Juan Francisco Estrada: record, next fight and profile →
An agreement in principle has been reached for Japan’s longtime champion Kazuto Ioka to face Argentina’s Fernando Martinez in a junior bantamweight title unification bout in Japan the first week of July.
One of the best fights in boxing is official – Juan Francisco Estrada will defend his WBC and Ring Magazine World Super-Flyweight titles against Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday June 29, live worldwide on DAZN.
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez is so committed to fighting Juan Francisco Estrada in June that he is already preparing to sacrifice his IBF and WBO flyweight titles
Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has found that the best way to ensure he’ll fight at maximum level is to know he’s in tough versus an elite opponent.
Luis Alberto Lopez was once considered a stepping stone for prospects and contenders, but he refused to play the role. Saturday at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York, he'll fight Reiya Abe to defend his IBF featherweight title – and continue gaining the respect he deserves.
Future Hall of Famer Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez, a four-division world champion, has a new weight class.
Kazuto Ioka plans to revisit past business despite the present task at hand. BoxingScene.com has learned that a request was placed by Ioka through Shisei Promotions with the WBA for permission to pursue a title unification bout versus lineal/WBC 115-pound champion Juan Francisco Estrada. The development came just as the deadline approached to work out terms with WBA mandatory challenger John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez for a previously ordered title defense.
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez enjoyed a breakout 2022 campaign by taking two notable players from the past and current era of elite junior bantamweights.
Juan Francisco Estrada is prepared to take the first step to become a three-division titleholder. The reigning lineal and WBC junior bantamweight champion is prepared to campaign at bantamweight beginning with his next bout, which is targeted for next March. Neither an opponent, location nor the stakes have been made available to BoxingScene.com, other than the move viewed as a necessity by Estrada absent one more lucrative option at his current weight.
Carlos Cuadras is right back in the title mix. The former WBC junior bantamweight titlist claimed an interim version of the belt with a hard-fought, twelve-round split decision win over Pedro Guevara. The battle of prior beltholders from Mexico saw Cuadras score two knockdowns to earn the nod by scores of 116-110 and 115-111 to overrule a 115-111 card for Guevara to prevail at the Friday evening in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.