knockout percentage compared to Diocos' 29%.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez was the older man by 6 years, at 32 years old.

Diocos had a height advantage of 2 inches over Gonzalez.

Both Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez and Diomel Diocos fought out of an orthodox stance.

Gonzalez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 27 more fights, and made his debut in 2005, 7 years and 2 months earlier than Diocos, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 171 more professional rounds, totaling 305 compared to Diocos' 134.

Gonzalez vs Diocos form

Gonzalez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Moises Fuentes on September 15, 2018, by knockout in the 5th round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on September 9, 2017, by knockout in the 4th round in their WBC World Super Flyweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on March 18, 2017, by majority decision in their WBC World Super Flyweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had won against Carlos Cuadras on September 10, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Flyweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

He had beaten McWilliams Arroyo on April 23, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Flyweight and The Ring Flyweight championship fight at Forum, Inglewood.

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Gonzalez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 8 months, which means he had been fighting approximately every 8 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 45 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

What time did Gonzalez vs Diocos start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 7:00 AM UTC at Arena, Kanagawa, Japan, which was 2:00 AM EST or 11:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 7:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Gonzalez vs Diocos?

The fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Gonzalez vs Diocos?

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez was a 1/50 (-5000) favorite going into the contest, while Diomel Diocos made his way into the ring at 10/1 (+1000) with oddsmakers.