Juan Francisco Estrada Archives

The Fight City Podcast No. 49

March 14, 2021March 17, 2021 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Gallito Estrada, Gonzalez vs Estrada, Hagler vs Duran, Hagler vs Hearns, Hagler vs Leonard, Juan Francisco Estrada, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez

Yesterday was a remarkable day in boxing history, for reasons both good and regrettable, so what better time to offer

Fight Reports

Fight Report: Estrada vs Gonzalez II

March 14, 2021March 15, 2021 Rafael García 0 Comments Chocolatito, Chocolatito Gonzalez, Estrada vs Gonzalez, Gallito, Gallito Estrada, Gonzalez vs Estrada, Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez

The Event Saturday night in Dallas, Texas, some five thousand fight freaks defied a global pandemic to witness a super

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Gonzalez vs Estrada II: At Last

March 11, 2021March 16, 2021 Rafael García 0 Comments Chocolatito, DAZN, Estrada vs Gonzalez, Gonzalez vs Estrada, Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Texas

This Saturday a Texas shootout is going down between elite gunslingers, one no serious fight fan can afford to miss.

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2020 Fight Of The Year

January 9, 2021February 16, 2021 Robert Portis 2 Comments Carlos Cuadras, El Gallo, Estrada vs Cuadras, Fight of the Year, Juan Francisco Estrada, Mexico, Roman Gonzalez, Zepeda vs Baranchyk

Fight Of The Year Nominations: Jose Zepeda KO5 Ivan Baranchyk Juan Francisco Estrada TKO11 Carlos Cuadras Roman Gonzalez TKO8 Kal

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2020 Round Of The Year

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Robert Portis 0 Comments Carlos Cuadras, Estrada vs Cuadras, Juan Francisco Estrada, Mexico City

Round Of The Year Nominations: Jose Zepeda vs Ivan Baranchyk, Round Two Clay Collard vs Raymond Guajardo, Round One Gervonta

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2020: The Nominations

January 6, 2021January 10, 2021 Neil Crane 0 Comments Boxing, Canelo Alvarez, Deontay Wilder, Eleider Alvarez, Estrada vs Cuadras, Fury vs Wilder, gervonta davis, Inoue vs Moloney, Ivan Baranchyk, Joe Smith Jr., Jose Zepeda, Juan Francisco Estrada, Lomachenko vs Lopez, Naoya Inoue, Nominations, Roman Gonzalez, Teofimo Lopez, Tyson Fury, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Year in review, Zepeda vs Baranchyk

To say 2020 was kinda crazy is to state the obvious to the point of trivializing what was an unprecedented

Fight Reports

Mayhem In Mexico

October 24, 2020October 24, 2020 Rafael García 0 Comments Carlos Cuadras, Chocolatito Gonzalez, Fight of the Year, Gallito Estrada, Israel Gonzalez, Juan Francisco Estrada, Mexican boxing, Mexico City, Nicaraguan boxing, Roman Gonzalez, super flyweight

The Event Friday night at TV Azteca’s studios in Mexico City, super flyweight badasses Juan Francisco “Gallito” Estrada and “Chocolatito”

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The Fight City Podcast No. 44

October 11, 2020October 14, 2020 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Carlos Cuadras, Dereck Chisora, Emanuel Navarrete, Juan Francisco Estrada, Loma vs Lopez, Lomachenko, Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Usyk, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Teofimo Lopez, Vasiliy Lomachenko

Brand new edition of our podcast is ready for your listening pleasure, hosted as always by Alden Chodash, as he

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Top 12 Fights We Want To See In 2020

January 20, 2020January 22, 2020 Rob Lownie 0 Comments Anthony Joshua, Artur Beterbiev, Billy Joe Saunders, caleb plant, Callum Smith, Canelo Alvarez, Danny Garcia, David Benavidez, Demetrius Andrade, Dmitry Bivol, El Chacal, gervonta davis, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Inoue vs Donaire, jermall charlo, Joe Joyce, Jose Ramirez, Josh Taylor, Josh Warrington, Juan Francisco Estrada, Julio Cesar Martinez, Kal Yafai, Kosei Tanaka, Leo Santa Cruz, Lomachenko, Manny Pacquiao, maurice hooker, Miguel Berchelt, Mikey Garcia, Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Gvozdyk, Oleksandr Usyk, Prograis vs Taylor, Regis Prograis, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Shakur Stevenson, Showtime Shawn Porter, Teofimo Lopez, Terence Crawford

No one can dispute the fact that 2019 was a strong year for boxing with some excellent fights we’ll remember

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The Fight City Podcast No. 28

August 28, 2019August 30, 2019 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Andy Ruiz, Anthony Joshua, Anthony Yarde, Buddy McGirt, Canelo Alvarez, Eddie Hearn, Estrada vs Rungvisai, Juan Francisco Estrada, Sergey Kovalev, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Vasyl Lomachenko

The summer break is over and we’re back with a brand new episode of our podcast, anchored as always by

Fight Reports

Fight Report: Sor Rungvisai vs Estrada II

April 27, 2019April 30, 2019 Rafael García 2 Comments Chocolatito Gonzalez, chucho castillo, Crawford vs Khan, DAZN, Gallito, Garcia vs Spence, Juan Francisco Estrada, Julio Cesar Chavez, Kennedy McKinney, Marco Antonia Barrera, Mario "Azabache" Martinez, Puas Olivares, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Rungvisai

The Event Situated near Los Angeles, the legendary Forum has hosted numerous memorable battles featuring Mexican boxers over the past

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Sor Rungvisai vs Estrada II: The Fight City Picks

April 25, 2019April 28, 2019 Neil Crane 0 Comments Brian Viloria, Carlos Cuadras, Crawford, Garcia, Hernan Marquez, Juan Francisco Estrada, Khan, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Spence, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Wisaksil Wangek

Tomorrow night, it’s finally time for the second chapter in what die-hard fight fans hope will turn into a legendary

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Rungvisai vs Estrada II: Unfinished Business

April 23, 2019April 25, 2019 Robert Portis 0 Comments Chocolatito Gonzalez, Juan Francisco Estrada, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, super flyweights, The Forum

This Friday, fourteen months after their first fight, Thailand’s prodigal son, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, and Mexico’s own Juan Francisco “Gallito”

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The Portis Pound-For-Pound

April 6, 2019May 3, 2019 Robert Portis 6 Comments Canelo Alvarez, Errol Spence Jr, Gennady Golovkin, Josh Warrington, Juan Francisco Estrada, Manny Pacquiao, Max Kellerman, Naoya Inoue, Oleksandr Usyk, pound for pound, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Terence Crawford, Tyson Fury, Vasyl Lomachenko

The other week Max Kellerman, currently pugilism’s premier talking head, released his new, updated pound-for-pound rankings and it sent all

Lee Wylie

The Fighter Of The Decade, Part Four

March 11, 2019March 4, 2020 Lee Wylie 5 Comments Brian Viloria, Carlos Cuadras, Chocolatito, Edgar Sosa, Juan Francisco Estrada, Julio Cesar Chavez, Lee Wylie, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

In our final look at the top candidates for Fighter Of The Decade, we consider Roman Gonzalez, aka “Chocolatito,” who,

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The Weekend That Was

October 7, 2018October 8, 2018 Alden Chodash 0 Comments Artur Beterbiev, Callum Johnson, conor mcgregor, Dillon Carman, Iran Diaz, Jarrell Miller, Juan Carlos Payano, Juan Francisco Estrada, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Naoya Inoue, simon kean, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Steven Butler, Thomas Dulorme, Tomasz Adamek

It was a pretty wild couple of days for combat sports fans, both with boxing and with the huge Khabib

Fight Reports

Fight Report: Superfly 2

February 25, 2018January 23, 2019 Rafael García 2 Comments Juan Francisco Estrada, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Superfly, Superfly 2

The Event Superfly 2 went down last night at the Forum in Inglewood, California, featuring some of the best talent

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Srisaket Sor Rungvisai: Challenger At Heart

February 23, 2018February 26, 2018 Zachary Alapi 0 Comments Carlos Cuadras, Chocolatito, HBO, Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Superfly, Thailand

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai enters tomorrow night’s “Superfly 2” card as the “A-side” of a marquee, HBO-televised main event, something that,

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2017 Knockout Of The Year

January 6, 2018January 11, 2018 Robert Portis 0 Comments Chocolatito, David Lemieux, Eleider Alvarez, Juan Francisco Estrada, knockout, Mikey Garcia, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Terence Crawford, Zolani Tete

Nominations: Zolani Tete KO1 Siboniso Gonya Eleider Alvarez KO5 Lucian Bute Terence Crawford KO3 Julius Indongo Srisaket Sor Rungvisai KO4

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Night Of The Superfly

September 10, 2017September 10, 2017 Patrick Connor 1 Comment Carlos Cuadras, Gonzalez vs Sor Rungvisai, Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

When little-known Srisaket Sor Rungvisai tabbed a controversial upset win over four-time champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez last March, a first

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The Trials Of Chocolatito

September 8, 2017September 8, 2017 Danny Howard 0 Comments HBO, Juan Francisco Estrada, Naoya Inoue, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, Stubhub Center, Superfly

Last March the boxing world was in collective shock when the mighty Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez, boxing’s consensus #1 pound-for-pound fighter,

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Antonio Nieves Will Let You Worry About “The Monster”

September 7, 2017March 21, 2018 Zachary Alapi 0 Comments Antonio Nieves, Carlos Cuadras, Gonzalez vs Sor Rungvisai, HBO, Juan Francisco Estrada, Naoya Inoue, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Superfly

It’s almost shocking to hear super flyweight contender Antonio Nieves (17-1-2) admit that he’d never heard of Japanese superstar Naoya

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Getting Set For SUPERFLY

September 7, 2017September 12, 2017 Rafael García 4 Comments Antonio Nieves, Boxing, Carlos Cuadras, Chocolatito, flyweight, Gonzalez vs Sor Rungvisai, HBO, Japan, Juan Francisco Estrada, Mexico, Monster, Naoya "Monster" Inoue, Naoya Inoue, Nicaragua, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez, Stubhub Center, super flyweight, Superfly

In a truly excellent year for boxing, this weekend’s SUPERFLY card is in a class of its own. The world’s

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The Magnificent Seven

October 24, 2015October 24, 2015 Daniel Attias 6 Comments Adrian Hernandez, Anselmo Moreno, Brian Viloria, David Lemieux, Donnie Nietes, Gennady Golovkin, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Joe Frazier, Juan Alejo, Juan Carlos Payano, Juan Francisco Estrada, Muhammad Ali, Naoya Inoue, Roberto Duran, Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, Vasyl Lomachenko

The boxing world has a bad case of ‘Chocolatito Fever’ these days. The diminutive flyweight champion displayed spectacular form in

Fight Reports

Fight Report: Marquez vs Segura

November 4, 2013July 29, 2019 Rafael García 0 Comments Brian Viloria, flyweights, Giovanni Segura, Ivan Calderon, Juan Francisco Estrada, Luis Concepcion, Sonora, Tyson Marquez

South of the border and at the lower end of the scales, Mexican warriors Giovani “Guerrero Azteca” Segura and Hernan

Boxiana

Fight City Legends: The Napoleon Of The Prize Ring

March 25, 2021September 5, 2021 Alden Chodash 0

Napoleon, war-master, was a terror to his foes, A general of generals, as everybody knows; And Jack McAuliffe, lightweight king,

Boxiana

Aug. 11, 1954: Moore vs Johnson V

August 11, 2021August 14, 2021 Alden Chodash 0

Until December of 1952, some eighteen years after he had embarked on what would eventually be an all-time great pro

Boxiana

Sept. 23, 1952: Marciano vs Walcott I

September 23, 2021September 25, 2021 Michael Carbert 8

After a record breaking reign atop the big man division, the great Joe Louis finally retired in 1948, and in

Boxiana

Nov. 30, 1956: Patterson vs Moore

November 30, 2020December 2, 2020 Patrick Connor 3

In decades past, when undisputed heavyweight champions were the norm and not the exception, they inevitably created a great vacuum