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安·弗朗西斯科·埃斯特拉达和罗曼·冈萨雷斯:漫长而曲折的复赛之路
胡安·弗朗西斯科·埃斯特拉达(Juan Francisco Estrada)和罗曼·冈萨雷斯(Roman Gonzalez)之间的重赛可能早在本周六之前就该开始了。
毕竟，这群巨人第一次见面是在8年多以前，也就是2012年11月。当时，干劲十足、充满力量的“Chocolatito”即将成为当之一棒的王者，而埃斯特拉达虽然只是一个边缘竞争者，但才刚刚起步。
结果并不出乎意料——大家一致认为冈萨雷斯获胜——但埃斯特拉达将这位伟大的尼加拉瓜斗士推向了极限，让许多旁观者大吃一惊。他显然是一个值得关注的人。
从那以后发生了很多事。
冈萨雷斯最终达到了这项运动的顶峰，赢得了四个级别的冠军，并在最重磅的排行榜上名列前茅，但在2017年连续输给Srisaket Sor Rungvisai时，他的名次跌得很惨。
第二个挫折，在第四轮残酷的击倒，似乎预示着冈萨雷斯作为精英拳手的辉煌生涯行将结束。
然后他让我们大吃一惊。冈萨雷斯的长期教练阿努尔福·奥班多(Arnulfo Obando)在Sor Rungvisai比赛之前就去世了，他休息了一年，接受了失去导师的痛苦，并在30多岁时扭转了命运。他已经连续赢得了四场比赛，包括去年2月在第9轮击败哈立德·亚法伊，重获115磅重的冠军。
“我觉得我这辈子又实现了一个梦想，”在与雅飞的比赛后，他对坏左勾拳说。“我不需要向任何人证明什么，只需要向我自己和我的团队证明。我感谢上帝，他给了我机会和这样一个伟大的冠军战斗，我钦佩，和他分享戒指是一种荣誉。
“其他人总是有自己的观点，我尊重他们，但我不关心他们。”
冈萨雷斯(Roman Gonzalez)庆祝他战胜了哈立德·亚法伊(Khalid Yafai)，完成了惊人的逆转。汤姆·潘宁顿/盖蒂图片社
与此同时，埃斯特拉达意识到他在2012年洛杉矶老体育馆里输给冈萨雷斯时所展现出的潜力。
完整的从墨西哥boxer-puncher赢得了两个112磅的冠军在他的下一个战斗,得分多布莱恩Viloria,击败了一系列顶级的小男人(米兰Melindo Giovani塞古拉和卡洛斯Cuadras)最后复仇损失Sor Rungvisai得分多的泰国去赢得他的115磅重的2019年4月。
埃斯特拉达现在是一磅对一磅。他在拳击迷的名单上排名第十，是继卡内洛·阿尔瓦雷斯(Canelo Alvarez)之后的墨西哥第二大拳击手。
周六，埃斯特拉达(41胜1负，28次得分)和冈萨雷斯(50胜2负，41次得分)将在达拉斯的美国航空球馆举行比赛。
埃斯特拉达，30岁，有机会通过战胜他著名的对手来强调他在世界上最好的拳手中的地位。如果埃斯特拉达注定不能入选国际拳击名人堂，他很可能会以一场胜利赢得这一荣誉。
胡安·弗朗西斯科·埃斯特拉达结束了卡洛斯·库拉斯令人印象深刻的比赛。
他还有额外的动力:他想说，在为输给小胡安·卡洛斯·桑切斯(Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr.)和索尔·龙维赛(Sor Rungvisai)而复仇之后，他打败了所有他面对的人。
“我的职业生涯中有过三次失败，其中两次我已经报了仇。我只需要再拍一张，”他在社交媒体上说。
冈萨雷斯?战胜亚法是一回事，战胜埃斯特拉达是另一回事。
“Chocolatito”已经完成了近年来最令人印象深刻的复出之一，从四年前背靠背受挫的废墟中复苏，在与一个此前从未被击败过的对手的比赛中重新获得了主要冠军。
然而，要想重获人们对他的关注或至少是对他的关注，他必须重复2012年的胜利。
接替奥班多成为冈萨雷斯教练的马科斯·卡瓦列罗(Marcos Caballero)告诉《尼加拉瓜Viva》(Viva Nicaragua)，他的门徒明白这一刻的重要性。他坚称冈萨雷斯将做好迎接挑战的准备。
“我们知道对手的实力，”他说，“但我们相信，在拳击场上，谁准备得更好，谁的策略最好，谁就会赢。”那就是我们。”
The rematch between Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez probably should’ve happened long before this Saturday.
After all, the mighty mites met for the first time more than eight years ago, in November 2012, when the hard-charging, power-punching “Chocolatito” was on his way to becoming pound-for-pound king and Estrada, although a fringe contender, was just getting started.
The result wasn’t surprising – Gonzalez by unanimous decision – but Estrada took many onlookers aback by pushing the great Nicaraguan fighter to the limit. He clearly was one to watch going forward.
And so much happened since then.
Gonzalez ultimately reached the pinnacle of the sport, winning titles in four divisions and topping most pound-for-pound lists, only to fall hard from his perch when he lost back-to-back fights to Srisaket Sor Rungvisai in 2017.
The second setback, a brutal fourth-round knockout, seemed to signal the end to Gonzalez’s remarkable run as an elite fighter.
And then he surprised us. Gonzalez, whose longtime trainer Arnulfo Obando had died before the Sor Rungvisai fights, took a year off, came to terms with the loss of his mentor and turned his fortunes around in his 30s. He has won four consecutive fights, including a ninth-round knockout of Khalid Yafai to regain a 115-pound title in February of last year.
“I felt that I had accomplished one more dream in my life,” he told Bad Left Hook after the Yafai fight. “I didn’t have anything to prove to anyone, just to myself and my team. I am thankful with God that he gave me the opportunity to fight such a great champion that I admire, and it was an honor to share the ring with him.
“The rest of the people will always have their opinions, and I respect them, but I’m not concerned about them.”
Roman Gonzalez celebrates his victory over Khalid Yafai, which completed a remarkable comeback. Tom Pennington / Getty Images
Meanwhile, Estrada realized the potential he revealed in his loss to Gonzalez at the old Sports Arena in Los Angeles in 2012.
The complete boxer-puncher from Mexico won two 112-pound titles in his next fight, outpointing Brian Viloria and defeated a series of top-level little men (Milan Melindo, Giovani Segura and Carlos Cuadras, among them) before finally avenging a loss to Sor Rungvisai by outpointing the Thai to win his 115-pound in April 2019.
Estrada is now the pound-for-pounder. He’s No. 10 on Boxing Junkie’s list and the No. 2 fighter from Mexico after Canelo Alvarez.
That brings us to Saturday, when Estrada (41-3, 28 KOs) and Gonzalez (50-2, 41 KOs) will put their respective titles on the line at American Airlines Arena in Dallas.
Estrada, 30, has the opportunity to underscore his place among the best fighters in the world with a victory over his celebrated rival. If Estrada isn’t destined to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, he likely would clinch that honor with a victory.
Juan Francisco Estrada is coming off an impressive stoppage of Carlos Cuadras. Jeff Gross / Getty Images
And he has extra motivation: He wants to say he has beaten every man he’s faced after avenging losses to Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr. and Sor Rungvisai.
“I have had three defeats in my career, of which … two I have already avenged. I only need one [more],” he said on social media.
Gonzalez? A victory over Yafai is one thing, one over Estrada is another.
“Chocolatito” has already completed one of the most-impressive comebacks in recent memory, rising from the ashes of his back-to-back setbacks four years ago to regain a major title against a previously unbeaten opponent.
However, to regain his place on pound-for-pound lists or at least consideration, he’ll have to repeat his victory of 2012.
Marcos Caballero, the man who took Obando’s place as Gonzalez’s trainer, told Viva Nicaragua that his protege understands the magnitude of the moment. And he insists Gonzalez will be ready for the challenge.
“We know the quality of the opponent,” he said, “but we trust that in the ring, the one who arrives better prepared and with the best strategy, will win. That will be us.”
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