Juan Francisco Estrada received’t be working it again with Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez in spite of everything, as Salvador Rodriguez experiences that “El Gallo” will as an alternative observe in rival Roman Gonzalez’s footsteps and transfer to 118 kilos.
Estrada (44-4, 28 KO) ends a virtually decade-long stretch at tremendous flyweight, which kicked off in earnest in 2016. He’d beforehand made six defenses of the WBO flyweight title, beating the likes of Brian Viloria, Milan Melindo, Giovani Segura, and “Tyson” Marquez alongside the way in which. Although he’s received fairly a little bit of mileage on him, he’s nonetheless a power to be reckoned with, making the prospect of a bantamweight run extra intriguing than alarming.
As for Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KO), who stopped Estrada with a gnarly physique shot in June, he’s received choices. The best way is obvious for unification, and whereas unified champion Fernando Martinez is reportedly gearing as much as rematch Kazuto Ioka at 12 months’s finish, WBO champion Kosei Tanaka is in motion subsequent month in opposition to Phumelele Cafu. If a Tanaka struggle can’t be made in an affordable time-frame, there’s at all times the choice to take care of interim titlist (and presumable obligatory challenger) Pedro Guevara.
