Sandwiched in between super fights this week, Top Rank has a show headlined by unified WBC/WBA female minimumweight champion Seniesa “Super Bad” Estrada (24-0, 9 KOs) against Leonela Yudica (19-1-3, 1 KO) this Friday at Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.
Seniesa Estrada: “This is just the beginning. We’re at a time in women’s boxing where all the top women are starting to headline…everyone thinks they’re going to shock the world when they get in the ring me. But then, that bell rings and they see that my style is just different. I’m a different fighter.”
Leonela Yudica: “I’m positive that they have underestimated me. I have had a lot of fights, and I have a lot of experience. I defended my flyweight title 10 times. And while it is a great challenge to be going down in weight, I am ready and prepared to show that I have everything it takes to become world champion again.”
Love watching her fight! Good skill set, pedigree, determination and above all class act!!!
Hopefully Estrada – Valle is coming soon, but if you look around at those bottom 3-4 weight classes — flyweight and down — she has quite a few options right now. There’re several really good fighters down there and like 3 unified champions besides Estrada.
My daughter came up through the amateurs with her and Marlen Esparza! Estrada was so much more polished as an amateur and yet Esparza got the nod in London. Would love to see that rematch!!
That’s probably THE money fight to make in the lower weight classes. I thought it was odd when Estrada left Oscar because her two biggest fights, Valle and Esparza were back with him, but typically Oscar and Bob can work together, so hopefully they get it done.
It’s not really so odd, Lucie —Valle signed with Golden Boy AFTER Seniesa left for better opportunities at Top Rank/ESPN. Valle was offered a fight with Seniesa for money far exceeding any of her prior purses but, despite her brave talk, Valle turned down the offer. So Yudica, to her credit, stepped up to face Seniesa in the main event slot on ESPN+ Friday night. Meanwhile, Valle is relegated to off-broadcast fights for sorry purses on beachfronts in Costa Rica. As for a rematch with Esparza … who really wants to see a continuation of that one-sided beat down?
Who do you suggest she fight then? If Valle and Esparza are out of the mix, then who? Drop to atomweight and fight Fabiana? I don’t want to see that fight. In terms of big fights, I think Estrada’s options are still Valle and Esparza. I think she wins both of those fights, but those are the names.
There’s also two unified champions at 108, if they unified that division, whoever would be left standing (Plata imo) would also be an option or she could spend the rest of her prime fighting random mandatories or see how far up she could go, end up at bantamweight? Right now it’s Valle & Esparza.
With Golden Boy she felt like she wasn’t being showcased enough and found herself on the shelf. Given the fact that she is from East LA I thought Oscar would have had more of an interest in moving her and showcasing her more often!!
Oscar definitely needs to start showcasing women fights more, especially with the number that he has. He had Esparza’s last fight on the card where Stanionis – Ortiz was supposed to be and it was a unification fight and it wasn’t even the co-main event. The main event fell out and it STILL wasn’t the co-main, they had Jojo Diaz’ comeback fight up there, I believe. I don’t know if Esparza cares much, Estrada clearly did; but I would expect Esparza to fight for an undisputed title before Seniesa… even though I think she loses to Mucino, who also fights for Golden Boy.
watching women fight is a waste of time.
bet most of them can’t cook an egg.
Ok Caveman…
sure mama’s boy. single mother hu?