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WBC orders world champ Juan Francisco "El Gallo" Estrada to negotiate a fight against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

The World Boxing Council has ordered junior bantamweight titleholder Juan Francisco "El Gallo" Estrada to start negotiating a mandatory defense against former titleholder Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.

Estrada was hoping to get a rematch against fellow titlist Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez in the early part of 2021, but the WBC decision could delay that fight until later next year, assuming Estrada beats Sor Rungvisai.

It's possible that Estrada's team will reach an agreement with Sor Rungvisai's team to have Sor Rungvisai step aside and face the winner of Estrada-Gonzalez II.

Estrada lost a majority decision to Sor Rungvisai in 2018 but avenged the loss a year later with a unanimous-decision victory. Sor Rungvisai also defeated Gonzalez by majority decision in March 2017 and then again in the rematch six months later by fourth-round TKO.

Gonzalez defeated Estrada back in 2012 to defend his WBA junior flyweight world title.

Fvck WBC!!

Wanted to see Estrada-Gonzalez rematch.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑04 Nov 2020, 06:36 Fvck WBC!!

Wanted to see Estrada-Gonzalez rematch.

Right, another stupid move by them mofos.

You guys are nuts this fight is much better

nah, would rather see jfe vs roman atm, both looking sharp right now and only fought each other once.

sor is looking pretty meh lately and we already seen those dudes twice

i wish roman or jfe vs inoue happened at 115

Both are too old and small for Inoue.

Roman has really looked sharp of late as the quality of opposition has lessened. Good Promoter Work.

BROZO wrote: ↑06 Nov 2020, 14:46 Both are too old and small for Inoue.

Inoue will be domiante for years to come.. Eventually I think Estrada may fight him..

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai speaks out on WBC Franchise designation and Carlos Cuadras rematch

On Friday, the WBC officially announced that their board of governors had voted unanimously in upgrading reigning junior bantamweight titleholder Juan Francisco Estrada to “Franchise champion.”

This move means that Estrada is free to face Nicaraguan great Roman Gonzalez in a third fight and that longtime No. 1 Srisaket Sor Rungvisai can face Carlos Cuadras for the vacant title.

While the move was met with derision in some quarters, Sor Rungvisai, who is rated No. 1 by The Ring at 115 pounds behind champion Juan Francisco Estrada, is happy to fall in line with the decision.

“I think it is a great decision from the WBC to structure the junior bantamweight tournament,” Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1, 43 knockouts) told The Ring through his promoter Bank. “I will get to fight for the WBC world title against Carlos Cuadras, and if I beat him, I will fight the winner of Estrada vs. Chocolatito 3. I think it’s great for everyone and for boxing. The fans get to see two great fights and then another one with the winners fighting each other. All the four top junior bantamweight boxers, including me, get to have exciting fights for the fans.

“It is always my greatest honor to fight for the WBC world title. If I win this time, I will get to be the first three-time WBC world champion in the history of Thailand. This is a very important opportunity for me and for my country. I want to thank President Mauricio Sulaiman and the WBC board of governors for making this possible.'”

The 34-year-old Thai is pleased to be locking horns with Cuadras for a second time, having lost his title to the Mexican in May 2014.

“This is the rematch that I have wanted for around seven years now,” he said. “Since I took up boxing full-time and joined (NKL Team), around 10 years ago, I have beaten every opponent I faced, except one, which was Carlos Cuadras. So, this fight is very important for my legacy. I will make sure I will be the winner this time.”

Pisitwuttinan of Nakornloung Promotion (NKL) is also pleased with the decision that will allow his fighter to move forward with his career.

“I think this is a great structure from President Mauricio and the WBC,” said the young promoter. “It allows Srisaket to fight for the WBC world title, and the fans will get to watch two amazing fights. The rivalry between the four kings of junior bantamweight has been legendary, and it is incredible that we are having all of the four fighting in a tournament format. When the winners of the two fights get to fight each other, we will know who the best is among the four.

“We will be working together with Matchroom and DAZN to finalize the details.”

People wonder why the IBF have shitty mandatories... The WBC order good mandatories and rarely enforce them...