‘El Gallo’ meets ‘Principe’ in a rematch LIVE on DAZN – with World title and second clash with Chocolatito on the line: Juan Francisco Estrada insists he is fully focused on his WBC World Super-Flyweight title defense against Carlos Cuadras tonight at TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City, Mexico, live on DAZN.
WEIGHTS, RUNNING ORDER AND IMAGES FROM THE WEIGH-IN IN MEXICO CITY – Live on DAZN from 7pm ET
6 x 3 mins Super-Featherweight contest
Otha Jones III (130 lbs) vs.
Matchroom return to Mexico on Friday, October 23, at TV Azteca Studios in Mexico City with a World title triple-header led by champions Juan Francisco Estrada, Román’ Chocolatito’ González, and Julio Cesar Martinez.
Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez are hunting a blockbuster unification rematch – and Estrada told Gonzalez in the first-ever episode of ‘Peleamundo’, premiering this Sunday on Matchroom Boxing’s YouTube channel, that he is confident of settling the score if the pair can meet again.
Many people wrote Roman Gonzalez off, perhaps instinctively, after the Nicaraguan had lost two in a row to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.
WBC super flyweight belt holder Juan Francisco Estrada (40-3, 27 KOs) had a tougher time than expected in beating #14 WBC contender Dewayne Beamon (16-2-1, 11 KOs) by a ninth round knockout on Saturday night at the Centro de Usos Múltiples in Hermosillo, Mexico.
It was a thrilling night of action at The Forum in Inglewood, California, and around the world on DAZN. Pound-for-pound star Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada met at the site of their first fight, which was a leading contender for “Fight of the Year” in 2018, and continued their tremendous ring rivalry with an action-filled fight.
This Friday DAZN begins a stretch run full of meaningful fights that will last all the way to mid-June. Headlined by a rematch between Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada, this impressive slate of fights over the next two days should be a good primer for DAZN’s crown jewel to this point in Canelo Alvarez versus Daniel Jacobs on Cinco-De-Mayo weekend.
On the eve of a blockbuster Southern California fight night at The Forum and broadcasted live on DAZN, the fighters all successfully tipped the scales at The Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles.
With just two days to go until pound-for-pound star Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada meet in their highly-anticipated rematch at The Forum and live on DAZN in the US and Sky Sports in the UK, the media gathered in downtown Los Angeles for the final press conference.