After months out of the ring waiting for a fight, WBA strawweight champion Seniesa Estrada told ESPN on Tuesday that she is returning to the ring Aug. 6 against Anabel Ortiz.
She also announced her return on Twitter on Tuesday and will be on the undercard of the Vergil Ortiz Jr.-Michael McKinson fight in Texas.
The fight against Ortiz will be a rematch of her fight on March 20, 2021, when she won the strawweight title in a unanimous decision win over Ortiz in which she knocked the former champion down in the first round and dominated the fight.
Estrada (22-0, 9 KO), who is ESPN's No. 6 pound-for-pound fighter in the world, last fought in December, when she knocked out Maria Micheo Santizo in the fourth round. This will be the 29-year-old's second defense of her title.
Ortiz (31-5, 4 KO) has lost her past two fights -- by unanimous decision to Estrada, where she lost her title, and then last December to Marlen Esparza in a fight for the WBC flyweight title. Before her loss to Estrada, Ortiz had a 21-fight win streak dating back to 2012, when she was defeated by Yesica Yolanda Bopp. Four of Ortiz's five career losses came in world title fights.