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Estrada vs. Chocolatito Rematch Set For March 13
Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez will
clash in a unification rematch for the WBC, WBA and Ring
Magazine World Super-Flyweight titles on Saturday March 13,
live on DAZN in over 200+ countries and territories and
presented in association with Zanfer Promotions, Teiken
Promotions and Latin Sports.
Estrada and Chocolatito first clashed in November 2012 in
Los Angeles, with Chocolatito successfully defending his WBA
Light-Flyweight title via unanimous decision, and now over
eight years later, they will meet again
Mexican star Estrada (41-3 28 KOs) has established himself
as the #1 fighter at 115lbs and underlined his status with a
thrilling 11th round KO win over Carlos Cuadras in October
in Mexico City, climbing off the canvas in the third round
to beat his fellow countryman for the second time in his
career.
Former pound for pound #1 Chocolatito (50-2 41 KOs) recorded
his own impressive win on the same night by outpointing
hungry young Mexican Israel Gonzalez in the first defense of
the WBA title that he ripped from Kal Yafai with a clinical
KO win in February in Texas.
Estrada and Chocolatito will both have ambitions of becoming
undisputed Super-Flyweight champion by the end of 2021, and
promoter Eddie Hearn believes that this will be a fight of
the year contender that will be staged at a venue to be
confirmed soon.
“This is going to be a special fight,” said Hearn. “It’s
been a long time coming but both men are in their prime now,
with Juan Francisco serving up a dramatic stoppage win in
his fight of the year contender with Cuadras and Chocolatito
rolling back the years with his clinical KO win over Yafai
and looking razor sharp against Gonzalez.
“Estrada is the number one in the division but Chocolatito
will be looking to repeat his win – the winner will take a
massive step to becoming undisputed and I hope that we’re
able to have fans in attendance when we chose the venue to
host this must-see fight.
“Estrada vs. Chocolatito is an all-action rematch many years
in the making,” said Joseph Markowski, DAZN EVP. “After
closing 2020 strong on DAZN, we can’t wait for subscribers
to enjoy the terrific schedule we’re building for early 2021
as well.”
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