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Reuters
Reuters
Sport
By Drazen Jorgic

In title bout, 'Chocolatito' fights for Nicaragua leader Daniel Ortega

Nicaragua's boxer Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez is cloaked in a Nicaraguan flag at a weigh-in ahead of his boxing bout against Juan Francisco Estrada in Glendale, Arizona, U.S., December 2, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin O'Hara

When Nicaragua's boxing great Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez struts into a glitzy U.S. ring bidding to become six-time world champion on Saturday, he will also represent a vast sporting project of another man: authoritarian President Daniel Ortega.

A small fighter renowned for his blistering speed and willingness to wear the Sandinista flag stitched to his boxing shorts, Gonzalez, 35, is looking to the fight in Glendale, Arizona to cement his legacy by snatching the WBC Super Flyweight title in his third bout against old foe Juan Francisco Estrada.

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