Srisaket Sor Rungvisai celebrates as Roman Gonzalez of Nicaragua is counted out following their rematch in Carson, California laast September. (AFP File Photo)LOS ANGELES: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai is ready to back up his spectacular 2017, starting with a defence of his World Boxing Council super flyweight world title against Juan Francisco Estrada of Mexico. Both fighters made weight on Friday for their world title showdown at the Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday night (Sunday morning Thailand time) . Srisaket, virtually unknown to US fight fans last year, shot to prominence with an upset of former pound-for-pound king Roman Gonzalez at Madison Square Garden in New York last March. But Srisaket silenced doubters with a spectacular fourth-round knockout of the Nicaraguan in the rematch in California September.

Source: Bangkok Post February 24, 2018 07:52 UTC