Hard hitting twenty-one year old Jose Estrella (9-2-1, 8KOs) looks to close out his 2011 in spectacular fashion Saturday, December 10th, as he faces Victor “Ranita” Godinez (4-2-1, 3KOs) of San Felipe, Mexico, in a six round flyweight contest. The bout will be in support of the Pedro “Pedrin” Guevara (14-0-1, 11KOs) vs. Manuel “Menny” Jimenez (11-1-1, 7KOs) twelve round clash for the NABF light flyweight tilt set for the newly renovated Plaza Calafia in Mexicali, Mexico. The fight card is presented by Erik “Terrible” Morales’ Box Latino with the main event broadcast live in Mexico by Televisa.
After suffering only his second loss to a much bigger Luis “Chupacabras” Gomez in a bantamweight war last December, Estrella has fought with a vengeance in 2011 with three consecutive wins, all ending before the distance. In March, Estrella stopped Juan Manuel Armendariz, a month later he stopped Manuel Valdez, both in the first round. In his last bout last July, Estrella traveled to Mazatlan, Mexico, and stopped previously undefeated and local favorite Juan Jimenez in the third round of a scheduled six.
“At this point, it doesn’t matter who my promoter Box Latino puts in front of me, I want to prove to them that I am ready for bigger and better things,” Estrella said recently during a training session. “I want to step up to eight rounders next year so I have to prove that I am ready by giving a great performance on December 10th.”
Estrella, the younger brother of top Tijuana prospect featherweight Omar Estrella, is trained by two time world champion Raul “Jibaro” Perez at the Gaspar “Indio” Ortega gym in the Zona Norte of Tijuana, Mexico.
Adrian Corral, Estrella’s manager, looks to turn a successful 2011 into an even more successful 2012, “We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves but we know that Jose is ready for some type of regional title early next year. I think with a spectacular win here, it will show that he is ready. That is our goal for the New Year but first we must get past Godinez.”
Also featured on the multi-bout night is the Morales’ clan youngest fighter, Ivan “Niño Morales (14-0, 9KOs) as he takes on the vastly more experienced Ricardo “Rocky” Armenta (15-12-1, 7KOs) in a super flyweight bout, former lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo’s younger brother Ricardo “Piolo” Castillo (39-10-1, 26KOs) as he faces the tough Daniel “Cañerito” Ruiz (24-4, 18KOs) in a featherweight ten rounder, Ramon “Niño de Oro” Ayala (21-2-1, 14KOs) as he takes on Manuel “Zurdo” Aguilar (17-4, 12KOs) in a eight round lightweight bout, world ranked light flyweight Javier “Cobrita” Mendoza (14-2, 11KOs) against the always dangerous TBA and in a special attraction, Khabir “Crazy Russian” Suleymanov (11-1, 6KOs) as he makes his Mexico debut versus Jorge Guerrero (6-8, 5KOs) in a super bantamweight eight rounder.