Srisaket Sor Rungvisai: record, next fight and profile →
Eddie Hearn and his Matchroom Boxing staff couldn’t have been more eager to release details of its June 25 event. For all of the blockbuster events involving the UK and US-based outfit, its upcoming card in San Antonio is one that has already resonated with the sport’s hardcore fanbase. Headlining the show, local hero Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez.
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez will defend his WBC World Super-Flyweight title against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on Saturday June 25 at the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, live worldwide on DAZN (except Uzbekistan & Thailand) and leading a stacked quadrupleheader of world title action.
PHOENIX – Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez couldn’t have more clearly illustrated his desire to take on anyone, any place at any time. The supremely talented 22-year-old southpaw became the youngest active major titlist after outclassing Carlos Cuadras to win the vacant WBC junior bantamweight title.
Carlos Cuadras arrived in Phoenix this past Sunday of the belief that he was set for a title fight rematch with Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez’s quest to step up in class will include a considerable leap in weight. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that San Antonio’s Rodriguez will step in as a late replacement to face Carlos Cuadras for the vacant WBC junior bantamweight titlist this Saturday on DAZN from Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The 22-year-old southpaw accepted the fight on short notice after former lineal and two-time WBC titlist Srisaket Sor Rungvisai was forced to withdraw due to non-Covid related illness.
By Cliff Rold - After multiple delays in making the fight, and then additional delays for COVID, this week the rubber match between Jr. bantamweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada and Roman Gonzalez fell apart one last time. Estrada is sick.
Thai slugger Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1 43 KOs) and Mexico's Carlos Cuadras (39-4-1 27 KOs) will rekindle their rivalry with the vacant WBC super flyweight belt at stake at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday February 5th, live on DAZN.
As BoxingScene.com reported earlier today, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Carlos Cuadras will reignite their rivalry with the vacant WBC world super flyweight belt on the line at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona on Saturday February 5, live worldwide on DAZN.
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Carlos Cuadras will still fight on February 5. BoxingScene.com has learned that their super flyweight championship rematch will be the main event of DAZN’s first live boxing stream of 2022. Their 12-round fight for the WBC world 115-pound championship was supposed to be the co-feature of DAZN’s stream February 5, but Jessie Vargas withdrew last week from what was scheduled as the main event versus Liam Smith.
Jessie Vargas and Liam Smith officially have a new date and a new site for their junior middleweight match. BoxingScene.com has learned that they will now fight February 5 at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The co-feature of that show is a 115-pound rematch between Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Carlos Cuadras.