WBC officially ordered Superflyweight mandatory title defense for Juan Francisco Estrada and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

On Monday November 2nd, the WBC has ordered free negotiations period for the mandatory defense of WBC Superflyweight champion, Juan Francisco Estrada, and mandatory challenger, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. The order was sent to all relevant parties, including Team Estrada, Team Rungvisai, and Matchroom Promotions. In case the agreement cannot be reached within a month, a purse offer ceremony will be conducted on December 1, 2020 at the WBC Headquarters in Mexico.

“I am super happy and excited to hear this news. I would like to thank President Mauricio Sulaiman and the WBC Committee for ordering this mandatory fight to be the next fight as promised. I will dedicate my life to this fight, and I will make the President and WBC proud. I have been waiting for this opportunity since the day I lost the title to Estrada last year, and I am confident I will get to be a three-time WBC World Champion and take the prestigious WBC World Champion belt back to Thailand.” Srisaket Sor Rungvisai mentioned to the local Thai press after hearing the news about the order.

This will be the third fight of the trilogy between Juan Francisco Estrada and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai after they had one win and one loss each in their first two encounters. In the first fight, Rungvisai won by decision to successfully defend his WBC World title at the Forum, California in 2018. Estrada won the second fight by decision at the same venue in 2019.

During the WBC Convention in August this year, The WBC has ordered Juan Francisco Estrada to make his mandatory defense against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai immediately after one voluntary defense against Carlos Cuadras, in which Estrada won by TKO on October 23, 2020.