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With the victory, Estrada earned a mandatory title shot against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, who retained his world title by spectacularly knocking out former titleholder Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez. Cuadras defeated Srisaket Sor Rungvisai by an eight-round technical decision in 2014. NEWS: Chocolatito vs Estrada 2 Undercard Update. Estrada capitalized on that odd tactical decision from the outset to consistently beat Sor Rungvisai to the punch, while also boxing him adroitly from the outside.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Juan Francisco Estrada defeated Srisaket Sor Rungvisai by unanimous decision to capture the WBC junior bantamweight title Friday night at the Forum in a rematch of last year's battle that Sor Rungvisai won by majority decision.

All three judges scored the fight for Estrada, 116-112 and 115-113 (twice). ESPN also had the fight for Estrada 115-113.

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Juan Francisco Estrada 2 undercard results — Diego Pacheco def. Guillermo Maldonado via knockout at 1:45 of the first round; middleweights. 22 hours ago  Sor Rungvisai, who has been a junior bantamweight for most of his career, has battled Cuadras, Gonzalez (twice) Estrada (twice), Jose Salgado and Yota Sato (both Ring-rated at the time). When Cuadras (who, as you can see, has damn near fought EVERYBODY) is No. 10 in The Ring’s rankings, you know it’s a badass division.

It's rare that a sequel lives up to a highly acclaimed original, but that's precisely what happened in this anticipated rematch.

When these two fought in February 2018 in the same building, it was Sor Rungvisai (47-5-1, 41 KOs) who built an early lead on the strength of his left cross from a southpaw stance. Estrada (39-3, 26 KOs) closed hard down the stretch, but his rally came up short. Their back-and-forth battle was one of the best fights of the year.

On Friday night, the southpaw from Thailand started off in the orthodox stance and would only sporadically go back to his more natural left-handed stance.

'He surprised me a bit by that. Because he is always lefty, it surprised me that he was righty tonight,' Estrada said. 'But I felt him out well when he fought right-handed.'

Estrada capitalized on that odd tactical decision from the outset to consistently beat Sor Rungvisai to the punch, while also boxing him adroitly from the outside.

There were plenty of heated exchanges where punches were landed by both, but it was Estrada usually coming out on top of those battles. Through it all, Estrada showed a good chin when he was hit by plenty of left hands from Sor Rungvisai. For the most part, Estrada shrugged them off.

Going into the later rounds, it was clear that Sor Rungvisai was behind on the cards, but he began to land more regularly on Estrada in Round 9. Going into the final round, it seemed like Estrada would have to seal the fight with one more strong round of work, which is precisely what he did in a three-minute stanza that was capped off by letting the punches fly with the fans on their feet.

'I needed to show the Mexican fans and everyone here tonight that I was going to win that belt,' said a joyous Estrada, who has cemented his status as an elite fighter.

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'If he wants a third fight, I will give it to him,' Estrada said. 'I would prefer to fight some other champion first. That's what I think is next.'

CARSON, Calif. -- Junior bantamweight world titleholder Naoya Inoue is nicknamed 'The Monster' in his native Japan, and that's just what he looked like in his American debut on Saturday night.

Inoue, 24, retained his 115-pound belt for the sixth time, as he thrashed overmatched Antonio Nieves en route to a sixth-round knockout victory at the StubHub Center in the co-feature of the Srisaket Sor Rungvisai-Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez rematch.

Nieves had taken punishment, especially to the body, before his corner threw in the towel following the sixth round.

'I'm very happy with my performance. He was a brave warrior, but tonight, I was too good for him,' Inoue said through a translator. 'I'm very pleased to fight in the United States and thank HBO. I want to come back here to fight again soon. I will fight anybody, and I want to do it as soon as possible.'

Inoue (14-0, 12 KOs) nearly knocked Nieves (17-2-2, 9 KOs) down with an onslaught of shots late in the second round, during which he also continually battered Nieves to the body.

He continued to dominate with an impressive array of punches, but he did a lot of damage with a regular body assault. Nieves flinched often as Inoue prepared to throw a punch and spent long stretches of the fight covering up to try to avoid the incoming.

Inoue continued to work Nieves over with body shots in the fifth round. They were audible at ringside. And then he landed a clean left hook to the pit of Nieves' stomach that knocked him down. Then, when the sixth round was over, the corner told referee Lou Moret that Nieves, 30, of Cleveland, was done.

'He is very strong, very quick,' Nieves said. 'He kept throwing the same combinations, but they never stopped. He's relentless in there.'

Inoue was considered a prodigy when he turned pro in 2012. He won a junior flyweight world title in his sixth fight, and then moved up two weight classes to win a junior bantamweight title in by blasting out longtime titleholder Omar Narvaez in the second round in 2014.

Estrada edges Cuadras in eliminator

In a fierce fight between Mexican countrymen with a lot on the line, junior bantamweight Juan Francisco Estrada (36-2, 25 KOs) eked out a unanimous decision against former junior bantamweight titlist Carlos Cuadras (36-2-1, 27 KOs) in their world title elimination fight.

All three judges scored the fight 114-113 for Estrada, who scored a knockdown in the 10th round. But Hall of Fame ring announcer Michael Buffer initially announced Cuadras as the winner before returning to the mic moments later to make a correction as the crowd, which seemed partial to Estrada, went wild. Estrada, a former unified flyweight titleholder, was shocked when the scores went against him but happy when they were announced again.

'I was surprised when he announced Cuadras,' Estrada said through a translator. 'It had to be wrong. I felt like I was being robbed.'

With the victory, Estrada earned a mandatory title shot against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, who retained his world title by spectacularly knocking out former titleholder Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez in the fourth round of the main event.

Estrada had started very slowly, and Cuadras appeared to win many of the early rounds, but Estrada stormed back in the second half of the fight.

'He surprised me with his quickness in the early rounds,' Estrada said. 'Once I figured it out, I beat him bad the last six, seven rounds.'

The action really picked in the back-and-forth sixth round, as they traded for much of the round. Estrada found success with his right uppercut, but Cuadras took the shots well.

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Estrada seemed to really break through in the seventh round when he hammered Cuadras with several hard right hands that twisted Cuadras' head and knocked him back.

Cuadras, aggressive throughout the fight, connected with a powerful right uppercut early in the ninth round that rocked Estrada's head back. Moments later, he came over the top with a clean right hand that landed cleanly and snapped Estrada's head back.

Estrada responded in the 10th round by landing a clean right hand near Cuadras' nose that dropped him. Cuadras, 29, beat the count and appeared to shake off the knockdown rather quickly.

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Estrada, 27, continued his late rally with a strong 11th and 12th rounds as he landed many clean shots against Cuadras, who had grown a bit sloppier with his punches as the fight wore on.

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Cuadras was disgusted with the decision. He believed he was robbed last September in a decision that cost him his world title against Gonzalez, and he now felt that way again.

'I absolutely won the fight. I slipped. It was not a real knockdown,' Cuadras said, though he got hit with a solid punch for the knockdown. 'I can't believe this happened again. I want an immediate rematch. I'm very upset. I won the fight.'

• Former two-division world titleholder Brian Viloria (38-5, 23 KOs) scored a fifth-round knockout of Miguel Cartagena (15-4-1, 6 KOs) in a junior bantamweight fight.

  Viloria had a very big fourth round in which he battered Cartagena and had referee Raul Caiz Sr. looking closely. Viloria backed Cartagena into a corner and teed off on with an avalanche of punches. When Cartagena escaped, Viloria chased him down and continued to pound him. In the fifth round, he continued to attack, and when he staggered Cartagena with an overhand right, Caiz stepped in and waved it off at 44 seconds.

  Hawaii's Viloria, 36, a 2000 U.S. Olympian who went on to win junior flyweight and flyweight world titles -- four belts in all -- suffered a ninth-round knockout loss in a flyweight world title fight against Gonzalez in October 2015 and contemplated retirement. He returned for a win in Japan in March and recorded his second victory in a row against Cartagena, 25, of Philadelphia, which could set him up for a far more meaningful fight against one of the other top junior bantamweights who were on the card.

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• Kazakhstan's Ruslan Madiyev (10-0, 4 KOs), 24, a training partner of unified middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin and trained by Abel Sanchez, won a lopsided but hard-fought decision against Mexico's Abdiel Jose Ramirez (23-2-1, 21 KOs), 26, in their lightweight fight. Madiyev won on scores of 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73.

• In a women's flyweight fight, Seniesa Estrada (11-0, 2 KOs), 25, of Los Angeles, won every round against Anahi Ramos, 28, of Mexico, in an action fight. Estrada won 80-72 on all three scorecards.

• Los Angeles junior welterweight George Acosta (3-0, 1 KO), 20, rolled to a shutout decision against Derick Barthelemy (0-6-1), 32, of Portland, Oregon. All three judges scored the fight 40-36.

• Welterweight Nick Frese (6-0, 5 KOs), 23, of Thailand, won a four-round decision against Nam Phan (3-3-1, 2 KOs), of Fountain Valley, California. The scores were 40-36, 39-37 and 39-37.