Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Roman Gonzalez III | DAZN - December 3, 2022

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Estrada vs. Chocolatito Trilogy in Play For September or October

The long-awaited trilogy fight between Juan Francisco 'Gallo' Estrada and Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez could potentially happen in September or October, according to promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport.

Estrada and Chocolatito electrified the fans this past March in a tremendous fight that included more than 2,500 punches.

The rematch saw Estrada walk away with the WBC, WBA super flyweight world titles. He secured a split decision win, but there were many who felt Chocolatito had done more than enough to get the win.

They had previously collided in 2012, with Chocolatito won a twelve round unanimous decision. That contest took place at junior flyweight, with Estrada squeezing down to make weight in a lower weight class.

Estrada was the favorite in the rematch, but it was Chocolatito who turned back the clock and raised his level in the fight.

Hearn is very excited about the possibility of having them collide for a third time.

"I'm talking to the 'Gallo' team, we are also talking to the 'Chocolatito' team. The second fight has been by far the second best fight I have seen live, so we are happy for the possibility that they will face each other a third time, and we're looking for it to be on the West Ccoast, with more people this time, and for the month of September or October,” Hearn said to ESPN Deportes.

[DrDuke]

Gonzalez will make it 2-1 officially and 3-0 objectively.

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Gonzalez will make it 2-1 officially and 3-0 objectively.

Shame.. it should already be 2-0..

[DrDuke]

Gonzalez will make it 2-1 officially and 3-0 objectively.

Shame.. it should already be 2-0..

Exactly. The 3rd fight is interesting only because of the need to shut the corrupt outcome of the 2nd one. Objectively, it's clear, that Ronzalez is better than Estrada.

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Gonzalez will make it 2-1 officially and 3-0 objectively.

Shame.. it should already be 2-0..

Exactly. The 3rd fight is interesting only because of the need to shut the corrupt outcome of the 2nd one. Objectively, it's clear, that Ronzalez is better than Estrada.

Yes. But now I have a feeling What if Estrada wins this one? Then he’ll say he was better all along.

If only the right person wins at the right time..

Even if Gonzalez won the second fight, I’m sure no one would still mind watching a 3rd..

[DrDuke]

Shame.. it should already be 2-0..

Exactly. The 3rd fight is interesting only because of the need to shut the corrupt outcome of the 2nd one. Objectively, it's clear, that Ronzalez is better than Estrada.

Yes. But now I have a feeling What if Estrada wins this one? Then he’ll say he was better all along.

If only the right person wins at the right time..

Even if Gonzalez won the second fight, I’m sure no one would still mind watching a 3rd..

I picked Estrada to win the 2nd one, actually, but now, after he clearly lost it, I won't pick him again, cause I doubt, that there are significant changes for the instant rematch in the game of both.

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The second fight was better than the first one. I ain't mad at 'em if they want to run it back one more time.

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Juan Estrada vs. Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez 3 on Oct.16th

Juan Francisco Estrada will potentially be meeting up with former four-division world champion Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez for a trilogy match on October 16th.

Eddie Hearn says October 16th is a possible date for the third fight between WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Estrada (42-3, 28 KOs) and the recently beaten Chocolatito (50-3, 41 KO).

Hopefully, quality judges are working the trilogy match between Roman Gonzalez and Estrada, as the boxing public was furious with the scoring of their rematch earlier this year on March 13th at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Estrada was given a highly questionable 12 round split decision in a fight that many boxing fans felt was a slam dunk victory for Chocolatito. But, unfortunately, the scoring for that fight was from outer space.

This writer had Roman winning by an easy 117-111 score, and it’s unclear what two of the judges were thinking in giving it to Estrada.

Although the crowd was on Estrada’s side from the earliest moments, Chocolatito had them eating out of the palm of his hand at the end of the fight.

The booing by the crowd at the results of the fight showed that Chocolatito deserved the victory. However, the judges scored it 115-113 for Chocolatito, 117-111, 115-113 for Estrada.

Roman looked spectacular in that fight, almost as good as he did in November 2012 when he defeated Estrada by a 12 round unanimous decision in their first encounter.

The only difference between that fight and their rematch was the way the judges scored the fight. Chocolatito clearly got the better of Estrada in the rematch last March, but for some reason, two of the Texas judges felt that he hadn’t done enough.

“October 16th, we’ll be in American for potentially Chocolatito vs. Estrada,” said Matchroom Boxing promoter Hearn to iFL TV.

It’s unclear why boxing fans have to wait until October 16th to see the Estrada-Gonzalez III rematch. That’s seven months after their March 16th fight.

These two warriors don’t need to rest seven months in between fights, particularly given that neither of them suffered bad facial damage in the fight.

Carlos Cuadras vs. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 2

On the undercard, we could see a rematch between former #3 WBC Carlos Cuadras (39-4-1, 27 KOs) and #1 WBC Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1, 43 KOs).

This fight would set the table for the winner to take on the Estrada vs. Chocolatito 3 fight victor. Cuadras and Rungvisai are former WBC 115-lb champions and have a history together.

Cuadras beat Rungvisai by an eight round technical decision seven years ago in 2014. However, the fight had to be halted after eight round when Cuadras suffered a cut.

Cuadras’ career since then has been up and down, winning and losing world titles.

Roman Gonzalez beat him by a 12 round decision in 2016 in a war.

That fight took a lot out of Cuadras, as he’s lost three out of his last seven fights. In Cuadras’ last contest, he lost to Juan Estrada by an 11th round knockout last October.

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Gonzalez will make it 2-1 officially and 3-0 objectively.

Shame.. it should already be 2-0..

Exactly. The 3rd fight is interesting only because of the need to shut the corrupt outcome of the 2nd one. Objectively, it's clear, that Ronzalez is better than Estrada.

No doubt, but that was a war. A mid 30's Jr bantam producing another performance like that is a big ask. I expect this to be tight and wouldn't be surprised if Roman got some make up judging from that bullshit.

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Estrada, Chocolatito Talks Continue For Trilogy Fight on October 16

Talks for the highly anticipated rubber match between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez continue to move in the right direction.

The pair of elite, multi-division champions remain hopeful of a third meeting to come later this year, with Estrada’s lineal junior bantamweight champion and WBA “Super”/WBC titles at stake. Representatives from both camps confirmed to BS.com that such plans continue to progress.

The bout has been long attached to a working date of October 16 on DAZN, though with a firm announcement of course dependent on a deal being reached and the sports streaming platform confirming its fourth quarter plans in the United States. Zanfer Boxing confirmed that Estrada has already entered training camp in anticipation of the trilogy clash with Nicaragua’s Gonzalez (50-3, 41KOs).

“Our unified World champion ‘El Gallo’ Estrada began training in (Juquipilco, Mexico) for his third fight with Chcolatiato,” Zanfer revealed on Wednesday.

Estrada (41-3, 27KOs) claimed a disputed twelve-round, split decision victory over Gonzalez in their rematch this past March at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Judge Jesse Reyes (115-113) awarded the bout to Gonzalez, while judges David Sutherland (115-113) and Carlos Sucre (117-111) ruled in favor of Estrada, who claimed the WBA “Super” 115-pound title in addition to defending his WBC belt. Sucre was subsequently suspended by the WBA for his scorecard which was universally regarded as far removed from the otherwise sensational fight that took place.

The rematch came eight-plus years after their thrilling first fight, which a then-unbeaten Gonzalez won by unanimous decision in the final defense of his junior flyweight title. Both boxers have since won titles at flyweight and junior bantamweight, with Gonzalez—a four division titlist—enjoying two separate reigns at 115 pounds prior to his heartbreaking defeat to Estrada earlier this year.

At the time of the rematch, Thailand’s Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1, 43KOs) loomed overhead as the mandatory challenger to the WBC title. The two-time WBC titlist and former lineal junior bantamweight king has already faced Estrada and Gonzalez twice each, splitting his pair of bouts with Estrada while handing Gonzalez the first two defeats on his record in 2017.

Plans for the rubber match were able to advance once Estrada was named WBC “Franchise” champion this past March, shortly after his win over Gonzalez. Sor Rungvisai will likely face former titlist Mexico’s Carlos Cuadras for the vacant belt, in a rematch to their May 2014 bout in which Cuadras dethroned Sor Rungvisai via technical decision win.

The winner of Estrada-Gonzalez III still potentially faces a mandatory title defense in the aftermath.

WBA “World” junior bantamweight titlist Joshua Franco (18-1-2, 8KOs; 1ND) was notified by the sanctioning body of his current status as the mandatory challenger to Estrada’s “Super” title, obtaining the status immediately after his repeat unanimous decision win over Australia’s Andrew Moloney (21-2, 14KOs; 1ND) to go up 2-0-1 in their three-fight series. The same notification confirmed the WBA’s plans to call for a title consolidation bout in the aftermath of Estrada-Gonzalez III.

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Eddie Hearn says deal for trilogy fight between Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez close

Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez are on the brink of yet another fight.

Promoter Eddie Hearn told ESPN on Friday that he's confident he'll close a deal for the unified 115-pound championship trilogy fight next week, a bout he's planning to stage Oct. 16. Hearn is looking at venues in two cities for the Matchroom on DAZN show: Los Angeles and Phoenix.

"When you talk about great rivalries over the years, this is right up there," Hearn said. "Fight 1 was a classic, and Fight 2 was probably the best I have ever seen live. The decider will be historic -- hopefully it gets over the line soon."

Estrada (42-3, 28 KOs) eked out a controversial split decision over Gonzalez in March, a brutal battle that is the leading candidate for fight of the year. They combined for 2,529 punches, a CompuBox record at 115 pounds.

With the victory, Estrada grabbed a second junior bantamweight title and retained his No. 1 spot in ESPN's junior bantamweight rankings (Gonzalez is No. 2). The 31-year-old Mexican boxer is also No. 10 in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings.

The rematch came more than eight years -- and two weight classes -- after their first fight. When they met in 2008, Gonzalez won a unanimous decision to retain his 108-pound championship in another firefight.

The 34-year-old Nicaraguan boxer went on to win titles at 112 pounds and 115; he was recognized as the No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world.

That was before Gonzalez (50-3, 41 KOs) was viciously knocked out by Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in a 2017 rematch, not just back-to-back losses to Sor Rungvisai but the first two losses of his career. It wasn't the end for Chocolatito, though. He mounted a comeback that culminated with a ninth-round TKO of Kal Yafai in February 2020 to reclaim a 115-pound title, before battling Estrada once more.

If the two future Hall of Famers meet again in October, they'll be fighting not just for 115-pound supremacy but for legacy.

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Gonzalez has Covid

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Chocolatito Tests Positive For Covid, Delays Rubber Match With Juan Francisco Estrada

Yet another event has fallen victim to COVID, this time delaying one of the most anticipated fights of the year.

Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez was forced to withdraw from his rubber match with reigning lineal/WBA junior bantamweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada after testing positive for the infectious disease, representatives from Matchroom Boxing and Estrada’s team both confirmed with BS.com. The bout was due to headline an October 16 DAZN show from a location to be determined but will now likely land on a November date.

ESPN Deportes’ Salvador ‘Chava’ Rodriguez was the first to report the news.

Concerns surfaced over the fight falling through once it was revealed that Estrada (41-3, 27KOs) broke training camp earlier this week, only to learn that it was due to Gonzalez’s current health status. An agreement was in place for the third fight between the elite-level talents, with the show scheduled to have been announced during the September 4 DAZN telecast featuring the rematch between Mauricio Lara and Josh Warrington from Leeds, England.

Instead comes a delay in the third installment of one of boxing’s best rivalries.

Estrada avenged a past defeat with a win over Nicaragua’s Gonzalez (50-3, 41KOs) this past March 13 at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The split decision was met with mixed reaction, with many observers believing Gonzalez—a four-division champion and former pound-for-pound king—deserved the nod. Judge Jesse Reyes (115-113) was the lone judge to agree with that line of thought, overruled by judges David Sutherland (115-113) and Carlos Sucre (117-111) who ruled in favor of Estrada.

With the win, Estrada claimed the WBA “Super” 115-pound title along with retaining his WBC belt. He has since traded in the latter in favor of “Franchise” champion status in order to go through with the third fight with Gonzalez rather than one with mandatory challenger Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1, 43KOs), with whom Estrada previously split a pair of fights.

Sor Rungvisai—a former WBC and lineal champion—is now in line to challenge for the vacant belt in a rematch with fellow former titlist Carlos Cuadras (39-4-1, 27KOs). Their bout is currently in a holding pattern, as it remains unclear whether they will still fight in October or if the fight will be packaged with the rescheduled Estrada-Gonzalez trilogy clash.

Gonzalez defeated Estrada by unanimous decision in their first fight back in November 2012, making the final defense of his junior flyweight title. The legendary Nicaraguan previously held a strawweight title and went on to capture the lineal flyweight championship along with two separate junior bantamweight title reigns.

Estrada previously held a flyweight belt before moving up to view for the 115-pound crown. He was unsuccessful in his first bid, dropping a twelve-round decision to Sor Rungvisai in their thrilling February 2018 encounter before unseating the Thai boxer in April 2019. Estrada has made three successful title defenses during his current reign.

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The amount of fights being cancelled cus boxers are contacting COVID.

Are UFC at the same rate?

What's different?

What are these boxers doing.

I know you can still get it with a vaccine, but damn a lot of fights are being cancelled.

Wha's next? Usyk-AJ?

I'm not gonna complain about any fight for the rest of the year..

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Still no news on this being rescheduled.

Hopefully Choco hasn’t been affected too badly.

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Unless they've been hospitalized, I don't understand the point of delaying a fight. I'm sure dudes used to train with the flu. Didn't Golovkin fight Ouma or something while being sick? At some point, we need to realize that COVID is nothing more than the flu, and just like the flu, it impacts some people worse than others. With vaccines out, we don't have to baby people anymore. It's getting stupid now.

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Unless they've been hospitalized, I don't understand the point of delaying a fight. I'm sure dudes used to train with the flu. Didn't Golovkin fight Ouma or something while being sick? At some point, we need to realize that COVID is nothing more than the flu, and just like the flu, it impacts some people worse than others. With vaccines out, we don't have to baby people anymore. It's getting stupid now.

If you have the flu, pre covid times, and pushed your body and didn't rest, you would end up with pneumonia. Covid is worse depending on the variant.

[Mexi-Box]

Unless they've been hospitalized, I don't understand the point of delaying a fight. I'm sure dudes used to train with the flu. Didn't Golovkin fight Ouma or something while being sick? At some point, we need to realize that COVID is nothing more than the flu, and just like the flu, it impacts some people worse than others. With vaccines out, we don't have to baby people anymore. It's getting stupid now.

If you have the flu, pre covid times, and pushed your body and didn't rest, you would end up with pneumonia. Covid is worse depending on the variant.

Considering the fighters that have stated when they look bad that they were ill, you'd imagine we'd have a bunch of fighters dropping like flies due to pneumonia. I don't buy it. For otherwise healthy people, COVID is barely more than the flu. Like 90% of people around me were getting COVID, and it was nothing to them (before the vaccine mind you). They were back to normal less than a week. The only people that I know that died from it were my aunts and uncles that were pushing 70 years old.

I know De La Hoya recently had a bad reaction, but the guy is pretty old. We're talking about athletes in their prime years.

[KiwiRider]

Unless they've been hospitalized, I don't understand the point of delaying a fight. I'm sure dudes used to train with the flu. Didn't Golovkin fight Ouma or something while being sick? At some point, we need to realize that COVID is nothing more than the flu, and just like the flu, it impacts some people worse than others. With vaccines out, we don't have to baby people anymore. It's getting stupid now.

If you have the flu, pre covid times, and pushed your body and didn't rest, you would end up with pneumonia. Covid is worse depending on the variant.

Considering the fighters that have stated when they look bad that they were ill, you'd imagine we'd have a bunch of fighters dropping like flies due to pneumonia. I don't buy it. For otherwise healthy people, COVID is barely more than the flu. Like 90% of people around me were getting COVID, and it was nothing to them (before the vaccine mind you). They were back to normal less than a week. The only people that I know that died from it were my aunts and uncles that were pushing 70 years old.

I know De La Hoya recently had a bad reaction, but the guy is pretty old. We're talking about athletes in their prime years.

I can see that.
But- it affects everyone differently.
One of my country's Olympic athletes in top form got it and was touch and go. You just don't know.
Heck, I was knocked on my arse for 3 weeks just from the vaccine and I'm no blob.

[Mexi-Box]

If you have the flu, pre covid times, and pushed your body and didn't rest, you would end up with pneumonia. Covid is worse depending on the variant.

Considering the fighters that have stated when they look bad that they were ill, you'd imagine we'd have a bunch of fighters dropping like flies due to pneumonia. I don't buy it. For otherwise healthy people, COVID is barely more than the flu. Like 90% of people around me were getting COVID, and it was nothing to them (before the vaccine mind you). They were back to normal less than a week. The only people that I know that died from it were my aunts and uncles that were pushing 70 years old.

I know De La Hoya recently had a bad reaction, but the guy is pretty old. We're talking about athletes in their prime years.

I can see that.
But- it affects everyone differently.
One of my country's Olympic athletes in top form got it and was touch and go. You just don't know.
Heck, I was knocked on my arse for 3 weeks just from the vaccine and I'm no blob.

I don't doubt that for a second. Reason why I'm not getting the clot shot.

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Unless they've been hospitalized, I don't understand the point of delaying a fight. I'm sure dudes used to train with the flu. Didn't Golovkin fight Ouma or something while being sick? At some point, we need to realize that COVID is nothing more than the flu, and just like the flu, it impacts some people worse than others. With vaccines out, we don't have to baby people anymore. It's getting stupid now.

GGG had something before he fought Brook.

As soon as he landed in Rainy England.

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Estrada-Chocolatito Trilogy Match Likely To Headline DAZN Show March 5 In San Diego

The rubber match between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez finally has been rescheduled.

BS.com has learned that Estrada and Gonzalez are likely to meet a third time March 5 in a main event DAZN will stream from Pechanga Arena in San Diego. Their third bout is expected to take place nearly a year from the date Estrada edged Gonzalez by split decision in their 12-round rematch.

The controversial result of their second bout, which occurred March 13 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, necessitated this third fight for Estrada’s WBA “super” and WBC “franchise” 115-pound championships.

Mexico’s Estrada (42-3, 28 KOs) and Nicaragua’s Gonzalez (50-3, 41 KOs) were scheduled to square off a third time October 16 at an undetermined location, but Gonzalez contracted COVID-19 and their rubber match was postponed indefinitely.

The WBC elevated Estrada from world champion to franchise champion to allow him to fight Gonzalez a third time, rather than making a mandated defense of his WBC belt against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.

Thailand’s Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1, 43 KOs) instead will meet another Mexican, Carlos Cuadras (39-4-1, 27 KOs), in their own 115-pound championship rematch, which DAZN is expected to stream February 5 as part of the Jessie Vargas-Liam Smith undercard. Sor Rungvisai, who lost a technical decision to Cuadras in May 2014 in Mexico City, and Cuadras, will fight for the WBC world super flyweight title that Estrada relinquished.

Judge Carlos Sucre drew intense criticism for scoring Estrada a 117-111 winner over Gonzalez on March 13.

Judge Jesse Reyes scored their second bout 115-113 for Estrada. Judge David Sutherland scored Gonzalez a 115-113 winner that night.

Their rematch, one of the best action fights of 2021, took place more than eight years after Gonzalez defeated Estrada by unanimous decision in their 12-round fight for Gonzalez’s WBA world light flyweight title. Gonzalez beat Estrada by scores of 118-110, 116-112 and 116-112 in that November 2012 bout at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

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