Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez (51-3, 41 KOs) came in at 114.7 lbs and Juan Francisco Estrada (43-3, 28 KOs) weighed in at 115 lbs at the super flyweight limit for Saturday’s trilogy match between these two future Hall of Famers at the Desert Diamond Arena, in Glendale, Arizona.
Eddie Hearn says Juan Francisco Estrada looks healthy & confident going into his trilogy fight against Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez this Saturday night at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
This Saturday night, the crescendo to a decade-long run of fights taking place between flyweight and super flyweight comes to an end with the two lead characters cast in a trilogy.
This Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona, Roman Gonzalez and Juan Francisco Estrada will box their highly anticipated rubber-match. These two superb warriors, both future Hall of Famers, have fought to two highly competitive, action-packed 12 round decisions, and on Saturday it will be, as many have said, round 25!
Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez meets Juan Francisco Estrada this Saturday, December 3rd, in their rubber match live on DAZN at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
There will be two boxing trilogy fights taking place this Saturday night; one hardly anyone wants to see, and one that has every fight fan pumped up in anticipation of a thriller.
WBC Franchise super flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada (43-3, 28 KOs) showed his age tonight, having to struggle to defeat the younger Argi Cortes (23-3-2, 10 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night at the Centro de Usos Multiples in Hermosillo, Mexico.
Negotiations have begun for a trilogy match between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez for November or December.
They were going to fight in March, but COVID 19 issues prevented the match from take place because Estrada couldn’t train.
Eddie Hearn wants Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez to remain fighting in the 115-lb weight class rather than going up to 118 to challenge world champions Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue and Nonito Donaire following his victory over Julio Cesar Martinez last Saturday night.
Undefeated Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (15-0, 10 KOs) used his defense to defeat former WBC super flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras (39-5-1, 27 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Saturday night in their main event on DAZn at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona.