Most struggle followers and specialists agree: Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez completely belongs within the prime 10 pound-for-pound rankings all of us like to debate a lot. Rodriguez has the credentials and the names on his document, and “Bam” has the sheer expertise. However the place within the prime 10 does the unbeaten two-weight world champion should be positioned?
Contemporary off his thrilling, in the end crushing KO win over the beforehand unstopped Juan Francisco Estrada – a fighter whose picture you’d count on to see when wanting up the phrase ‘robust’ within the dictionary – Rodriguez has received struggle followers questioning how very nice he can go on to develop into. At age 24, “Bam” may nonetheless be a yr or three away from his peak years. As distinctive as he has been already, that’s fairly a thought.
Rodriguez isn’t solely expert and distinctive, however he’s additionally persistently thrilling. The decrease weights are buzzing proper now, what with Rodriguez, Naoya Inoue (who is maybe a future famous person dance companion for Rodriguez), Tank Davis, Nick Ball, Liam Paro, and others lighting up the game with good successful shows. It’s not all concerning the heavyweights; it’s not as nice as that division has been these previous few months.
So, once more, the place within the prime 10 pound-for-pound rankings does “Bam” Rodriguez should be positioned?
Right here’s a prime 10 it’s possible you’ll or could not agree with:
1: Naoya Inoue
2: Oleksandr Usyk
3: Terence Crawford
4: Canelo Alvarez
5: Tank Davis
6: Artur Beterbiev
7: Dmitry Bivol
8: Jesse Rodriguez
9: Junto Nakatini
10: Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Now, as everyone knows, it’s unattainable to compile a prime 10 pound-for-pound checklist that everybody is pleased with. Some wonderful fighters are on the market proper now, and never all of them will be ranked in any prime 10. Additionally, it’s possible you’ll really feel “Bud” Crawford is the highest canine, not “Monster” Inoue. Nevertheless it have to be agreed that every of the highest three guys on the above checklist is an exceptionally proficient fighter. Swap the highest three round, it’s possible you’ll, however it’s right down to Inoue, Usyk, and Crawford so far as who one of the best fighter on the planet is correct now, pound-for-pound.
