Román González

Román "Chocolatito" González is one of my favorite fighters to make the case for the lower weight classes. A four-division world champion out of Nicaragua, he surpassed his own idol Alexis Argüello, which says everything about how far he reached. I love his relentless, pressure-forward style, all volume and footwork packed into a 160 cm frame. And when he stumbled, he answered with a 2020 Comeback of the Year. To me he embodies the idea that heart, not size, wins titles. The smaller divisions are where boxing's craft lives, and he sat at the very top of it.

Name (English)

Román González

Name (Japanese)

ローマン・ゴンサレス

Reading

ろーまん・ごんされす

Born

June 17, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rabbit

Origin

Managua, Managua Department, Nicaragua

Height

160 cm

Occupation

boxer

Awards & achievements

• WBC World Super Flyweight Champion
• WBC World Flyweight Champion
• WBA World Minimumweight Champion
• WBA World Light Flyweight Champion
• WBA World Super Flyweight Champion
• The Ring World Flyweight Champion
• 2020 The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year

• Official sitehttp://teamchocolatito.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chocolatito87/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1n%20Gonz%C3%A1lez%20(boxer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2635046

Tags

• Managua Department
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-23

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.