![]() ![]() One other note: The WBC employed their open scoring in Mexico. I’m a little bruised, but I did what I had to do.”Įstrada says it will be “the first week of December” that he fights Chocolatito, which means Dec. I wanted to make sure I looked good and had no injuries. I was very surprised, he was a great fighter,” Estrada said, via translation from Claudia Trejos.Īsked if the plan to fight Chocolatito in a third bout was still in place, Estrada said, “That’s why I was looking forward to getting this done. I have twice the fights he has, and the experience took over. His profile got upped considerably here it wasn’t the biggest show in the world, but it’s a much higher level than he’s ever fought on before, and he did himself proud. He didn’t get the nod, but you can expect he’ll get another decent fight or two from this performance. ![]() But Estrada didn’t take over from there as you might expect Cortes stayed competitive the rest of the way, and probably had a half-decent argument for winning 7-5, which would have been 114-113 his way. Speaking on Cortes maybe just being better than expected, it’s notable that he was was dropped in the seventh round, which appeared as though it would be a major turning point, maybe even spell the end of a great effort from the underdog. The latter idea would not be good news for “El Gallo,” who is in a division that boasts terrific talent at the top alongside him with, Chocolatito and Kazuto Ioka, plus younger guns like Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez and Joshua Franco. But it also has to be considered that either Cortes is simply better than expected - and he fought legitimately well - or that Estrada, at 32, may be fading a bit. One way to look at it is that Estrada may have “fought down” to his level of competition, not had big motivation in camp, was just looking to get through the fight. He has vacated both the WBC and WBA junior bantamweight titles at this point, though he is still recognized as the Ring Magazine champion, for what it’s worth, and the WBC are willing to call him “Franchise Champion” to keep taking some of his money when he fights.Ĭortes (23-3-2, 10 KO) was a heavy underdog and not even really expected to compete, but the 27-year-old did compete, giving Estrada a hell of a ruin and taking advantage of an oft-sluggish veteran. This fight was meant to lead Estrada (43-3, 28 KO) to a third bout with Chocolatito. Estrada did win the fight in the end, taking the unanimous decision on scores of 114-113, 115-112, and 115-112.īad Left Hook was in line with the official judges, scoring the fight 114-113 for Estrada, who struggled at times and looked a bit sluggish after a fairly long layoff, having not fought since a debated win over Chocolatito Gonzalez in early 2021. ![]() Juan Francisco Estrada meant to have a relatively soft tune-up tonight in Hermosillo, Mexico, but he got a very stiff test from the unheralded Argi Cortes. ![]()
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