Roman Gonzalez: record, next fight and profile →
Juan Francisco Estrada, the super flyweight champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC), will be in a high sporting form when he has the opportunity to have a rematch with WBA world champion Román "Chocolatito" González, according to the trainer of the Mexican fighter, Alfredo Caballero.
Renowned Mexican coach Alfredo Caballero, who trains WBC super flyweight world champion Juan Francisco 'Gallo' Estrada, believes his boxer would get revenge over Roman "Chocolatito" González, who now holds the WBA's version of the title. Estrada lost a twelve round decision to Gonzalez when they collided at junior flyweight in 2012.
The president of the World Boxing Association, Gilberto Mendoza, made it clear that Andrew Moloney should be the next opponent of WBA super flyweight world champion Román 'Chocolatito' González - despite the intentions that exist to make a unification against WBC champion Juan Francisco 'Gallo' Estrada.
WBA super flyweight world champion Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez stressed that he is ready to face Juan Francisco 'Gallo' Estrada, the WBC champion, in a rematch. And Gonzalez said that he would not mind fighting behind closed doors if recommended by renowned promoter Akihiko Honda of Teiken Promotions. In addition, he said he was happy because despite the coronavirus pandemic, he is doing well in a cheese business that he recently launched.
Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez was able to turn back the clock with his latest ring performance, in large part due to his ability to learn from the past. The four-division champion and former pound-for-pound king earned a second junior bantamweight title with a rousing 9th round knockout of previously unbeaten Kal Yafai this past February in Frisco, Texas. The win marked the first in more than three years where the future Hall of Famer from Nicaragua left the ring with a title around his waist, having never successfully defended the 115-pound title he claimed in September 2016.
The three-time champion in two different weight divisions, Juan Francisco 'Gallo' Estrada, stressed that instead of facing Carlos Cuadras in a rematch, as his promoters plan, he would love to go directly to the unification battle with the Nicaraguan Román 'Chocolatito' González, who holds the WBA world title at super flyweight.
Eddy Reynoso says Julio Cesar Martinez will aim to unify the Flyweight division before moving to Super-Flyweight for blockbuster bouts against the likes of Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez, as the trainer of the year maps out Martinez’s path on this weekend’s episode of ‘Peleamundo’.
Zanfer Promotions head Fernando Beltran’s post pandemic wish list of fights he’d like to make immediately after the coronavirus crisis is over is highlighted by a rematch between 115-pound champions Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman” Chocolatito” Gonzalez. But can he take it to the bank?
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.
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