There was so much for Seniesa Estrada to look forward to in her most recently planned fight.

Now she might have to look ahead once the sport resumes.

The unbeaten interim flyweight titlist from East Los Angeles was putting the finishing touches on training camp when she received the same call that was placed to so many boxers in mid-March. Her planned March 28 flyweight clash versus Mexico’s Jacky Calvo was among the many to be removed from the boxing schedule in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Estrada’s interim title defense was due to land on a DAZN-streamed event headlined by 2019 Prospect of the Year Vergil Ortiz Jr., to have aired live from The Forum in Inglewood, California.  Instead, there remains an uncertainty as to what is next even once boxing in the United States once again becomes a thing.

“Training was going really good for once,” Estrada (18-0, 7KOs) noted to krikya360.com. “In the past, we had too many training camps where nothing went right but we still found a way to get the job done on fight night.

“This camp, everything was going smooth, we were about a week away from wrapping up before heading into fight week. Then all of a sudden, it was canceled. That sucked. It was disappointing to know what Golden Boy Promotions and I had planned had to come to a halt. It was real disappointing.”

The bout would have been her first since a technical decision win over longtime rival Marlen Esparza (7-1, 1KO) in their well-publicized grudge match last November. The feat was part of an upward trend for Estrada, who was prepared to fight for the fourth time at The Forum but the first since signing with Golden Boy in January 2018.

“Everything has been clicking lately in my career,” notes Estrada, whose last seven bouts have come under the Golden Boy banner. “It was so hard in the beginning, fighting without a promoter, nobody looking out for me. That’s why this trip back to The Forum was going to be so special.”

There’s a chance that elements of the March 28 card can be rescheduled once U.S. promoters are able to once again stage boxing events. However, Estrada is also bracing for the reality that a leap to the next level could be in store without the benefit of a stay busy fight along the way.

“I feel like I took that step with beating Marlen last year, it was good to move past all that,” notes Estrada. “I feel like, if the fight with Jacky still isn’t there once we’re back then I’m ready to fight go straight into a world championship fight. With the proper time and training I can go.”

Not only is she prepared for that move, but also to join the potential movement of big fights flooding the boxing calendar for whatever is left of the 2020 schedule. In her dream fight sights is a longtime champion and pound-for-pound entrant who would represent the biggest challenge—literally—of her rising career.

“I would like to fight Mariana Juarez,” the 5’2” flyweight—who can still make junior flyweight—revealed of her desire to meet the long-reigning bantamweight champion and pound-for-pound entrant from Mexico City. “I know she’s bigger but she fought at 115 before winning the bantamweight title. If she can get to 115, I can eat whatever I want and get to 113 and it would be an epic fight.”

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for krikya360.com and charter member of boxing’s Small Fry movement. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox