A title-unification showdown between Roman Gonzalez and Juan Francisco Estrada appears to be in the works.
The Athletic reported that Matchroom Boxing plans to stage its first post-lock down show in the United States in July or August. The Gonzalez-Estrada fight, a rematch of their 2012 fight, would take place sometime soon after that on DAZN.
Gonzalez defeated Estrada by a unanimous decision in a surprisingly competitive fight eight years ago, when Gonzalez was an undefeated junior flyweight titleholder and Estrada a less-known, but gifted contender.
A lot has happened since then. Gonzalez lost back-to-back fights to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in 2017, the second loss ending in a brutal knockout. Gonzalez bounced back to regain a junior bantamweight title by stopping Kal Yafai in February but is no longer on pound-for-pound lists.
Estrada (40-3, 27 KOs) is on those lists. The Mexican is 14-1 since he lost to Gonzalez, winning titles in two divisions along the way. He won a 115-pound title by outpointing Sor Rungvisai in their rematch in April of last year.
Sor Rungvisai defeated Estrada by a majority decision in February 2018.