Comments Thread For: Wham, 'Bam': Rodriguez dazzles in first defense at 115

[Sid-Knee]

Too bad the guy willing to test himself in Bam is being second fiddle to a bum who looked like the hype job he is email ennis

Yeah, fighting shot inactive opponents all the time is a way to test yourself. Oh, and not forgetting weighing in hours before they should have against Sunny to make sure he could use his extra weight against him and got the smallest ring legally allowed to shut his movement down. Outside of this is just bums.

I'm waiting for the day he actually fights a threat on even terms. I won't hold my breath though.

[daggum]

Lol it's bam who vacated his wbc belt to avoid junto.

Bam vacated in October 2022 in order to go to 112, nakatani had his first fight at 115 on November 2022. Revisionist history. If nakatani was his mandatory and he dropped the belt to fight a bum then ok, but be moved down and fought the #1 guy while nakatani didn't fight anyone near the top at 115 thus not generating much hype for the fight as nakatani toiled away on the outskirts

[crimsonfalcon07]

There's still plenty of business for Bam at 115. There's always way less for people to say if you clean out your division, and guys like Puma Martinez and Kazuto Ioka would still be good scalps to claim. Since Gallo got the benefit of some judging to the better of Chocolatito in the trilogy, and the history he has with Bam, I don't really mind if he misses that one, but it would still be fire. I want to see Nakatani v Inoue more than I want to see Bam v Inoue. Inoue might be at 126 soon, while Bam just moved back to to 115, and it's a bit of a shame that Inoue skipped a division on his way up, or he'd be a 5 division champ now. A resume always looks better when you clean out all the credible opponents on the way up, especially when you've got guys that have a good chance of being HOFers that you haven't fought.

[PNUT901]

More and more it is looking like Bam will go down as an All Time Great by the time that he's finished. I you like boxing , you've got to love Bam. In a way I almost don't want to see him fight Chocolatito , it would be a great fight and I would really look forward to it , but at the same time, I don't want to see what I'm pretty sure would happen to one of my all time favorite fighters in Chocolatito.

[BlackRobb]

Nakatani is waiting on that Inoue Tokyo Dome paycheck. He is absolutely not gonna stick around at 118 and take a huge risk fighting Bam before that.

They both get stopped when they move up. Nakatani stops Bam and Monster stops Nakatani.

[BlackRobb]

Nakatani needs to Move up and fight Inoe, he shouldn't be Scurred.

Yes, but collect Bam's scalp at 118 first.

[boxingitis]

Move up and fight Nakatani. Don't be scurred.

Nakatani needs to Move up and fight Inoe, he shouldn't be Scurred.

[Groin Grabber]

Too bad the guy willing to test himself in Bam is being second fiddle to a bum who looked like the hype job he is email ennis

[famicommander]

Move up and fight Nakatani. Don't be scurred.

Nakatani is waiting on that Inoue Tokyo Dome paycheck. He is absolutely not gonna stick around at 118 and take a huge risk fighting Bam before that.

[PBR Streetgang]

Off-topic but I feel like Bam got really tatted up with ink all of a sudden. Dude has tattoos on his head, neck and near all over his torso. I don't remember all that ink in the Edwards fight (maybe I'm mistaken)...non-issue with tattoos just an observation.