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Canelo Alvarez and the 3 Best Active Mexican Boxers

By Alex Burgos

Posted on May 5, 2015

Mexico has given the sport of boxing some of its greatest fighters. From Carlos Zarate and Salvador Sanchez, to Julio Cesar Chavez, Mexico is famous for producing legendary warriors who transcend the sport and are cut from a different cloth. Check out RBRBoxing‘s list of best active Mexican boxers.

[tps_header]3. Juan Francisco Estrada (32-2-0, 23 KOs)[/tps_header]

Juan Francisco Estrada - Chris Farina Photo by Zanfer Promotions

At 25 years old, Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico native, Juan Francisco Estrada, has largely flown under the radar of general boxing fans throughout his professional career.

On April 6, 2013, Estrada fought Brian Viloria for the Hawaiian’s WBA and WBO Flyweight titles. Estrada put on a crowd-pleasing performance and won the titles in the process.

With big wins over the Giovani Segura, Milan Melindo and the aforementioned Viloria under his belt, the biggest fight out there for “El Gallo” is a rematch against Nicaraguan bad ass, Roman Gonzalez.

With Gonzalez making his HBO debut in a couple of weeks on the undercard of the Gennady Golovkin vs. Willie Monroe bout, fans can only hope that we get one step closer to a title unification bout at Flyweight.

A win over Gonzalez would catapult Estrada into a top-10 pound-for-pound name and possibly ahead of the next man on this list.