Juan Franciso Estrada has invoked his rematch clause to power a second combat towards Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez after shedding his WBC tremendous flyweight title to him by a seventh-round knockout on June twenty ninth in Phoenix, Arizona.
The 34-year-old Estrada (44-4, 28 KOs) appeared outgunned by the 24-year-old ‘Bam’ Rodriguez final June, getting battered a lot of the combat earlier than being stopped within the seventh. Aside from a flash knockdown Estrada scored, it was
Monetary Motivations?
It was Juan Francisco’s third consecutive poor efficiency since 2022, making some imagine he’s washed up and has nothing left within the tank to avenge his loss to ‘Bam’ Rodriguez. The cash Estrada will make in a rematch with Rodriguez could possibly be a consider why he’s chosen to take the second combat.
Even when Estrada is knocked out once more, he’ll get a pleasant payday, which can assist cushion his retirement years in his native Mexico. In response to boxing insider Dan Rafael, the Estrada vs. Rodriguez rematch will “seemingly happen in December.”
Estrada’s determination to invoke his rematch clause, which was predictable on his half, foils ‘Bam’ Rodriguez’s plans to combat a unification towards one of many champions at 115. Rodriguez was eying unifications towards these tremendous flyweight champions:
– Fernando Martinez – IBF
– Kazuto Ioka – WBA
– Kosei Tanaka – WBO
Estrada’s Decline Publish-Chocolatito Battle
Estrada hasn’t appeared like the identical fighter since beating Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez by a 12-round cut up determination of their second combat on March 13, 2021. Though Estrada deserved the victory, he took many photographs from Chocolatito in that combat.
The Nicaraguan expertise, Chocolatito, hit Estrada with combos the complete combat, which can have completely broken him. Estrada hasn’t appeared close to his previous self after that second-second conflict towards Gonzalez. Juan Franciso ate numerous combos from Chocolatito, and it’s not stunning that he’s not appeared the identical since.
Former WBC tremendous flyweight champion Carlos Cuadras is one other fighter whose profession nosedived after his combat with Gonzalez in September 2016. Within the speedy aftermath of that combat, Cuadras misplaced two out of his subsequent three contests.
In Estrada’s three fights since then, he’s appeared like an empty shell of his former self, beating Argi Cortes and Chocolatito with very questionable choices and being knocked out by ‘Bam’ Rodriguez.
Many boxing followers imagine ‘Chocolatito’ was robbed in his third combat towards Estrada on December 3, 2022, in Glendale, Arizona. The judges gave Estrada a 12-round majority determination, however followers on social media and seemingly many at ringside disagreed.
They felt that Roman Gonzalez gained. I watched the combat, and I had Gonzalez simply profitable by 9 rounds to a few. Certainly, it was much more one-sided than Chocolatito’s win over Estrada of their first combat in November 2012.
