WBC tremendous flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KOs) made straightforward work of challenger Pedro Guevara (42-5-1, 22 KOs), destroying him within the third spherical of a scheduled twelve-round struggle on Saturday evening on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia.
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The 24-year-old ‘Bam’ Rodriguez regarded large in measurement in comparison with the smaller 35-yea-rol Guevara, and was strolling down the Mexican warrior from the opening bell. Surprisingly, Guevara selected to commerce energy pictures somewhat than transfer, in the end spoiling what slim possibilities he had of successful.
Within the third spherical, Bam Rodriguez backed Guevara up towards the ropes and dropped him with a left to the pinnacle.
Guevara bought again to his ft shortly and steamed straight into the enamel of Bam’s offense. He was shortly knocked down a second time, however this time with a left uppercut that put him down face first. on the canvas. The referee Ricky Gonzalez instinctively knew that Guevara was not going to rise up, and he halted the struggle. The time of the stoppage was at 2:40 of spherical three.
Bam Rodriguez was interviewed contained in the ring, and he mentioned he needs to struggle a unification towards one of many different champions at Tremendous Flyweight subsequent. If not considered one of them, he mentioned he wish to face 37-year-old former four-division world champion Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez subsequent.
There have been some boos from the viewers when Bam Rodriguez mentioned he needed the Chocolatito struggle, presumably as a result of some followers felt that Gonzalez was previous. They don’t need him to have his profession ended by a fighter a lot youthful than him, just like the 24-year-old Bam Rodriguez. In current fights within the final two years, Bam has crushed these older fighters:
– Juan Francisco Estrada: 34
– Carlos Cuadras: 36
– Srisaket Sor Rungvisai: 37
Followers would like Bam Rodriguez transfer as much as 118 and face Junto Nakatani subsequent or go as much as 122 to face undisputed champ Naoya Inoue. As huge as Bam regarded tonight, he might struggle at featherweight at 126 simply. His measurement is one cause for his success in these lower-weight lessons. He’s larger than his opposition.
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