The first rounds were dictated by Estrada, but in the course of the fight, his opponent began to come to the fore, who regularly delivered strong blows with his right. Cortez hit the floor in the seventh round and has been boxing less sharply since then. For Estrada, this was the first fight after eighteen months of inactivity.
On the same evening, Sivenati Nontshinga (11-0, 9 KOs) defeated Hector Flores Calixto (20-1-4, 10 KOs) by split decision and became the holder of the IBF world flyweight title.