Promoter Eddie Hearn believes Juan Francisco Estrada will use his rematch clause to face Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez to aim his seventh-round knockout loss in opposition to him from final Saturday night time on the Footprint Heart in Phoenix, Arizona. Bam Rodriguez scored a physique shot KO in spherical seven when he hit Estrrada with a left to the physique that put him down.
(Photograph credit score: Sumio Yamada)
Rematch on the Horizon
The shut scoring of the struggle might give the 34-year-old Estrada (44-4, 28 KOs) confidence to make use of his rematch clause to power a second struggle with the 24-year-old Bam Rodriguez (20-0, 13 KOs).
Estrada knocked Bam down with a proper hand within the sixth spherical however failed to complete the job. The Mexican legend Estrada was having success when he threw sustained mixtures, however when he stopped throwing, it allowed Bam to go on the assault.
The scores:
– 57-56 – Estrada
– 58-54 – Rodriguez
– 56-56
Weight Disparity a Main Issue
If there’s a rematch, Estrada ought to push to have it at 118 or 122 fairly than 115 as a result of he appeared drained on the weight. Bam Rodriguez appeared big after rehydrating for the struggle and appeared a lot heavier contained in the ring than Estrada.
Youthful fighters can drain to struggle in weight lessons nicely beneath their fame measurement, and Bam is an instance of that. He appeared like a rehydrated featherweight [126] contained in the ring, and there was no approach that Estrada may beat a fighter with that form of measurement benefit.
“Gallo does have a rematch clause. We’ll see how that performs out, however the future is extremely vivid,” stated Eddie Hearn to Matchroom Boxing about Juan Francisco Estrada having a rematch clause for his struggle final Saturday night time in opposition to Jesse Rodriguez.
It may not be a good suggestion for Estrada to take the rematch with Bam Rodriguez as a result of if the struggle is at 115, it’ll be the identical factor once more. Bam may have a measurement benefit after he rehydrates, and Estrada will likely be drained and too small.
Different Choice: Chocolatito at 118
Estrada ought to observe Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez as much as 118 to struggle him in that weight class as a result of that might be an even bigger cash struggle than a rematch with Bam Rodriguez, and it might be simpler to make weight with out being drained.
Furthermore, Estrada wouldn’t have to fret about preventing a glorified featherweight on the night time like he would if he fought Bam once more.
“On one judges’ scorecard, Estrada was up by two factors, which was wild. One other one had all of it sq., which once more could be very favorable to Estrada. However it was a really aggressive struggle,” Hearn stated.
Estrada beat Chocolatito by a controversial 12-round resolution in his earlier struggle in Arizona, so it’s not stunning that two of the judges scored him favorably in opposition to Bam.
Hearn’s View on the Combat
“A few of the rounds have been shut. He knocked Jesse down, however Jesse was nonetheless dominating the struggle early,” stated Hearn.
Rodriguez was dominating the struggle, however he was going through a legend in Arizona, and you bought to do some bit extra to beat a fighter as well-known as Estrada.
“I’d have beloved to see it go into the stretch as a result of Gallo is an excellent finisher. I feel he’ll look to take the rematch, however we’ll see,” stated Hearn about Estrada.
