By: Sean Crose
“We’ve had an incredible coaching camp and I’m determined to get within the ring for the trilogy with Román.” So says Juan Francisco Estrada on the eve of his third struggle with the legendary Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez. “I’m completely satisfied and I really feel it will likely be an incredible struggle just like the final two.” With the vacant WBC junior bantamweight at stake, there can be lots on the road when Estrada and Gonzalez reply the bell this Saturday evening in Glendale, Arizona.
“He beat me in 2012,” Estrada says of Gonzalez, “and I beat him within the second struggle, so you can say that is the decider. There is perhaps a fourth like, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Márquez, who is aware of? We’ll have our trilogy, and we don’t know whether or not it would finish right here or not. We’re going to search out out who’s the most effective, who can be main in fights gained and if sooner or later, God prepared, there’s a fourth, deliver it on.”
Though the 2 males are actually arguably arch rivals, Estrada makes it clear that he respects his previous foe. “He’ll be a Corridor of Famer,” he says of Gonzalez. “He’s a fighter that has gained many titles in 4 divisions. I respect him as a fighter, and you can say he’s has had a really completely different profession to mine. I’ve additionally gained titles, however I feel he’s an incredible fighter and within the fights we’ve had. I feel he’s additionally realized that I’m not simply every other fighter and once we struggle now, we’ll resolve who’s the most effective.”
So far as Estrada is anxious, he and Chocolatito are opponents slightly than bitter rivals. “Whenever you’re informed you’re going to struggle Chocolatito, there’s a rivalry there but it surely’s sporting,” he says. “It’s not like: ‘I’m going to kill him!’ That’s a unique manner of feeling. You’re extra centered on having a great coaching camp in an effort to beat him… within the ring I’d say he’s my enemy however as soon as the struggle is over, we’ll hug, come out of the ring, discuss to one another and we’ll want one another good well being and we’ll be on our manner.”
With all that being stated, Estrada is completely conscious of how essential this weekend’s’ struggle is. “This struggle is essential as a result of it’s the trilogy towards a fighter who can be within the Corridor of Fame,” he says. “There’s little question that this struggle is a very powerful of my profession as a result of think about beating Román González. You wouldn’t be taking something from him, however I’d be in his place.”