Estrada edges Chocolatito in another action battle to retain title, win trilogy
After majority decision, talk turns to possible fourth fight
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Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez added yet another memorable chapter to their riveting rivalry on Saturday night.
While it may not have matched the intensity level and all-out action of the first two epic encounters, it was yet another closely contested and fierce battle, but one that Estrada eked out by majority decision.
He retained the lineal junior bantamweight title and claimed the vacant WBC belt he once owned before a raucous crowd of 9,163 in the main event of the Matchroom Boxing card on DAZN at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
One judge scored the fight 114-114 but the other two had it for 116-112 and 115-113 for Estrada, who won the trilogy 2-1, which included the extremely controversial result in last year’s rematch. Fight Freaks Unite also scored it 114-114.