Art: Joe Serrat
By Jaime Estrada [email protected]
The sport of boxing continues to take leaps and bounds into the new normal, following health protocols to the letter in these times of uncertainty due to Covid-19, and next March 13 in Dallas, (in the Canelo-Yildirim’s antechamber) will star in a fight where as soon as the gloves collide, sparks will jump all over the place with the WBC / WBA / The Ring super flyweight titles in between in what is classified as an old revenge, between Nicaraguan Román González against Mexican Juan Francisco Estrada, after the faces were first seen on a brave platform in 2012, and González, who claims to be in excellent condition, asserts on the maturity of his rival, unlike the first fight they had:
“Everything is a cycle, we are exposed to changes, we both have more experience and a lot can be said but everything is experienced on the day of the fight.”
“El Gallo” pride of Puerto Peñasco (triple champion in different categories), was just doing his pininos against the cream and the cream of the small weights and tasted his first loss by decision against González, and is the only thorn that remains to be removed of the soul, because in his 41 victories (28 anesthesia), three losses are added, he has already enjoyed what the goose said to the goose (revenge) against two rivals, Runguisai and Juan Carlos Sánchez, so he faced “Chocolatito” Is very special personally. Both are considered veteran flame retardant warriors, and they are still on the cusp of the best pound for pound of the moment, Román is racking up 50-2 (41 by lightning) and has been monarch in 4 different divisions (straw, small fly, fly and super fly), he also declares that depending on the verdict he hopes to be in his favor against “El Gallo” he would like a trilogy against the Thai Rungvisai responsible for his two places on his professional CV, and we exclusively said he felt the worst emotionally losing and losing again to the Thai and he thought about leaving the gloves for peace but the flame of his passion was still in effect and he couldn’t extinguish it with nothing, and therefore despite being 33 years later, he continues to come out with his arm raised and says:
“It’s tough to sail undefeated and all of a sudden you hit a wall that keeps you from moving forward, but God gives the strength to persevere and make the best decision of my career by preparing me thoroughly.
And as “Chocolatito” is a very spiritual person, he always asks God to do well every time he steps into a ring and shares with us that his mentor, the late Alexis Arguello, lives in his heart:
“Stay alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous and strong ”. 1 Corinthians 16:13:
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