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Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez described as “shocking” the scores that existed at the time of his stoppage of Juan Francisco Estrada

Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez outlanded Juan Francisco Estrada and showed more efficiency in his offense in a seventh-round knockout win Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix.

Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez captured a junior bantamweight belt for the second time Saturday, this time by seventh-round knockout against Mexican legend and longtime pound-for-pound resident Juan Francisco Estrada.

Boxing returns to Phoenix Suns on Saturday night, when Mexico’s reigning champion Juan Francisco Estrada meets 10-years-younger, two-division champion Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez in a WBC junior bantamweight title fight.

Galal Yafai “expects” to fight Sunny Edwards next – if Edwards defeats Mexico’s Adrien Curiel on Saturday evening. Edwards, 28, returns from the first defeat of his career – by Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez for the IBF and WBO flyweight titles – tonight when he fights Curiel at the Footprint Center in Phoenix on the undercard of Rodriguez’s WBC super-flyweight title fight with Juan Francisco Estrada.


The seismographs are shaking. The anticipation is growing. That’s because a rumble is coming. For the past year and a half, the supervolcano that once was the super flyweight division has been quiet. Not quite dormant, but nowhere near as active or explosive as it had been in recent years.

Robert Garcia Jr. said this week that Jesse “Bam” Rodriguez, the junior bantamweight he assists in training alongside his father Robert Garcia, wants the best fights possible. Rodriguez's upcoming fight with Juan Francisco Estrada is just a taste of what is to come.

With Sunny Edwards set to return from his first career loss Saturday at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, his brother, Charlie, says, "He’s still full of confidence and still feels like he’s one of the best."

PHOENIX, AZ – Boos turned into cheers for Sunny Edwards in his first visit to Arizona. It was a painful introduction, lots of bruises and no belt in a beatdown delivered by Jesse Rodriguez, who left no doubt about why he’s called “Bam” throughout a one-sided stoppage last December.