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Srisaket Sor Rungvisai has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Matchroom Boxing USA and DAZN.

"It’s my great honor to be working with Matchroom Boxing USA and DAZN,” said Rungvisai. “I thank my team and everyone who made this opportunity possible. I am extremely excited for my future fights in the USA with Matchroom Boxing and DAZN, and I promise to bring excitements to all my fans always.

“I’m delighted to welcome Srisaket Sor Rungvisai to the Matchroom Boxing USA team,” said Hearn. “Srisaket is one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in boxing today and has been a revelation in recent years with great fights and wins over Roman Gonzalez and Estrada and has some huge fights to be made in the division. His next fight will be announced soon, and fans can expect another firecracker live on DAZN and Sky Sports!”
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Promoter Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions revealed that negotiations are underway to finalize the rematch between Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand and Juan Francisco 'Gallo' Estrada of Mexico, for a date in April at a venue in California. The contest would be carried by the DAZN streaming service.

"Probably the rematch is April 6, we hope to see the Thai in Los Angeles and yes, most likely it is on DAZN," said Fernando Beltrán to ESPN Deportes, during the award ceremony of the National Boxing Commission for WBO world super welterweight champion Jaime Munguía.

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada will meet in a rematch for the WBC and Ring magazine Super-Flyweight titles and WBA and IBF Super-Bantamweight World Champions Daniel Roman and TJ Doheny clash in a unification battle on a blockbuster night of action at The Forum, Los Angeles on Friday April 26, live on DAZN in the US and Sky Sports in the UK.

That's a good couple of fights.

2 really good fights.

Scott Quigg faces Jayson Velez on Sor Rungvisai-Estrada II card

Former world titleholder and current junior lightweight contender Scott Quigg will face Jayson Velez on Apr. 26.

The 10-round bout will take place at The Forum in Inglewood, California and will stream live on DAZN.

In the main event, WBC junior bantamweight titleholder Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will square off against mandatory challenger Juan Francisco Estrada in a highly-anticipated rematch, which took place at the same venue on Feb. 24 of last year. Sor Rungviasi would win by majority decision in a close fight.

Also on the Matchroom Boxing/ Thompson Boxing Promotions card will be a unification fight between WBA junior featherweight titleholder Danny Roman and IBF titleholder TJ Doheny. Welterweight contender Jessie Vargas facing Humberto Soto in a ten-round bout.

Quigg (35-2-2, 26 knockouts) stopped Mario Briones in his last bout in Boston on Oct. 20. The fight came over seven months after losing by unanimous decision to WBO featherweight titleholder Oscar Valdez, a thrilling fight that was one of boxing’s best in 2018.

The 30-year-old Quigg, who is originally from Bury, England and now trains in the Los Angeles area, is targeting IBF junior lightweight titleholder Tevin Farmer for a future fight, but is not overlooking Velez.

“These are the cards I want to be on,” said Quigg, who also held the WBA junior featherweight title. “It’s a great chance for me to make a big statement with the attention on the bill (fight card). I want to be a world champion again so I need to show people that I mean business. Jayson is a solid fighter who is coming off some good wins so it’s a good test and one I am looking forward to.”

“Tevin is a very good fighter, one I’ve watched for a long time. He’s come up the hard way with four losses as he was matched tough early on. He does everything well, but it’s a fight that I would jump at as I believe I have got the beating of him.”

Velez (28-5-1, 20 KOs), who resides in Juncos, Puerto Rico, stopped former world titleholder Victor Terrazas in round four of his last fight on Mar. 16. The 31-year-old Velez has won back-to-back fights since his unanimous decision loss to Ryan Garcia on May 4.

Also on the card, junior featherweight contender Ronny Rios (29-3, 13 KOs) of nearby Santa Ana will square off against Mexico’s Daniel Olea (13-7-2, 5 KOs) in an eight-round bout.

Junior featherweight prospect Alberto Melian (4-0, 3 KOs) of Argentina will face Isaac Zarate (16-4-3, 2 KOs) in 10-round bout. Zarate resides in nearby San Pedro.

In welterweight action, highly-touted Shakhram Giyasov (7-0, 6 KOs), who is originally from Uzbekistan and now resides in Brooklyn, New York, will face former fringe contender Emmanuel Taylor (20-5, 14 KOs).

I have respect to the boxers who made these low weights more popular. That flyweight tripleheaders was good idea.

Cent0089 wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019, 15:06 I have respect to the boxers who made these low weights more popular. That flyweight tripleheaders was good idea.

You mean Loeffler’s SuperFly cards?

They were good.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Apr 2019, 15:43 You mean Loeffler’s SuperFly cards?

They were good.

Exactly.

Boxingtalk has been informed that undefeated super middleweight up and comer Anthony Sims Jr (18-0 17KO) will face Vaughn Alexander (14-2 9KO) on the April 26th undercard of the Srisaket Sor Rungvisai-Juan Estrada rematch. DAZN will stream all of the action live from The Forum in Inglewood, California.

Looking forward to this one! Some guaranteed action will take place.

Fightnight Scores wrote: ↑12 Apr 2019, 07:25 Looking forward to this one! Some guaranteed action will take place.

Should be a good one. Some had Estrada winning the first bout.

Stats & Stakes

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Age: 32
Title: WBC Super Flyweight (2017-Present, 3 Defenses); Lineal/TBRB/Ring World Jr. Bantamweight Champion (2018-Present, 1 Defense)
Previous Titles: WBC Super Flyweight (2013-14, 1 Defense)
Height: 5’3
Weight: TBA
Stance: Southpaw
Hails from: Si Sa Ket, Thailand
Record: 47-4-1, 41 KO, 2 KOBY
Record in Major Title Fights: 6-1, 3 KO
Last Five Opponents: 170-11-5 (.927)
Current/Former World Champions/Titlists Faced: Akira Yaegashi TKO by 3; Yota Sato TKO8; Carlos Cuadras L8 – Technical; Roman Gonzalez MD12, KO4; Juan Francisco Estrada MD12

vs.

Juan Francisco Estrada
Age: 29
Titles: None
Previous Titles: WBA/WBO Flyweight (2013-Present, 5 Defenses)
Height: 5’4
Weight: TBA
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Record: 38-3, 26 KO
Rankings: #1 (TBRB, Ring), #2 (Boxing Monthly, ESPN, BoxRec)
Record in Major Title Fights: 6-2, 4 KO
Last Five Opponents: 164-15-4 (.907)
Current/Former World Champions Faced: Juan Carlos Sanchez L8, TKO10; Roman Gonzalez L12; Brian Viloria MD12; Giovani Segura TKO11; Hernan Marquez KO10; Carlos Cuadras UD12; Srisaket Sor Rungvisai L12

The Case for Sor Rungvisai: Sor Rungvisai has the confidence of knowing he beat Estrada the first time and knowing that, outside of a cut-hastened decision loss to Cuadras in 2014, no one has had the better of him since a 1-3-1 start to his career. The champion doesn’t win with a lot of finesse so don’t look for him to back off a box or try to get cute. He’s a heavy handed southpaw who, in the first fight, often led with the left hook to the body or hammering rights to the gut. Sor Rungvisai’s power kept Estrada cautious last year and the champion was too smart to get reckless. After losing the first two rounds on two judge’s scorecards, Sor Rungvisai won rounds three through seven across the board. Friday the champion would be best served by staying aggressive, bringing the fight to Estrada responsibly, and looking to put the challenger in a similar hole. If he can, Sor Rungvisai is well positioned to retain.

The Case for Estrada: It’s been written before but bears repeating: Estrada fights in the wrong era. His temperament, stamina, and the way he gets better and sharper as a fight moves along would have made him an even bigger force in a fifteen-round era. He was well behind in the first fight only to come roaring back to win four of the last five rounds on two official scorecards. Estrada has a better jab than Sor Rungvisai and used it well the first time but it took awhile to feel comfortable letting combinations go. Will Estrada be more focused on countering the body attack of Sor Rungvisai this time? Can he afford to be more aggressive early despite the knockout power he faces? Estrada has to find a way to start sooner if he wants to add another title to his resume and push this rivalry toward a third chapter.

The Pick: This fight was almost impossible to call last year and little has changed. These two are evenly matched even if they might be closer to a big slide than most realized. Sor Rungvisai struggled in spots even as he won almost every round against Iran Diaz in the fall. Estrada seemed to be going through the motions in his last two fights. The candles sometimes burn faster in the lower weight divisions. Estrada has already been a force for most of the decade and Sor Rungvisai isn’t getting any younger and his first win over Gonzalez and last year against Estrada were both physically taxing. The pick here for Estrada was wrong last time around but only by a little. The Mexican is still the better technician, is younger, and still has more ways to win. It won’t be easy but the thinking is Friday night ends with a new champion, likely by decision.

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