Jesse Rodriguez has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom.
Rodriguez (14-0 10 KOs) is closing in on a World title tilt and will fight for a belt for the first time in his career in Phoenix next Saturday when he tackles Fernando Diaz (10-1-1 3 KOs) for the WBC USNBC Flyweight title at the Footprint Center, live worldwide on DAZN.
The Robert Garcia-trained talent, who recently turned 22, featured on multiple 2022 fighters to watch lists, and ‘Bam’ is looking to steal the show next weekend to justify those predictions and underline his credentials for World title honors.
“I’m very excited to be joining the Matchroom team,” said Rodriguez. “This is huge for me and my career. This is my coming out party – in 2022 we secure my World title shot, and then go looking for the biggest fights there are out there.”
“We couldn't be more excited about Jesse signing with Matchroom,” said Garcia. “They have a great team and have always been great to work with. Jesse is one of the most talented fighters I have ever worked with, and I believe with Matchroom we have a future superstar.
“Matchroom has a great stable of World Champions in the lower weight classes and we are excited to get Jesse in the mix with all of them. Jesse, Teiken Promotions and I are excited to join the Matchroom team.”
“I am delighted to welcome Jesse to the team,” said promoter Eddie Hearn. “Jesse is a World champion in waiting and one of the most talented young fighters in the world. He’s itching to get his hands on a World title and make the biggest fights, and he’s got a fantastic team around him with in Robert Garcia, Teiken Promotions and Matchroom to give him the platform to land those fights and excel in them.”
Rodriguez’s first fight with Matchroom against Diaz is part of a huge night of action in Phoenix as Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (50-5-1 43 KOs) and Carlos Cuadras (39-4-1 27 KOs) will reignite their rivalry with the vacant WBC World Super-Flyweight belt on the line.
Jesse Rodriguez Inks Promotional Pact With Eddie Hearn
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CypocryphySat Jan 29, 2022, 5:40 AM UTC
This is great news! I'm surprised that nobody has commented about this yet. Bam is a fantastic talent, one who has future pound-for-pound written all over him.
Here are the IBO rankings for Flyweight:
Artem Dalakian – WBA – Wwwwww – 21-0 15 0 1-0
Julio Cesar Martinez – WBC – wWWWwW –18-1 14 0 5-0
Sunny Edwards – IBF wwwwWw – 17-0 4 0 1-0
Junto Nakatani – WBO wwwWWW– 22-0 17 0 4-0
1 Moruti Mthalane ZA 39 IBF World wwwWWL 2021-04-30 39-3 26 2 7-3
2 Ricardo Rafael Sandoval US 22 WBC Youth Intercontinenta wwwwWw 2021-12-04 20-1 15 0 1-0
3 McWilliams Arroyo PR 36 WBO Latino WLwwww 2021-02-27 21-4 16 0 2-3
4 Seigo Yuri Akui JP 26 Japanese wlwwww 2021-07-21 16-2-1 11 2 0-0
5 Jesse Rodriguez US 21 wwwwww 2021-10-16 14-0 10 0 0-0
6 Giemel Magramo PH 27 OPBF wwWwLw 2021-10-23 25-2 20 1 1-1
7 Joel Cordova MX 27 WwwwwL 2021-06-26 13-5-2 3 3 1-2-1
8 Muhammad Waseem PK 34 WBC Silver wLwwww 2021-11-26 12-1 8 0 1-1
9 Angel Ayala Lardizabal MX 21 ABF Continental Americas wwwwww 2021-08-06 13-0 6 0 0-0
10 Erick Omar Lopez MX 27 wwwLww 2021-02-26 16-5-1 10 1 0-1
11 Rosendo Hugo Guarneros MX 31 IBF Inter-Continental wLlwww 2021-06-18 19-4-2 9 1 0-1
12 Angel Acosta PR 31 WBO International wWlwwL 2021-09-10 22-3 21 2 2-2
13 Angel Francisco Ramos MX 27 WBA Fedelatin wwwwww 2021-03-27 27-1-2 17 1 0-0-1
14 Joselito Velazquez MX 28 wwwwdw 2021-11-06 14-0-1 9 0 0-0
15 Saleto Henderson US 22 NABF wwwlww 2021-06-19 9-1 6 0 0-0
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30 Fernando Diaz US 21 dwwwww 2021-11-06 10-1-1 3 0 0-0
Fernando, although a good fighter, will be another soft touch. Guy has three knockouts out of 12 fights. Bam has 10 KO's out of 14. So this is another fight designed to match Bam up nicely for a win. I hope I'm not underrating Fernando, but I expect another KO for Bam.
RING FLYWEIGHT
THE RING FLYWEIGHT CHAMPION – Vacant
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(18-1-0) -
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(22-0-0) -
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(17-0-0) 1
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(21-0-0) 1
{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/box.live\/wp-content\/themes\/BoxLive%20Theme\/assets\/images\/flags\/us.svg"}Ricardo Rafael Sandoval
(20-1-0) 1
{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/box.live\/wp-content\/themes\/BoxLive%20Theme\/assets\/images\/flags\/za.svg"}Moruti Mthalane
(39-3-0) 1
{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/box.live\/wp-content\/themes\/BoxLive%20Theme\/assets\/images\/flags\/ni.svg"}Cristofer Rosales
(31-5-0) -
{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/box.live\/wp-content\/themes\/BoxLive%20Theme\/assets\/images\/flags\/pr.svg"}McWilliams Arroyo
(21-4-0) -
{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/box.live\/wp-content\/themes\/BoxLive%20Theme\/assets\/images\/flags\/za.svg"}Jackson Chauke
(20-1-1) -
{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/box.live\/wp-content\/themes\/BoxLive%20Theme\/assets\/images\/flags\/jp.svg"}Ryota Yamauchi
(8-1-0) -
I'm looking forward to seeing Junto fight again. I could have sworn he was supposed to have fought back in November of last year. Not sure what happened, but this division is about to light up.