Juan Francisco Estrada vs. Hernán Márquez

:shock: I didn't know this got rescheduled! :happy

:freddy :rocker :woot

It was originally scheduled for March and then quietly fell by the wayside (with El Gallo Estrada defending his titles against Rommel Assenjo instead; Tyson Marquez has meanwhile fought twice...all three of their combined bouts having been won via TKO)

http://www.boxingforum24.com/showthread.php?t=527566

Now, just as under the radar, GAME ON!!! - this Saturday, headlining a card on beIN Sports en Español.

 

Shocks me for some reason.

El Nica is only 29. It seems like their wars (or rather, war plus rematch blitz) came hot on the heels of the Rafa Marquez vs. Izzy Vazquez trilogy...and I guess they did, except the participants in the former were essentially in their career twilight while the latter were smack in the bloom of their primes. :think

If you look at Concepción, though, he just nabbed a world title belt from a very good fighter...and he was considered to be more ruined than Márquez. So maybe there is a glimmer of hope....especially if we get an under-prepped or arrogantly looking-ahead version of Estrada (with the foremost cautionary tale being his fellow Chocolatito victim-cum-rematch-chaser Francisco Rodriguez Jr., who looked awful in Fajardo I and probably even deserved to lose to a nobody...)

 

I actually wouldn't consider Márquez over Estrada to be THAT much greater an upset than Concepción over Sanchez, actually. :think

 

:good

I have absolutely nothing against El Gallo but he can recover from a loss here and Tyson deserves another walk in the sun (and this is maybe his last chance)

 

:conf

Even if this ends up being the mismatch we all fear it could be, Estrada still has plenty of time in his career to gloss over a couple of ugly spots (and Márquez wouldn't even be his worst defense currently) - and they do have unfinished business from this past spring. At least we get some closure on that.