Gallo defeats Chocolatito to triumph in trilogy

Juan Francisco “Gallo”’Estrada (44-3, 28 KOs) won a legendary trilogy against Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (51-4, 41 KOs), taking a twelve round majority decision in a fab clash for the vacant WBC super flyweight title on Saturday night at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona.

In the first two rounds, it was all Estrada with little offense from Gonzalez, who is known to be a slow starter. In the third round, Gonzalez finally opened up, dominating the first two minutes then Estrada started countering him well in the final minute.

In the fourth, Gonzalez dominated, punishing Estrada in the final seconds with a right on the chin. In the eight Estrada countered very well with uppercuts to the having Gonzalez chasing and getting hit. In the ninth round, it went back and forth, with Gonzalez edging it out.

In the tenth and eleventh rounds Estrada out-landed Gonzalez, who kept chasing him around the ring. In the twelfth and final round, Estrada did enough to take the round and the fight. The Referee was Chris Flores.