Srisaket Sor Rungvisai urges Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez to not retire
Tuesday 3 October 2017 15:53, UK
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai has urged Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez to stay in the sport of boxing and bounce back from back-to-back defeats.
The Thai brutally stopped Gonzalez last month to again defeat the Nicaraguan great as he successfully defended his WBC super-flyweight world title.
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'Chocolatito', 30, said that he would retire following the devastating knockout defeat, but he has since stated that he intends to continue his career and has expressed an interest in fighting Briton Kal Yafai.
Sor Rungvisai hopes that he does return and in expressing his sentiments, he also believes that the former pound-for-pound king can get back to his very best.
"I still think 'Chocolatito' is number one pound-for-pound," Sor Rungvisai said, according to a press release from the WBC.
"I think he should come back and fight. I think he's still got it. I would like to meet him again and I will win again."
Sor Rungvisai is expected to meet Mexico's Juan Francisco Estrada in his next fight.
Estrada defeated Carlos Cuadras by unanimous decision on the Sor Rungvisai-Gonzalez II undercard on September 9 to become the mandatory challenger for Sor Rungvisai's WBC 115-pound title.
