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Juan Francisco Estrada wants to avenge loss to Roman Gonzalez

Juan Francisco Estrada wants to avenge his 2012 loss to Roman Gonzalez.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on DAZN.com.

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Juan Francisco Estrada is confident of revenge when he meets Roman Gonzalez for the second time on Saturday night at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The pair first fought in 2012 for the WBA junior flyweight title, with Gonzalez winning by unanimous decision. The 33-year-old has since claimed titles in four different weight divisions, the first Nicaraguan to do so.

Speaking to The Ak & Barak Show on DAZN, WBC junior bantamweight champion said this fight will be a different proposition.

“The truth is I’m really looking forward to this fight,” Estrada said through a translator. “It’s almost nine years after the first time we fought. I’m really excited, we had excellent preparations, and back then it was two weight classes different than the fight now, so I feel stronger now and I’m ready to go. I always say you win the fight outside the ring and especially with physical conditioning.

“I’m a complete fighter and depending on how my opponent fights, that’s how I’m going to fight. But, really, I was focusing on my physical conditioning and sparring. We already focused a lot on strength in my previous fight with Carlos Cuadras, and I was able to show it, winning by knockout.”

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While pleased with his preparations and confident of victory, the 30-year-old Mexican is not underestimating Gonzalez. At the same time, he believes he will win emphatically.

“I consider Roman Gonzalez to be a future Hall of Famer, and beating him would be beating somebody with such a great legacy,” he said. “He has finished most of his rivals. He’s held important titles. And I think a victory against him would allow me to enter the conversation as one of the best in the lower weight classes.

“Because I already fought him, I know his strengths and his weaknesses. I believe I have the possibility of knocking him out. He’s already been knocked out, so I think that’s something I can do as well.”

 

Juan Francisco Estrada wants to avenge loss to Roman Gonzalez

Juan Francisco Estrada wants to avenge his 2012 loss to Roman Gonzalez.

Editor’s note: This article was originally published on DAZN.com.

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Juan Francisco Estrada is confident of revenge when he meets Roman Gonzalez for the second time on Saturday night at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The pair first fought in 2012 for the WBA junior flyweight title, with Gonzalez winning by unanimous decision. The 33-year-old has since claimed titles in four different weight divisions, the first Nicaraguan to do so.

Speaking to The Ak & Barak Show on DAZN, WBC junior bantamweight champion said this fight will be a different proposition.

“The truth is I’m really looking forward to this fight,” Estrada said through a translator. “It’s almost nine years after the first time we fought. I’m really excited, we had excellent preparations, and back then it was two weight classes different than the fight now, so I feel stronger now and I’m ready to go. I always say you win the fight outside the ring and especially with physical conditioning.

“I’m a complete fighter and depending on how my opponent fights, that’s how I’m going to fight. But, really, I was focusing on my physical conditioning and sparring. We already focused a lot on strength in my previous fight with Carlos Cuadras, and I was able to show it, winning by knockout.”

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While pleased with his preparations and confident of victory, the 30-year-old Mexican is not underestimating Gonzalez. At the same time, he believes he will win emphatically.

“I consider Roman Gonzalez to be a future Hall of Famer, and beating him would be beating somebody with such a great legacy,” he said. “He has finished most of his rivals. He’s held important titles. And I think a victory against him would allow me to enter the conversation as one of the best in the lower weight classes.

“Because I already fought him, I know his strengths and his weaknesses. I believe I have the possibility of knocking him out. He’s already been knocked out, so I think that’s something I can do as well.”

 

Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Roman Gonzalez: time, how to watch, background

Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Roman Gonzalez: time, how to watch, facts

Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez are scheduled to meet in a compelling title-unification rematch of their 2012 fight

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JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA (41-3, 28 KOs)
VS. ROMAN GONZALEZ (50-2, 41 KOs)

  • Date: Saturday, March 13
  • Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
  • Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas
  • Stream / TV: DAZN and pay-per-view via cable or satellite
  • Cost: DAZN: $19.99 per month or $99 annually. Simply download the app. Pay-per-view: $24.99. Includes unlimited access to stream DAZN through the end of April 2021 at no extra charge.
  • Division: Junior bantamweight (115 pounds)
  • At stake: Estrada’s WBC and Gonzalez’s WBA titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: Estrada No. 10
  • Odds: Estrada 1½-1 (BetMGM)
  • Also on the card: Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. Axel Aragon Vega, junior flyweights (for Kyoguchi’s WBA title); Jessica McCaskill vs. Cecilia Braekhus, welterweights (for McCaskill’s IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles)
  • Prediction: Estrada UD
  • Background: It doesn’t get much better than this. Then-108-pound titleholder Gonzalez and Estrada fought back in 2012, when Gonzalez was blossoming into one of the best fighters in the world and Estrada was a relative unknown contender. ‘Chocolatito’ won a unanimous decision but a competitive Estrada gave notice that he was a force to be reckoned with. A lot has happened since. Gonzalez climbed to No. 1 on many pound-for-pound lists only to lose back-to-back fights to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in 2017. The Nicaraguan rebounded to win four consecutive fights, including a KO of Khalid Yafai to win a 115-pound title in February of last year. Estrada went on to win titles in two divisions and make his own pound-for-pound claim. The Mexican is coming off an impressive 11th-round knockout of former titleholder Carlos Cuadras this past October. The winner of Estrada-Gonzalez will hold two of the four belts in the division and become the man to beat.

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Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Roman Gonzalez: time, how to watch, background

Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Roman Gonzalez: time, how to watch, facts

Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez are scheduled to meet in a compelling title-unification rematch of their 2012 fight

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JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA (41-3, 28 KOs)
VS. ROMAN GONZALEZ (50-2, 41 KOs)

  • Date: Saturday, March 13
  • Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
  • Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas
  • Stream / TV: DAZN and pay-per-view via cable or satellite
  • Cost: DAZN: $19.99 per month or $99 annually. Simply download the app. Pay-per-view: $24.99. Includes unlimited access to stream DAZN through the end of April 2021 at no extra charge.
  • Division: Junior bantamweight (115 pounds)
  • At stake: Estrada’s WBC and Gonzalez’s WBA titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: Estrada No. 10
  • Odds: Estrada 1½-1 (BetMGM)
  • Also on the card: Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. Axel Aragon Vega, junior flyweights (for Kyoguchi’s WBA title); Jessica McCaskill vs. Cecilia Braekhus, welterweights (for McCaskill’s IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles)
  • Prediction: Estrada UD
  • Background: It doesn’t get much better than this. Then-108-pound titleholder Gonzalez and Estrada fought back in 2012, when Gonzalez was blossoming into one of the best fighters in the world and Estrada was a relative unknown contender. ‘Chocolatito’ won a unanimous decision but a competitive Estrada gave notice that he was a force to be reckoned with. A lot has happened since. Gonzalez climbed to No. 1 on many pound-for-pound lists only to lose back-to-back fights to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in 2017. The Nicaraguan rebounded to win four consecutive fights, including a KO of Khalid Yafai to win a 115-pound title in February of last year. Estrada went on to win titles in two divisions and make his own pound-for-pound claim. The Mexican is coming off an impressive 11th-round knockout of former titleholder Carlos Cuadras this past October. The winner of Estrada-Gonzalez will hold two of the four belts in the division and become the man to beat.

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Sriasket Sor Rungvisai scores KO, awaits Estrada-Gonzalez winner

Sriasket Sor Rungvisai stopped Kwanthai Sithmorseng to set up a fight with the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez winner.

Sriasket Sor Rungvisai demonstrated on Friday that the winner of the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez fight has a serious threat waiting in the wings.

Sor Rungvisai, who lost his 115-pound title to Estrada in April 2019, pounded an overmatched Kwanthai Sithmorseng until he could no longer fight after three rounds at Workpoint Studio outside Bangkok, Thailand.

Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1, 43 KOs) is the WBC’s mandatory challenger, meaning he’s next in line to face the winner of Saturday’s title-unification fight in Dallas.

“I prepared very well for this fight but didn’t rush it in the first few rounds,” Sor Rungvisai said through a translator. “I wanted to get some rounds in a real fight so I can be ready for the big fight later this year.”

Sithmorseng (50-8-1, 27 KOs) is an accomplished boxer, having held a strawweight title a decade ago. However, he was too small and perhaps too old – he’s 38 – for a slugger like his opponent.

Sor Rungvisai, fighting in a methodical manner, battered Sithmorseng from the opening bell with hard shots to both the head and body. The underdog landed a number of his own clean punches and showed some durability in the first and second rounds but he broke down in the third.

Sithmorseng had absorbed a flurry of damaging blows when he decided it was best to take a knee with around 40 seconds remaining in Round 3. He managed to finish the round but couldn’t go on.

The referee officially stopped the fight but it was clear that Sithmorseng had taken enough punishment from one of the biggest punchers pound-for-pound in the sport.

Now it’s on to the winner of Estrada vs. Gonzalez, which is a rematch of their 2012 fight that Gonzalez won by decision.

Sor Rungvisai was asked about the showdown on Saturday during the post-fight interview. He wouldn’t make a prediction but he knows who he’d like to see have his hand raised.

He handed Gonzalez his only two losses, the second a brutal knockout that made him a worldwide star. He’s 1-1 against Estrada, including the disappointing decision that cost him his belt.

“It will be a great fight tomorrow with Estrada and Chocolatito,” he said. “Whoever is prepared best for this fight will win. I hope Estrada will win because we have unfinished business. I want to get revenge, I want to get the trilogy and fight him one more time.”

Does he have a message for his rivals?

Said Sor Rungvisai: “Stay fit, stay strong and we will you again later this year.”

Sriasket Sor Rungvisai scores KO, awaits Estrada-Gonzalez winner

Sriasket Sor Rungvisai stopped Kwanthai Sithmorseng to set up a fight with the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez winner.

Sriasket Sor Rungvisai demonstrated on Friday that the winner of the Juan Francisco Estrada-Roman Gonzalez fight has a serious threat waiting in the wings.

Sor Rungvisai, who lost his 115-pound title to Estrada in April 2019, pounded an overmatched Kwanthai Sithmorseng until he could no longer fight after three rounds at Workpoint Studio outside Bangkok, Thailand.

Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1, 43 KOs) is the WBC’s mandatory challenger, meaning he’s next in line to face the winner of Saturday’s title-unification fight in Dallas.

“I prepared very well for this fight but didn’t rush it in the first few rounds,” Sor Rungvisai said through a translator. “I wanted to get some rounds in a real fight so I can be ready for the big fight later this year.”

Sithmorseng (50-8-1, 27 KOs) is an accomplished boxer, having held a strawweight title a decade ago. However, he was too small and perhaps too old – he’s 38 – for a slugger like his opponent.

Sor Rungvisai, fighting in a methodical manner, battered Sithmorseng from the opening bell with hard shots to both the head and body. The underdog landed a number of his own clean punches and showed some durability in the first and second rounds but he broke down in the third.

Sithmorseng had absorbed a flurry of damaging blows when he decided it was best to take a knee with around 40 seconds remaining in Round 3. He managed to finish the round but couldn’t go on.

The referee officially stopped the fight but it was clear that Sithmorseng had taken enough punishment from one of the biggest punchers pound-for-pound in the sport.

Now it’s on to the winner of Estrada vs. Gonzalez, which is a rematch of their 2012 fight that Gonzalez won by decision.

Sor Rungvisai was asked about the showdown on Saturday during the post-fight interview. He wouldn’t make a prediction but he knows who he’d like to see have his hand raised.

He handed Gonzalez his only two losses, the second a brutal knockout that made him a worldwide star. He’s 1-1 against Estrada, including the disappointing decision that cost him his belt.

“It will be a great fight tomorrow with Estrada and Chocolatito,” he said. “Whoever is prepared best for this fight will win. I hope Estrada will win because we have unfinished business. I want to get revenge, I want to get the trilogy and fight him one more time.”

Does he have a message for his rivals?

Said Sor Rungvisai: “Stay fit, stay strong and we will you again later this year.”

Fight Week: Juan Francisco Estrada vs. ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez II, David Benavidez

Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez meet in a 115-pound title-unification bout Saturday in Dallas.

FIGHT WEEK

Juan Francisco Estrada and roman ‘chocolatito’ gonzalez will meet in a compelling title-unification rematch of their 2012 fight

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BRANDUN LEE (21-0, 19 KOs) VS.
SAMUEL TEAH (17-3-1, 7,  KOs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8A1FSbDBio

  • When: Wednesday, March 10
  • Where: Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.
  • TV/Stream: Showtime
  • Division: Junior welterweight (140 pounds)
  • At stake: No titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: None
  • Odds: NA
  • Also on the card: Misael Lopez vs. Jordan White, junior lightweights; Steven Ortiz vs. Jeremy Hill, lightweights; Victor Padilla vs. Thomas Velasquez, lightweights
  • Prediction: Lee KO 4
  • Background: Lee, a rising 21-year-old knockout artist from Southern California, has said he wants 2021 to be his breakout year. He hopes to receive a shot at a world title within three fights. All that begins with a ShoBox bout against Samuel Teah, a 33-year-old Liberian who lives and trains in Philadelphia. Teah is 5-2 against second-tier opposition in his last seven fights. Lee has stopped his last 12 opponents, including eight in the first round. He’s coming off a third-round knockout of Dakota Linger in December. Lee had a successful amateur career, reportedly finishing with a record of 196-5.

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SRISAKET SOR RUNGVISAI (49-5-1, 42 KOs)
VS. KWANTHAI SITHMORSENG (50-7-1, 27 KOs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSjJMC7-hDU

  • When: Friday, March 12
  • Where: Workpoint Studio, Bang Phun, Thailand
  • TV/Stream: DAZN
  • Division: Junior bantamweight (115 pounds)
  • At stake: No major titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: Sor Rungvisai, Honorable Mention
  • Odds: NA
  • Also on the card: Chainoi Worawut vs. Pungluang Sor Singyu, junior featherweights; Phongsaphon Panyakum vs. Karoon Jarupianlerd, junior bantamweights
  • Prediction: Sor Rungvisai KO 10
  • Background: Sor Rungvisai fights Sithmorseng in Thailand on the day before arch rivals Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez do battle in the U.S. The 34-year-old former two-time 115-pound champ is 3-1 against Estrada and Gonzalez, although he lost a unanimous decision to Estrada in the most-recent bout in the series. He hopes to face the winner of Saturday’s fight. Of course, he must beat countryman Sithmorseng first. Sithmorseng, 38, held a strawweight title a decade ago but has had mixed results in recent years, including two failed attempts to win a junior flyweight title. He’s only 3-4 in his last seven fights, which makes him a stay-busy opponent for Sor Rungvisai. Sor Rungvisai has won two fights since the loss to Estrada, a unanimous decision against formidable Amnat Ruenroeng in August and a second-round knockout of journeyman Jomar Fajardo in October.

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JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA (41-3, 28 KOs)
VS. ROMAN GONZALEZ (50-2, 41 KOs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIYBqfDXPto

  • When: Saturday, March 13
  • Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas
  • TV/Stream: DAZN (and pay-per-view for nonsubscribers)
  • Division: Junior bantamweight (115 pounds)
  • At stake: Estrada’s WBC and Gonzalez’s WBA titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: Estrada No. 10
  • Odds: Estrada 1½-1 (BetMGM)
  • Also on the card: Hiroto Kyoguchi vs. Axel Aragon Vega, junior flyweights (for Kyoguchi’s WBA title); Jessica McCaskill vs. Cecilia Braekhus, welterweights (for McCaskill’s IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles)
  • Prediction: Estrada UD
  • Background: It doesn’t get much better than this. Then-108-pound titleholder Gonzalez and Estrada fought back in 2012, when Gonzalez was blossoming into one of the best fighters in the world and Estrada was a relative unknown contender. ‘Chocolatito’ won a unanimous decision but a competitive Estrada gave notice that he was a force to be reckoned with. A lot has happened since. Gonzalez climbed to No. 1 on many pound-for-pound lists only to lose back-to-back fights to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in 2017. The Nicaraguan rebounded to win four consecutive fights, including a KO of Khalid Yafai to win a 115-pound title in February of last year. Estrada went on to win titles in two divisions and make his own pound-for-pound claim. The Mexican is coming off an impressive 11th-round knockout of former titleholder Carlos Cuadras this past October. The winner of Estrada-Gonzalez will hold two of the four belts in the division and become the man to beat.

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DAVID BENAVIDEZ (23-0, 20 KOs)
VS. RONALD ELLIS (18-1-2, 12 KOs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rohyvIb6MVM

  • When: Saturday, March 13
  • Where: Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.
  • TV/Stream: Showtime
  • Division: Super middleweight (168 pounds)
  • At stake: No titles
  • Pound-for-pound ranking: None
  • Odds: NA
  • Also on the card: Kudratillo Abdukakhorov vs. Javier Flores, welterweights; Issac Cruz vs. Jose Ramero, lightweights; Jamontay Clark vs. Terrell Gausha, super middleweights
  • Prediction: Benavidez KO 7
  • Background: Benavidez is already a two-time 168-pound titleholder at 24, having most-recently lost his belt on the scale before stopping Roamer Alexis Angulo in August. The strapping, hard-punching Arizonan is a prime candidate to face one of the super middleweight titleholders – currently Canelo Alvarez, Caleb Plant and Billy Joe Saunders – but he must keep winning the meantime. Ellis is a capable boxer-puncher who is coming off a fourth-round stoppage of Matt Korobov that ended prematurely when Korobov injured his ankle in December. He outpointed Immanuwel Aleem a year before that. Benavidez has stopped J’Leon Love, Anthony Dirrell and Angulo after back-to-back decisions over Ronald Gavril in 2017 and 2018.

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Also fighting: Welterweights Lewis Crocker (12-0, 7 KOs) and Deniz Ilbay (22-2, 10 KOs) face off on March 12 in Bolton, England on ESPN+.