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Sor Rungvisai and Estrada Make Weight

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Sor Rungvisai and Estrada Make Weight
Ed Mulholland for Matchroom and DAZN

LOS ANGELES, April 25, 2019 –  On the eve of a blockbuster Southern California fight night at The Forum and broadcasted live on DAZN, the fighters all successfully tipped the scales at The Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles. In the main event of Friday night’s fight card, pound-for-pound star Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Juan Francisco Estrada will meet again at the site of their first fight, which was a leading contender for “Fight of the Year” in 2018.

 

Rungvisai (47-4-1, 41KOs) will defend his WBC and Ring Magazine Super Flyweight World titles against Estrada (38-3, 26 KOs) in the main event of the evening. In the co-main event of the night, Daniel Roman (26-2-1, 10KOs) and TJ Doheny (21-0, 15KOs) will meet to unify the WBA and IBF Super Bantamweight World titles. Kicking off the main card at 9:30 p.m. ET on DAZN, former two-division World Champion Jessie Vargas (28-2-2, 10KOs) will move up to super welterweight to conquer a new weight class when he faces off against veteran Humberto Soto (69-9-2, 37KOs).

 

The televised undercard of the evening will commence at 7:30 p.m. ET on DAZN with three fights before the main card begins at 9:30 p.m. ET.

 

12-Round WBC & Ring Magazine Super Flyweight World Title Bout @ 115 lbs.

 

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai: 114.2 lbs.

 

Juan Francisco Estrada: 114.6 lbs.

 

12-Round WBA & IBF Super Bantamweight World Title Bout @ 122 lbs.

 

Daniel Roman: 121.2 lbs.

 

TJ Doheny: 121.8 lbs.

 

10-Round Super Welterweight Bout @ 151 lbs.

 

Jessie Vargas: 150.4 lbs.

 

Humberto Soto: 150.4 lbs.

Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.