Retrospective · Fight: December 3, 2022 · Published:
The official result
Juan Francisco Estrada defeated Román González by majority decision after twelve rounds on December 3, 2022. Juan Francisco Estrada won the vacant WBC super-flyweight title. The Glendale scores were 114-114, 116-112 and 115-113. Majority rather than unanimity matters: one judge could not separate them, while two found enough Estrada work to give him the decider.
The stakes
Their first fight belonged to González in 2012 and their 2021 rematch to Estrada. The vacant WBC belt raised the stakes of a decider already carrying a decade of shared history. González won their first meeting at light flyweight; Estrada took the rematch by split decision nine years later. The third fight changed venue and title again, but preserved the central question of who could adjust better across time.
How the night turned
Estrada’s faster start mattered on cards that ultimately split between a draw and two scores for him. González’s rally kept the contest close but did not erase the early deficit for two judges. Estrada took the first two rounds in the official account. González built from the third and had strong passages, while Estrada answered with counters and uppercuts; the closing rounds favored the Mexican on two cards without erasing the Nicaraguan rally.
What remains
Few trilogies span ten years while both fighters remain near the top. Estrada left with the series edge and a title; González left having made the closing chapter competitive to the final bell. The trilogy did not end with absolute superiority; it ended with an official two-wins-to-one edge. That narrow distinction fits the series: three meetings, familiar styles and enough adjustment for every chapter to preserve uncertainty.
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