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Now that Estrada is near retirement and can be on the conversation considering his achievements, who is the most accomplished fighter from Mexico below 122?
Until Julio César Chávez came onto the scene, Olivares was considered Mexico's best boxer. At Bantamweight which he has the most unified title bouts (6) up to date, he had wins over Jose Medel, Takao Sakurai, Lionel Rose, and Chucho Castillo. Above at featherweight he had beaten Bobby Chacon X2 and at the end of his career he beat Jose Luis Ramirez at 135. He had a knockout rate of 95.8% at Bantamweight with a record of (69-2-1) prior to moving up above his weight class.
Humberto Gonzalez was known for his trilogy with ATG Michael Carbajal at light flyweight. Was one of the first pay per view fights which was the first million-dollar fight in Jr. Flyweight boxing history (both fighters were guaranteed one million dollars in earnings) and also the first Jr. Flyweight fight in history to head a Pay Per View boxing card. He had beaten champions like Yul-woo Lee, Jung-Koo Chang, Juan Domingo Cordoba, Gold Olympian Kwang-sun Kim, Melcher Cob Castro X2 and Michael Carbajal X2.
Carlos Zarate prior moving up and facing ATG Wilfredo Gomez, fought at 118 with a record of (52-0) with 98% knockout rate (51 knockouts). He had beaten Rodolfo Martinez was coming off a win against HOF Rafael Herrera, Alberto Davila, and Alfonso Zamora who was a silver Olympian medalist coming off with a undefeated winning streak of (29-0, 29 KOs) (He never recovered after the bout).
He also had a controversial loss to Lupe Pintor having retired for 7 years until he made a temporary comeback.
Ricardo Lopez was two division champion at mini flyweight and light flyweight. He had defeated champions like Hideyuki Ohashi, Pretty Boy Lucas, Kermin Guardia, Will Grigsby, Zolani Petelo, Alex Sanchez, and Rosendo Alvarez. He has a record of 51-0-1 (38 knockouts).
Gilberto Roman competed at Super Flyweight, with honestly one of the most underrated resumes at the division. He had wins over Antonio Avelar, Jiro Watanabe (one of the first super flyweight champions as the division was relatively new), Sugar Baby Rojas x2, Juan Carazo, Kiyoshi Hatanaka, and Santos Laciar.
Miguel Canto at flyweight, had beaten Shoji Oguma X3, Martin Vargas X2, Betulio Gonzalez X2, Susumu Hanagata, and Gabriel Bernal. The trainer Jesus Rivero who implemented his defensive fundamentals, only ever trained another boxer, which was Oscar De La Hoya's defense at 135 and hasn't trained any other boxer ever since.
Juan Francisco Estrada a current fighter with a record of 44-3 (38 knockouts) is going to fight P4P fighter Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez. He is a two division champion at 112-115. He has beaten Juan Carlos Sanchez, Milan Melindo, Hernan Marquez, Brian Viloria, Giovani Segura, Carlos Cuadras X2 , Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, and Roman Gonzalez X2.
Until Julio César Chávez came onto the scene, Olivares was considered Mexico's best boxer. At Bantamweight which he has the most unified title bouts (6) up to date, he had wins over Jose Medel, Takao Sakurai, Lionel Rose, and Chucho Castillo. Above at featherweight he had beaten Bobby Chacon X2 and at the end of his career he beat Jose Luis Ramirez at 135. He had a knockout rate of 95.8% at Bantamweight with a record of (69-2-1) prior to moving up above his weight class.
Humberto Gonzalez was known for his trilogy with ATG Michael Carbajal at light flyweight. Was one of the first pay per view fights which was the first million-dollar fight in Jr. Flyweight boxing history (both fighters were guaranteed one million dollars in earnings) and also the first Jr. Flyweight fight in history to head a Pay Per View boxing card. He had beaten champions like Yul-woo Lee, Jung-Koo Chang, Juan Domingo Cordoba, Gold Olympian Kwang-sun Kim, Melcher Cob Castro X2 and Michael Carbajal X2.
Carlos Zarate prior moving up and facing ATG Wilfredo Gomez, fought at 118 with a record of (52-0) with 98% knockout rate (51 knockouts). He had beaten Rodolfo Martinez was coming off a win against HOF Rafael Herrera, Alberto Davila, and Alfonso Zamora who was a silver Olympian medalist coming off with a undefeated winning streak of (29-0, 29 KOs) (He never recovered after the bout).
He also had a controversial loss to Lupe Pintor having retired for 7 years until he made a temporary comeback.
Ricardo Lopez was two division champion at mini flyweight and light flyweight. He had defeated champions like Hideyuki Ohashi, Pretty Boy Lucas, Kermin Guardia, Will Grigsby, Zolani Petelo, Alex Sanchez, and Rosendo Alvarez. He has a record of 51-0-1 (38 knockouts).
Gilberto Roman competed at Super Flyweight, with honestly one of the most underrated resumes at the division. He had wins over Antonio Avelar, Jiro Watanabe (one of the first super flyweight champions as the division was relatively new), Sugar Baby Rojas x2, Juan Carazo, Kiyoshi Hatanaka, and Santos Laciar.
Miguel Canto at flyweight, had beaten Shoji Oguma X3, Martin Vargas X2, Betulio Gonzalez X2, Susumu Hanagata, and Gabriel Bernal. The trainer Jesus Rivero who implemented his defensive fundamentals, only ever trained another boxer, which was Oscar De La Hoya's defense at 135 and hasn't trained any other boxer ever since.
Juan Francisco Estrada a current fighter with a record of 44-3 (38 knockouts) is going to fight P4P fighter Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez. He is a two division champion at 112-115. He has beaten Juan Carlos Sanchez, Milan Melindo, Hernan Marquez, Brian Viloria, Giovani Segura, Carlos Cuadras X2 , Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, and Roman Gonzalez X2.
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