DALLAS – Juan Francisco ‘Gallo’ Estrada Y Roman ‘Chocolatito’ González take on a unification battle for the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association titles at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
More than eight years and three months ago, González successfully defended the Mini Fly World Championship against Estrada in his first shot at a World Championship.
Now promoter Eddie Hearn has staged this rematch with the chance that the winner will take on the Thai. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
Regardless of the outcome, tonight’s card has paid special attention to a category that traditionally does not enjoy this level of attention.
These are the details of the matches that have already ended:
Kyoguchi retains his title against Aragón Vega
Japanese Hiroto Kyoguchi left the American Airline Center in Dallas with his World Boxing Association Mini Fly belt and defeated Mexican Aaron Pérez by technical knockout on Saturday.
Unfortunately for him, Pérez injured his right hand in the fifth round, when the fight was very even, action-packed, with strength and a desire to please both fighters’ audiences.
For example, the Mexican Pérez (14-4-1) sold the defeat against the Japanese more than dearly.
He started from lap one with an aggressiveness and speed that, until his accident, they physically reduced him as the laps went on.
The Japanese champion was more cerebral, succeeded, but never shied away from the fray, which sometimes mobilized fans, mostly of Mexican descent, in the Dallas Mavericks arena.
In the first third of the fight, the Ensenada Perez and Kyoguchi (15-0, 9 ko’s) seemed to be very even, despite the obvious advantage in the Japanese’s reach.
In the fifth round and with the fight more than even, the Mexican injured his right hand; his guard fell, which the Japanese took advantage of to hit, given the referee’s slowness to realize he was injured.
Seconds later, he stopped the fight when even Kyoguchi noticed Pérez’s injury in front of the referee.
Williams takes over Douglin
Austin Williams dominated Denis Douglin in an action-packed middleweight clash that ended with a unanimous decision win.
A Houston native, Williams landed big hits during the eight-round bout and came close to taking a knockout win. In the seventh, Williams (8-0, 6 KOs) landed a big right uppercut that got Douglin (22-8, 14 KOs) into trouble again; However, Douglin, the Las Vegas veteran, was able to land enough punches to quell Williams’ attack, stay on his feet, and reach the bell without falling.
Douglin stepped in to replace Aaron Coley, who was the originally planned opponent against Williams, who took his third win in the past three months, while Douglin has lost four of his last six fights.
Cissokho strikes Echeverría
The fight between Souleymane Cissokho and Daniel Echeverria had two main goals. First, Cissokho had to be in the ring to work after being inactive for all of 2020 and second is that DAZN and Matchroom Boxing had to take up some time on Saturday’s event map.
Cissokho (12-0, 8 KOs) remained unbeaten and won the sixth round against Echeverría (21-10, 5 KOs). Cissokho, the Olympic bronze medalist from France, used straight and precise shots to stun Echeverría.
It was Cissokho’s first fight in the United States since he was on the undercard of Anthony Joshua-Andy Ruiz Jr. in June 2019. 1 appeared in Madison Square Garden.
Ford and Pérez are left with a split tie
In a fight between two undefeated fighters, rising prospect Raymond Ford outperformed his opponent, Aaron Perez. However, Perez eventually did enough to win a split tie in an eight-round featherweight bout that kicked off the Estrada-Chocolatito undercard at DAZN.
Perez (10-0-1, 6 KOs), of El Paso, Texas, was aggressive early on, using unorthodox hooks and corners to get Ford into trouble in the early rounds. Perez slowed in the second half of the fight when Ford (8-0-1, 4 Kos), of Camden, NJ, found success with a few powerful shots to the body.
But that damage wasn’t enough to finish Pérez. In the eighth and final round, Perez and Ford made major exchanges.
One judge scored 78-74 for Pérez, while another scored 77-75 for Ford. A judge produced a score card of 76-76, which resulted in the tie.
Battles in development: Cecilia Braekhus Vs. Jessica McCaskill, 10 rounds, for the Undisputed Welterweight Championship (CMB, AMB, OMB, FIB).
This is the complete map of battles:
• Championship fight: Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Román ‘Chocolatito’ González, for Estrada’s WBC junior bantamweight title and González ‘WBA junior bantamweight title.
This report uses information from ESPN.com writer Ben Bay.