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 combat on Saturday evening on the Wells Fargo Heart in Philadelphia.
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The 24-year-old ‘Bam’ Rodriguez appeared huge 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 relatively than transfer, finally spoiling what slim possibilities he had of successful.
Within the third spherical, Bam Rodriguez backed Guevara up in opposition to the ropes and dropped him with a left to the pinnacle.
Guevara obtained again to his toes rapidly and steamed straight into the tooth of Bam’s offense. He was rapidly 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 stand up, and he halted the combat. The time of the stoppage was at 2:40 of spherical three.
Bam Rodriguez was interviewed contained in the ring, and he stated he needs to combat a unification in opposition to one of many different champions at Tremendous Flyweight subsequent. If not one in all them, he stated he want 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Bam Rodriguez stated he needed the Chocolatito combat, probably as a result of some followers felt that Gonzalez was outdated. 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 overwhelmed these older fighters:
– Juan Francisco Estrada: 34
– Carlos Cuadras: 36
– Srisaket Sor Rungvisai: 37
Followers would favor 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 appeared tonight, he might combat at featherweight at 126 simply. His measurement is one cause for his success in these lower-weight courses. He’s larger than his opposition.
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