Juan Francisco Estrada (43-3, 28 KO) and Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez (51-3, 41 KO) will face each other for the third time in Arizona on Sunday, December 3.
Estrada and Chocolatito first met way back in 2012, when both were in the 108 lb division. Gonzalez won by decision and kept his WBA title that night, and as he went up the weight classes, Estrada chased him, hoping for the rematch. That rematch finally happened in over eight years, when the two met again in early 2021. In the second fight Estrada defended his lineal/WBC junior bantamweight championship while taking Gonzalez’s WBA belt in a disputed split decision victory.
“What a night this is going to be,” said Matchroom head Eddie Hearn. “The trilogy battle between Estrada and Chocolatito is guaranteed to be a thriller, and Martinez and Arroyo have given us a taste of what they provide when they tangle.”
“Estrada and Chocolatito will go down as one of the great rivalries in the sport, and on December 3, one of these two modern greats will edge ahead of the other, and that promises to make this the most thrilling of the three clashes – it’s an early Christmas present for fight fans that you do not want to miss.”
WBC flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez (18-2, 14 KOs) will meet Samuel Carmona (8-0, 4 KOs) as the co-main event.
Fight card:
▪️Juan Francisco Estrada vs Chocolatito Gonzalez, 12 rounds, for WBC Franchise, Ring Magazine super flyweight title ▪️Julio Cesar Martinez vs. Samuel Carmona, 12 rounds, for Martinez’s WBC flyweight title ▪️Diego Pacheco vs. Ricardo Adrian Luna, 10 rounds, super middleweight, for Pacheco’s WBC USNBC super middleweight title ▪️Joselito Velazquez vs. Cristofer Rosales, 10 rounds, flyweight ▪️Austin Williams vs. Simon Madsen, 10 rounds, middleweight ▪️Marc Castro vs. Maikol Lopez, 8 rounds, lightweight ▪️Anthony Herrera vs. Christian Sullivan, 6 rounds, featherweight ▪️Beatriz Ferreira vs. Carisse Brown, 4 rounds, junior lightweight
