Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez has develop into a pound-for-pound contender lately, and he already has a combat set for November 22, which might see him face Fernando Martinez, presumably for 3 of the 4 main world titles at tremendous flyweight.
However first, Rodriguez should undergo Phumelela Cafu on July 19, and Cafu sounds none too glad that he’s seemingly being regarded previous, promising to break Rodriguez’s path to undisputed glory.
“Bam, I’m fucking coming to your head, bro. All of it ends on the nineteenth,” Cafu stated at a exercise. “And the brand new unified tremendous flyweight champion of the world! I’m ‘The Reality,’ child, and I’m going to show it to you all. Let’s fucking get it!”
South Africa’s Cafu (11-0-3, 8 KO) holds the WBO title, which he received from Kosei Tanaka in an upset on the street in Japan final October, nicking a cut up determination, and proving he can hold with the highest fighters within the 115 lb division.
The 25-year-old Rodriguez (21-0, 14 KO) has been off about the identical period of time, final preventing in November, when he took care of Pedro Guevara within three rounds, lower than 5 months after he stopped longtime high star Juan Francisco Estrada in seven.
Rodriguez actually broke by means of in early 2022 when he confronted Carlos Cuadras and received the vacant WBO 115 lb title, after which he made two defenses, then moved all the way down to flyweight to win the WBO and IBF titles in that division, previous to his transfer again as much as 115 to face Estrada.
The American can be a heavy favourite towards Cafu, however Cafu undoubtedly is on the degree that he can’t be really neglected, and if Rodriguez makes that mistake, he might discover his November date with Martinez, who holds the WBA title, going to the South African as an alternative.
