Juan Francisco Estrada Romero (born April 14, 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer.
He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC super flyweight title since 2022 and The Ring super flyweight title since 2019.
2008
Estrada made his professional debut on August 30, 2008, at the age of 18.
2010
Estrada won his first regional belt 2 years later, in October 2010.
He defeated Manuel Almendariz by TKO for the WBC Mundo Hispano super flyweight belt.
2011
Estrada suffered his first loss against Juan Carlos Sánchez, Jr. in May 2011.
Sánchez stands at 5 ft 8, giving him a significant size advantage over most flyweights.
Estrada traded knockdowns with Sánchez but he lost the 8-round bout by unanimous decision.
Later that year, Estrada participated in the boxing reality show Campeón Azteca: Round 3 that took place between September and December 2011 in Tuxtla Gutiérrez.
The show featured 16 super flyweight fighters competing in an elimination tournament.
Estrada won his first fight by unanimous decision (60-54, 60–54, 60–54) against fellow prospect Ivan Diaz.
In his second fight in the tournament, Estrada stopped veteran Juan Carlos Tirado in the second round.
Estrada won one more fight against Luis May to qualify to the competition's final.
In the competition's final bout, Estrada would face Sánchez Jr. once again.
Estrada went down in the second round after a left straight from Sánchez.
Later on, with both fighters trading punches in the final round, Sánchez was rocked by a left hook from Estrada.
Estrada continued throwing combinations and eventually scored a knockdown over Sánchez.
Sánchez attempted to get up but the referee waived the count, giving Estrada the win by TKO with 1:02 elapsed in the tenth and final round.
Both Estrada and Sánchez would go on to become world champions.
2012
He previously held the WBA (Unified) and WBO flyweight titles between 2012 and 2015, and the WBC super flyweight title in March 2021 and the WBA (Super) title from March 2021 to August 2022.
He also challenged once for the WBA light flyweight title in 2012.
As of July 2023, Estrada is ranked as the world's sixth best active boxer, pound for pound, by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB), seventh by The Ring, and tenth by Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA).
He is also ranked as the world's best active super flyweight by The Ring and the TBRB and BoxRec.
Estrada lost his parents at the age of 7.
He was raised by his aunt, and picked up boxing when he was 9.
At the age of 15, Estrada moved from his native Puerto Peñasco to Hermosillo to focus on his boxing career.
As an amateur, Estrada compiled a 94–4 record.
On November 17, 2012, Estrada moved down from his natural division to challenge WBA light flyweight champion Román González.
This was Estrada's first fight outside his native Mexico.
He lost a unanimous decision (112-116, 112–116, 110–118) to González, the future number one ranked pound-for-pound fighter.
González would later say that he was interested in a rematch against Estrada after one of his successful flyweight world title defenses.
2013
On April 6, 2013, Estrada once again challenged for a world title, fighting Brian Viloria at the Cotai Arena in Macau, China, for the WBA (Super) and WBO Flyweight titles.
Viloria had unified his titles against Hernán Márquez on the same event in which Gónzalez defeated Estrada.
Estrada appeared to lose the early rounds against Viloria, but he would surge on the latter rounds, landing combinations that gave him the edge.
Estrada won by split decision (117-111, 116–111, 113–115), thus becoming the new unified champion.
Although, observers of the fight felt that the victory should have been ruled a unanimous decision in favor of Estrada.
In his first defense, he defeated number one ranked challenger and future champion Milan Melindo by unanimous decision (118-109, 118–109, 117–109).
Melindo was knocked down in round 11, as Estrada cruised to a shutout win.
2014
Estrada would fight three times in 2014, scoring victories over Richie Mepranum, former champion Giovani Segura, and Jobert Alvarez in a non-title fight.
2015
In 2015, he added two additional title defenses, against Rommel Asenjo and former champion Hernán Márquez.
