The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) ordered the mandatory fight between WBA super flyweight super champion Juan Francisco Estrada and WBA regular champion Joshua Franco. Communication has been sent to the teams of both fighters, who will have 30 days to negotiate the fight from February 9 to March 11, 2022.
The Committee could call a purse bid if the teams do not reach an agreement in the corresponding period or if any of the parties refuses to sign the contract. The ordering of this fight is another move towards the world title reduction plan that the WBA has put in place since August of last year.
If Estrada is still on his game and healthy, he should win this fight, but it will be EXCELLENT to watch.
How do we end up with one weight class with two brothers who both have kind of second-tier world championships??? (and with the same guy holding the legit version of both titles)
Good observation Lucie, eventualy eventually for Estrada it’s either Franco or Franco. Personaly, I think Rodriguez Franco (younger Franco) is the better match up for the legit Champ.
Great matchup with the WBA doing the right thing….for now at least as you can’t trust these sanctioning bodies! Given Estradas pedigree and grit, I believe he stops Franco! As for Bam Rodriguez, he should face the winner of Chocolatito vs Martinez! I’ll wait and see what the ‘Old Master’ has left before making a prediction! Obviously it wouldn’t even be up for debate if Chocolatito was in his prime!!
I’m still taking Chocolatito. Martinez is definitely a really good fighter, but he takes a few too many shots. Arroyo dropped him in his last fight.
The WBA has kind of messed up things with their super and regular champion ranking. Notwithstanding, this will be Estrada’s fight to win.
hoping both Estrada and Chocolatito win their fights so we get to see the trilogy, will be just a pure slugfest of the highest quality
WBA ordering something is comparable to anyone ordering a Big Mac at the drive through window.