The event of Nathan Rodriguez is off the charts.
The unbeaten featherweight will face Bryan Mercado tonight on the Pechanga Resort and On line casino in Temecula, California. The eight-round bout will precede the principle occasion between welterweights Jose Zepeda and Ivan Redkach.
Each fights will stream dwell on DAZN (11 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. PT).
Rodriguez (15-0, 10 knockouts), who resides within the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera, is the son of promoter Marv Rodriguez, who has seen important progress and improvement working with coach Eddy Reynoso.
Marv Rodriguez believes his son will solely proceed getting higher, and will have a breakthrough 12 months in 2025.
“Nathan is certainly a prospect you wish to hold your eye out for,” Marv Rodriguez instructed The Ring on Thursday morning. “He has proven progress, as he has fought in a number of eight and 10-round fights. His elusive protection, slick head motion, pace, and energy proceed to enhance, particularly after having the privilege to be taught from a world-class coach like Eddy Reynoso. Very quickly, he’ll flip from a promising prospect to a official contender.
“(On Friday, Nathan) could have the chance to showcase his abilities to the world as soon as once more, combating on a significant platform like DAZN for the fourth time in his younger profession. He’s trying to keep busy in 2024, closing out the 12 months robust and appears ahead to massive fights in 2025.”
The 20-year-old defeated Alexander Mejia by majority determination on Might 6 of final 12 months. The win over Mejia was on the largest stage of his profession, to this point, because the battle passed off on the undercard of the Canelo Alvarez-John Ryder battle at Estadio Akron in Zapopan, Mexico, a suburb of Guadalajara.
In his final bout on June 28, Rodriguez dominated Jose Saant, forcing him to stay on his stool and never come out for spherical 4.
5 weeks earlier than the win over Saant, Rodriguez squared off towards Andres Ampan in a conflict of unbeaten featherweight prospects, scoring a knockout win on the finish of spherical three.
Except for america and Mexico, Rodriguez has fought six occasions as a professional in Costa Rica.
Mercado (11-5-1, 6 KOs), who’s initially from Quito, Ecuador and now lives and trains in Las Vegas, Nevada, was stopped by Jhon Bolano on the finish of spherical 9 of his final battle on March 13.
The 29-year-old has misplaced 4 of his final 5 fights, together with a knockout loss to Rene Tellez Giron on March 30 of final 12 months.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has coated boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He will be reached at [email protected]
