“It’s great to have LeBron’s support, I’m sponsored by his supplement company,” she began.
“It’s great to have that support and know that I’ll have his support in my next fights.”
Now that Estrada is with Golden Boy Promotions she believes the clout of a big name has allowed her to make more compelling and rewarding fights, when in the past she had little choice but to take what was offered.
“Before signing with Golden Boy I was fighting with girls way out of my weight class,” she said.
“Fights were like, ‘take it or leave it,’ and so I fought everybody no matter how big they were .
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Billy Joe Saunders suffered a severe eye injury in his loss to Canelo Alvarez and his career is now in jeopardy, according to a recent report.
On Saturday night, Saunders and Alvarez took one step closer to unifying the 168-pound division. It was a massive fight and early on, Saunders had success. Yet, as the fight wore on, Alvarez started to go to the body and then landed a beautifully timed uppercut that landed flush on the eye of Saunders.
Immediately, Saunders’ eye started to swell and in between the eighth and ninth round, his corner called the fight. It appeared that Saunders broke his orbital and after the fight, he was rushed to the hospital and had surgery.
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“I think that Billy fought well. I thought he boxed well, I thought it was a close fight up until the point that it was stopped. He went out on his shield. They made their call, and it was the right decision I thought.”
After Dubois’ November 2020 loss to Joyce in which he suffered a severe eye injury of his own, Saunders had criticized him for not fighting through: “If my two eye sockets were broken, my jaw was broken, my teeth were out, my nose was smashed, my brain was beaten, I was not stopping until I was knocked out or worse. I don’t agree with a man taking the knee and letting the ref count him out.”
Canelo: The journey continues
Billy Joe Saunders was a stop along the way for the best fighter and biggest star in boxing, Canelo Alvarez, writes Thomas Hauser
BOXING is going through a difficult time. Fights between elite fighters are few and far between. Bogus “world championship” belts have devalued the sport. Contests involving social media influencers and exhibitions by long-past-their-prime former champions often get more media attention and fan support than legitimate fights. The negotiations to make Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua (or fail to make it) have been an exercise in frustration. In the midst of all this, Canelo Alvarez gives boxing fans something to hold onto.
Billy Joe Saunders trainer Mark Tibbs says it was his decision to withdraw his fighter against Canelo Alvarez on Saturday Photo Credit: Michelle Farsi/Matchroom
Mark Tibbs has denied claims that Billy Joe Saunders wanted to be pulled out of his fight with Canelo Alvarez on Saturday and insists it was his decision after not receiving the response he required.
Saundersâ right eye closed almost instantly from a huge uppercut from Canelo in the eighth round of their Super Middleweight unification showdown at AT & T Stadium, Texas, promoting Tibbs to pull the Brit out when he returned to the corner.