Juan Francisco Estrada: record, next fight and profile →
Sept. 9 cannot get here soon enough for boxing fans. The 'Superfly' card, also known as the best fight card of 2017, will take at the Stubhub Center in Carson, California and will air live on HBO (10:15 p.m. ET/ 7:15 p.m. PT). The three-fight telecast will be headlined by the 12 round bout between WBC 115-pound titleholder Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (43-4-1, 39 knockouts) and Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs).
By Cliff Rold - Competition can be contagious. It takes the right circumstances. A truly loaded division is often the right circumstance. When a division has only one or two avenues to a payday, or holding a single belt is the only way to get paid, matters slow to a crawl. Supporting casts can get risk averse waiting for a chance to cash in or playing for a sole mandatory. That can be boxin...
Opening the telecast, former WBC Super Flyweight World Champion CARLOS “PRINCIPE” CUADRAS, (36-1-1, 27 KO’s)) of Mexico City will battle fellow rival countrymen and former flyweight world champion JUAN FRANCISCO “EL GALLO” ESTRADA, (35-2-0, 25 KO’s) of Sonora, Mexico in a 12-round WBC Super Flyweight Title Eliminator.
Chocolatito, Sor Rungvisai, Caudras Inoue Photos of Workout - The Super Flyweight Division, long one of boxing’s most exciting, filled with many of the sports’ legendary superstars, will add another chapter into its annals of memorable evenings on Saturday, September 9, at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Photos by Tom Hogan/Hoganphotos.
Perhaps nobody has the perspective of Brian Viloria on this upcoming card at the StubHub Center this weekend that will be televised on HBO. Viloria, who will be performing on the undercard is quite familiar with Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez (who faces WBC super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai) and Juan Francisco Estrada (who is matched with fellow Mexican, Carlos Cuadras, in a WBC final eliminator).
It couldn’t have been looking much better. Juan Francisco Estrada (35-2, 25 KO) went from unheralded challenger to unified and defending titlist in just eight months between November 2012 and July 2013. The style with which he did it got a lot of attention from both hardcore fans and knowledgeable observers. The great Nacho Beristain, trainer of Ricardo Lopez and Juan Manuel Marquez, has been quoted more than once as believing Estrada is the best of Mexico’s current crop.
LOS ANGELES, CA - WBC Super Flyweight World Champion SRISAKET SOR RUNGVISAI, (42-4-1, 38 KO’s), of Si Sa Ket, Thailand and former WBC Super Flyweight Champion ROMAN “CHOCOLATITO” GONZALEZ, (46-1-0, 38 KO’s), both weighed in within the required WBC 7-day weight limit ahead of their highly anticipated rematch set for Saturday, September 9 from the legendary StubHub Center in Carson, California and televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.
True to character and bang on form, ex-WBC super flyweight world champion Carlos 'Príncipe' Cuadras, declares that Juan Francisco 'Gallo' Estrada be in utter flutter, come September 9th when he launches into pursuit with flight in Carson, California.
Former world champion, Juan Francisco "El Gallo" Estrada, is in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, training to face Sinaloa's Carlos ''Príncipe'' Cuadras, as he knows their fight will be all that it`s cracked up to be. In an interview with the Internet portal: "Línea Directa", the "Gallo" assured that he IS totally concentrating on work.
Former WBC Super Flyweight World Champion CARLOS “PRINCIPE” CUADRAS, (36-1-1, 27 KO’s), of Mexico City and fellow rival countryman and former Flyweight World Champion JUAN FRANCISCO “EL GALLO” ESTRADA, (35-2-0, 25 KO’s), of Sonora, Mexico both weighed in within the required 30-day weight limit ahead of their 12-round WBC Super Flyweight Title Eliminator clash set for Saturday, September 9 from the legendary StubHub Center in Carson, California and televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark beginning at 10:15 p.m. ET/PT.