Jason Estrada

Jason Moses Estrada ( born November 30, 1980 in Providence, Rhode Iceland, USA ), also called "Big Six", is an American heavyweight boxer. His parents are from the Dominican Republic.

Amateur

Estrada dominated the highest weight class of amateurs, super heavyweight, in the United States from 2001-2003 and won in this period three times in a row, the U.S. Championships super heavyweight. At the 2001 World Cup, he defeated Pedro Carrion.

In 2003 he achieved his greatest success as an amateur boxer, he won the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo in the highest weight class, he sat down play in the final on points against the Cuban Michel Lopez by. Its not quite complete amateur balance is 261-14, he says, however, to have boxed before the results were recorded.

In preparation for the 2004 Olympics but he injured his foot went right unaustrainiert and significantly overweight in the tournament. After a victory over Ma'afu Hawke from Tonga he lost in the quarter-finals against his former opponent López Nuñez.

Professional

Following the Olympic Games in 2004 Estrada was professional, showed against construction opponent initially dominant boxing, but despite a substantial body weight for its size little clout.

In 2006 he came in only his sixth fight against the well-known Cuban Yanqui Diaz, Juan Carlos Gomez by KO had defeated. The fight was stopped after an unfortunate clash of heads in the first round and not be counted.

In November 2006, he suffered against at this time also unbeaten Travis Walker in a achtründigen battle a defeat. Again, he had risen to more than 116 kg severely overweight in the ring and lost the fight on points. Then he succeeded to 2009 a series of eight victories in a row with he suggested, among others, Charles Shufford and Lance Whitaker, until the Russian Alexander Povetkin defeated on April 4, 2009 in Dusseldorf over ten rounds on points.

In his next fight he succeeded in September 2009 against the 39 -year-old veteran Zuri Lawrence with a technical knockout victory in the seventh round one of his rare early victories. 6 February 2010 Estrada then entered against the Poles Tomasz Adamek and lost against former world champion in the light heavyweight and cruiserweight over twelve rounds on points.