Comments Thread For: Bam Rodriguez eyes May return, unification and then Junto Nakatani, says trainer

[BlackRobb]

Garcia clearly doesn't want Rodriguez anywhere near a boxing ring with Monster and only likes his chances against Nakatani slightly more. He'll probably unify with the Argentinian next, then play four corners until Nakatani and Inoue move up. Common ploy used by guys like Bam and Boots and Canelo.

[BlackRobb]

Bam is a warrior so when he says he wants these fights, I really believe him and more importantly it is highly probable that these fights will eventuate. Mouth watering prospect of seeing the best fight the best. Just the possibility of facing Nakatani is incredible, never mind Inoue.

I don't believe Bam or Robert Garcia wants Monster or Nakatani. Monster is 31 and won't be at 122 when Bam finally gets there. Nakatani is a big 118 lbs. and won't be at 118 for much longer either. Garcia's timeline projects out to 2-3 years down the road. Monster and Nakatani are not going to sit it 122 and 118 respectively for 2-3 years waiting for Bam. Instead of talking about those fights we all know likely won't happen, Bam and Garcia need to just zip it and focus on unifying with Martinez.

[JOITATS]

Makes total sense to fight the winner of Martinez-Ioka
There's no one else at 115 worth fighting, not worth waiting for the IBF

Then step up to Junto
If he wants to test the waters 1st, he can also take on tsutsumi, nishida or takei for one of the other belts
I imagine Junto will unify vs one of the those guys as well

Another scenerio is Bam fighting Takuma (inoue's brother), and creating a diff story for a potential superfight with the Monster

[Groin Grabber]

He and his team have carved out a niche finding and fighting old, big-name fighters in those lower weight divisions to brutalize, but he hasn’t answered all the questions. If he were to get past Martinez in the same handy fashion as he has the old fárts, then I could picture him being a threat to Nakatani at 118.

Rich coming from a carnela fanboy

[JonDP]

Estrada was Ring champ and still on many P4P lists not long before their fight. Sunny Edwards was in his prime and #1 in his division when they fought. Cuadras is the weakest of the big wins (still ranked #6 by Ring at the time), but remember that Bam was at 108 and got 10 days notice for that fight. He came up 2 weight divisions on short notice for that win. Sor Rungvisai was #1 ranked behind the champ Estrada at the time of fight. Don't disrespect the legends. They were universally acknowledged at the top of the division when he fought them. The only reason that Bam wasn't Ring champ after beating Sunny is that they refused to acknowledge his wins from 115 in ranking him at 112, as if Martinez or Dalakian were better than Cuadras and Sor Rungvisai.

That being said, it sure looks like Bam has been avoiding Nakatani, but they're both in their prime still, and on the P4P lists, so I'm hoping that fight happens soon.

Rankings don’t tell the whole story. Inactivity, level of opposition, age. Except for Edwards, Rodriguez’ biggest wins have been against guys on their way out. Edwards is so feathered fisted that I would also put him in in the category of ripe for the taking.